Nice work.
If you like the colour of the wood as is, see if you can get a sample size of the oil based Varathane Diamond Finish to try on a sample piece of your wood. It really brings out the richness of light coloured wood and is hands down my favourite finish for maple. But, only the oil based stuff. In my opinion the water based Varathane isn't worth the can it's sold in.
When you put your first coat on, the wood fibres will really stand up on end. Let it dry, give it a quick sand and 2nd coat. Then you can decide if you want to sand again and 3rd coat, but I've found that greatly depends on how heavy your 1st coat was.
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