There will definately be lots of cooking going on there. We'll get a good grill and put it on the deck upstairs, along with the kitchen, crawfish cooker, fryer, etc.
The thinking behind the luan was that we could get away with just caulking the joints and painting it. Didn't work out too well - the caulk is a mess. Looks like we will be sanding and/or using sheetrock mud etc. Oh well, you live and learn.
Next step is scoring and staining the upstairs concrete floors.