I have two questions now for anyone who might have an opinion about such things. First, what would be the most attractive way to attach these thresholds? I think we want to screw them down and maybe also glue them. Should we use brass screws and leave them showing or should we do something involving plugs? Neither of us have any experience with this but we are both fairly handy. Anyway, that's the main question.

The second question is about getting the thresholds to look less pink. They are red oak and the flooring is white oak. I was thinking of staining them to sort of match the dark areas of the flooring to make them look more brownish than pink or orange. Would a darker stain help to remove the pink? I definitely don't them to end up looking like cherry - darker but still pinkish. I'm going to try out a couple of those sample stains tomorrow, but if someone has had good luck disguising red oak to look like a darker version of white oak, I'd love to know what stain color was used.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

You can buy plugs (make sure they are the correct cross grain and not dowel sections) of buy a cutter and make them yourself form matching wood (these can often be made to almost disappear when matched well).

For staining, "Colonial Oak" from minwax was the closest match I could find to make my new oak look like my old oak. It is more yellowy than brown, but it toned down the red. Every wood is different though, so you'll have to test on your own.

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The only problems I have encountered over the years were badly fitted plugs that allowed some pigment to collect around them.

When it works it works VERY well.