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Unless you are keeping the original in a period house, I like painted better. To me, stained woodwork stops the eye, and draws attention to itself, when there is no reason it should.
thats a great line, and yes, I agree. maybe thats why I always paint my trim the same color as the walls, as there is no need to call attention to it, I have pretty stained doors, they are the focus.
Unless you are keeping the original in a period house, I like painted better. To me, stained woodwork stops the eye, and draws attention to itself, when there is no reason it should.
Well, OK. But if the house was built in the 1960s, and it has the original baseboards and trim, I would think stained would be better suited to the interior. Especially, if the doors are slab wood doors.
I prefer white trim now, and I am happy with what I have in my home, which was built in 2002. But homes built in the 1980s and earlier might be better left the way they were originally styled. Unless someone is doing a complete rehab, where everything is changed.
I don't think there can be an absolutely right answer for all situations.
I would not paint trim in an MCM house, for instance. At least, I would not paint it white.
thats a great line, and yes, I agree. maybe thats why I always paint my trim the same color as the walls, as there is no need to call attention to it, I have pretty stained doors, they are the focus.
If the trim is not especially interesting, then I don't see anything wrong with this approach. I think the idea with white trim is to pick out details. If the detail is not worth picking out, then why paint it to contrast? So, I do understand what you are going for. Nice to know that your doors are nice.
If the trim is not especially interesting, then I don't see anything wrong with this approach. I think the idea with white trim is to pick out details. If the detail is not worth picking out, then why paint it to contrast? So, I do understand what you are going for. Nice to know that your doors are nice.
thank you, yes, you are correct, the trim is not really detailed, and wasnt necessary to make stand out. I had wanted the doors to be the focal point. But I absolutely agree with you when the trim is really pretty and detailed, for sure.
here are some pix I took.
PS: lol, as you can see, I have a thing for tassels......
thank you, yes, you are correct, the trim is not really detailed, and wasnt necessary to make stand out. I had wanted the doors to be the focal point. But I absolutely agree with you when the trim is really pretty and detailed, for sure.
here are some pix I took.
PS: lol, as you can see, I have a thing for tassels......
I love those dark stained doors, they are beautiful.
I've been torn about the trim in my house for years. I know that it was painted over very early on, and was certainly done so by the 1950's (the house was built in 1927). It is all painted white now. If I were to strip it back to its original finish it would be almost black because the Douglas Fir from which the trim is built has ebonized over the years and it would make the small rooms look very choppy. Also, the trim in the sunroom and the "den" (the other half of the original enclosed porch) is older wood, like 68 years old, but certainly not as old as the Douglas Fir, so I don't know what it would look like in its' original form if I stripped it. It looks nice in white, especially as the upper wall trim is over a foot wide. So I can either be historically accurate and have the house look choppy or have white trim and a bright, airy small house. At this point, I plan to keep the trim white. It may not be "right", but I have to live here after all.
thank you, yes, you are correct, the trim is not really detailed, and wasnt necessary to make stand out. I had wanted the doors to be the focal point. But I absolutely agree with you when the trim is really pretty and detailed, for sure.
here are some pix I took.
PS: lol, as you can see, I have a thing for tassels......
Very handsome. I might disagree that your trim is not worth picking out, but I can't argue with what you've done. Your door treatments are very, very handsome.
I've been torn about the trim in my house for years. I know that it was painted over very early on, and was certainly done so by the 1950's (the house was built in 1927). It is all painted white now. If I were to strip it back to its original finish it would be almost black because the Douglas Fir from which the trim is built has ebonized over the years and it would make the small rooms look very choppy. Also, the trim in the sunroom and the "den" (the other half of the original enclosed porch) is older wood, like 68 years old, but certainly not as old as the Douglas Fir, so I don't know what it would look like in its' original form if I stripped it. It looks nice in white, especially as the upper wall trim is over a foot wide. So I can either be historically accurate and have the house look choppy or have white trim and a bright, airy small house. At this point, I plan to keep the trim white. It may not be "right", but I have to live here after all.
I think I'd want white. If it isn't worth it to strip, which would be a ton of work, why not just paint, as you are doing?
I've been torn about the trim in my house for years. I know that it was painted over very early on, and was certainly done so by the 1950's (the house was built in 1927). It is all painted white now. If I were to strip it back to its original finish it would be almost black because the Douglas Fir from which the trim is built has ebonized over the years and it would make the small rooms look very choppy. Also, the trim in the sunroom and the "den" (the other half of the original enclosed porch) is older wood, like 68 years old, but certainly not as old as the Douglas Fir, so I don't know what it would look like in its' original form if I stripped it. It looks nice in white, especially as the upper wall trim is over a foot wide. So I can either be historically accurate and have the house look choppy or have white trim and a bright, airy small house. At this point, I plan to keep the trim white. It may not be "right", but I have to live here after all.
Do you know the trim was originally stained and varnished? A lot of older houses had painted trim from the beginning.
Very handsome. I might disagree that your trim is not worth picking out, but I can't argue with what you've done. Your door treatments are very, very handsome.
thank you for the good words,
none of the windows have the trim, and the doorways without doors dont either, so thats also another reason i made it blend, it would have looked 'funny" to see some things trimmed out and others not.
This is the way the apartment came. When it was renovated 30 years ago, the regular passage doors trim wasnt put on, as it wasnt needed so they thought.
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At this point, I plan to keep the trim white. It may not be "right", but I have to live here after all.
