If you want to keep the wood trim make baseboard and door wood trim dark stain and paint all window trim white.
Interior stained doors with white trim.
You will be amazed at how different and bright the space will be.
Painting trim white but keeping window frames and doors stained to balance out your home s older features with contemporary style.
The white trim freshens the look while the stained wood of the doors keeps the room grounded in its rich history.
Personally white doors and trim really give the rooms that pop of color and frame the painted wall.
Another idea i think works well for an updated look is to leave the doors stained which is expensive to change and paint the trim around the door white.
If your previous storm door is aluminum you might be in a position to recycle it.
Painting crown molding white or cream and keeping baseboards doors and window frames stained to make a room s impressive woodwork details stand out.
I tried to pull the drapes further out so that the trim would show in the picture.
In these cases i would recommend keeping the stained trim.
She loved the stained wood doors that were there but the trim was white and she wanted to know if she should paint the doors to match.
Some new build homes will have upgraded the trim to stain grade pine or oak.
If they are left too rugged or unvarnished they will simply look unfinished and out of place.
For your stained wood consider the color of the other wood tones in the room.
Do you have hardwood floors.
Hope this is of some help.
Recently a reader asked me if she needed to paint the interior doors in her home the same color as the trim.
I think the stained doors with the white trim looks good and with all new wall colors they will look beautiful.
Pros and cons of painting vs.
We thought leaving the door stained went better with the ceiling medallion and the furniture.
It s like having a picture on a wall the framing counts.
These photos are from the new house we moved into recently.
This door is an ideal alternative for modern homes.
You could choose a color for your trim that matches your furnishings and leave the walls white or off white.
One way to combine stained and painted trim in the same room is to paint the trim a color other than white.
For a color face lift i suggest crisp white trim keep wall color go darker as you suggested on the doors and rubbed bronze hardware.
Meaning that is it meant to be painted not stained.
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.