Natural Wood Doors With Painted Trim
A dark color mixed with a deep wood trim may make the room feel heavy and gloomy.
Natural wood doors with painted trim. We were thinking of repainting the baseboard and doorjambs but leaving the windows the french doors and the wood doors natural. I ve been looking for inspiration to help decide if we should stain our interior doors or paint them white. Painting crown molding white or cream and keeping baseboards doors and window frames stained to make a room s impressive woodwork details stand out. Is there a good way to combine the painted baseboard and natural window trim and doors.
If you have very yellowy orangey or reddish wood you could neutralize it a bit with a cool tone paint colour on your walls like i did by using sherwin williams ice cube in my apartment. Should we paint all the trim and baseboards 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. 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.
If they are left too rugged or unvarnished they will simply look unfinished and out of place. 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. We prefer the natural wood to paint. We re replacing all our interior doors and they will be white.
In most standard new build homes both the trim and interior doors are made of mdf and are paint grade. Image brooke wagner design in this entry design the color occurs other than the black and white colors are known to be a gray color from the wall and natural brown tones from the baskets door shade and also hardwood flooring. The white trim freshens the look while the stained wood of the doors keeps the room grounded in its rich history. Mix dark with light.
We have dark wood floors white trim and for now white walls. The key to making wood trim and doors work is to choose a wall colour that will either play up your wood or tone it down so you get the right combination that works well together. We have replaced the old doors with six panel wood doors and replaced the windows. I ve seen a lot of images online with white or other color doors with white trim but not a lot with white doors and natural wood trim.
Dark wood trim is everywhere. If you have dark wood for trim keep paint colors light. Meaning that is it meant to be painted not stained. Paint colors with wood trim.
Currently the door trim and baseboards are natural wood. If you are choosing to have white trim with wood doors make sure that you keep the surface of your interior doors in good repair.