Whatever happened to brown trim? (expensive, home, Texas, cabinets)

[emm74]

Originally Posted by BirdieBelle

The cheap stuff from the 60s and 70s is ugly.

The vintage original oak in Victorian and Craftsman homes is a treasure and still highly sought.

this ^^^

I personally happen to love white trim, I've just always liked the way it looks, and I selected it that I built my house 4 years ago. But my sister lives in an almost 100 year house, and the darker wood trim in her house looks perfect there.

[john3232]

I sold my house recently. Most if not all the homes one the market had the interior trim painted.

I elected to stain and it looked great. Helped me to sell the house which was built in 1926 for top dollar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAEiPlPTnk

[Taynxtlvl]

It's depressing.

[Shakedown Street]

Originally Posted by john3232

I sold my house recently. Most if not all the homes one the market had the interior trim painted.

I elected to stain and it looked great. Helped me to sell the house which was built in 1926 for top dollar:

Very elegant John! I can see why it sold.

[Shakedown Street]

Speaking of trim...

Anyone remember those brown light switch plates?

[BabyBear1234]

Originally Posted by emm74

this ^^^

I personally happen to love white trim, I've just always liked the way it looks, and I selected it that I built my house 4 years ago. But my sister lives in an almost 100 year house, and the darker wood trim in her house looks perfect there.

Agreed. I like white trim in newer homes (70s to now) but in the older homes I prefer that the original beautiful stained trim be left in tact....thanks to flippers I'm seeing a lot of these homes with painted white trim. My house (built in 1925) was subject to it. It's not a flip but some genius decided to paint all of the trim. First some weird beige color, then white....and they didn't prep it well b/c when we bought the house it was peeling in several places. I had no real choice other than to scrape what I could and repaint it white. It was a sad day The only thing they left alone was the built in China cabinet in the dining room and the interior upstairs doors.

[Silverfall]

It went out when they cut down old growth forests and switched to younger wood and MDF.

[Shakedown Street]

Yeah I believe white trim can look really good on the right home.

Exactly like you said above, what I am not a fan of is painting over a victorian homes with inferior paint.

It can cause a lot of damage. I am finding it particularly hard to find an older home that has not been repainted including windows.

[mzfroggez]

Originally Posted by Shakedown Street

Speaking of trim...

Anyone remember those brown light switch plates?

I think I have some in a box with the brown, orange and avocado green (and some white) afghan....and the mushroom canisters from Sears.

[BabyBear1234]

Originally Posted by BirdieBelle

The cheap stuff from the 60s and 70s is ugly.

The vintage original oak in Victorian and Craftsman homes is a treasure and still highly sought.

The same can be said for wood paneling. The good knotty pine paneling can look really nice if done right but that cheap particle board crap screams 60s-70s....and it's a pain to prep and paint over too.