We have dark wood floors white trim and for now white walls.
Natural wood doors with painted trim.
I love the potential contrast but am afraid of it looking too busy.
Is there a good way to combine the painted baseboard and natural window trim and doors.
Paint colors with wood trim.
Meaning that is it meant to be painted not stained.
I ve been looking for inspiration to help decide if we should stain our interior doors or paint them white.
Painting trim white and keeping just the door stained to brighten up a room while retaining a small piece of the room s old charm.
We have replaced the old doors with six panel wood doors and replaced the windows.
It catches my eye each time i walk in and makes me smile.
Keeping kitchen trim stained and painting cabinets white to help break up the room visually.
White doors and wooden color trim for traditional elegant look.
So if you want to cover up blemishes discoloration or other problems with the wood paint may be the right answer.
It helps create an organically neutral space with character.
Choosing between painting interior trim or keeping it stained can be a difficult decision for many.
I love the look of wood doors but it seems only when in historic homes not new construction.
While wood trim appears dated in some homes your style of a home in the country is the perfect wood trim house it s interesting to me that currently people are stripping previously painted or covered things back to wood floors walls ceilings for warmth and contrast and then painting things that used to be natural.
A dark color mixed with a deep wood trim may make the room feel heavy and gloomy.
If you have dark wood for trim keep paint colors light.
When i talk about original wood trim and doors i m talking about wood made of oak chestnut gumwood or other types of hardwood installed in some homes in toronto around the early 1900 s.
If a house has beautiful oak trim we usually leave it unless the room just simply looks too dark and heavy with it but many houses have nice styling of trim as in 8 to 12 high baseboards with multiple paneled doors but the wood is fir or spruce with a dark stain and those woods simply are not attractive and need to be painted out.
Stain for trim and doors.
I recently moved into an apartment in a downtown heritage home with the original wood doors and some of the trim.
We prefer the natural wood to paint.
Paint your trim white.
The next door and trim combination has white color for the door and wooden color for the trim.
Mix dark with light.
However the stain will let texture grain and color show through in a way that paint cannot.
Paired with white walls wood trim or cabinets or doors provides a natural warm look and feel.
Remember that paint and wood stain can both offer some protection to older wood.
In most standard new build homes both the trim and interior doors are made of mdf and are paint grade.
