Painted White Trim (wood floors, houses, buyers)

[T.S.]

What is the deal with the painted white indoor trim in almost every house I see here? Is it a southern thing? It don't mind it, I am just used to every house having stained wood trim instead. I always assumed stained wood was normal all over before moving.

[Mvn2nc]

Originally Posted by T.S.

What is the deal with the painted white indoor trim in almost every house I see here? Is it a southern thing? It don't mind it, I am just used to every house having stained wood trim instead. I always assumed stained wood was normal all over before moving.

It's not a southeren thing. What you are seeing is newer home construction trends.
I just moved out from Calif. and most homes that are remodeled usually does the white trim painted.. Maby cheaper i dont know but does look good.

[Classyjerseylady]

White trim, both interior and exterior, is the "in" thing - it gives a fresh look and (if you are trying to sell) is a quick way to update your home. Personally I like beige, especially if you have little finger prints around.

[lovemaine]

I noticed the white trim too when we started looking at houses! We lived in WI and NJ within the last year, and almost all houses there that we saw had stained wood or fake looking wood trim. I like white much better.

[Bethanytedder]

We had the wood trim that was mentioned in our house when we bought it in 1992. We left it in the kitchen and dining room. But we also had this kinda depressing wood paneling halfway down the wall and then with off white paint up the other half. The carpeting was a light beige. Brianna pretty well took care of the carpeting what the two kids that lived here before us didn't do. When we repainted in 1999, we "kilted" out the paneling and the trim and painted it the color of the rooms which in our case would be hard to tell that it is actually a very light blue in one room, a light mauve in another two rooms and the living room and down the hall we painted with the light mauve and sponged it with a color called peek-a-boo lavender which appears to me to be a light purpish mauve color. We have wallpaper toppers at the top of the rooms. The carpeting is now a reasonable cranberry color. It is much easier to maitain than the light carpeting that we did have. A lot of houses down in this area have this wood trim crown molding that you are talking about although I see more of it in houses that were built in the 60's, 70's, and early to mid 80's. There was a lot of knotty pine paneling used in the 60's as well. Like I said about names, you can generally tell how old some one is by their name unless they have a truly classic name like Kathryn or Elizabeth or Robert and John. I guess the same is true of the houses. Styles run in cycles and right now like me I guess a lot of people are turning to a different type crown molding and house in general. Ranch houses were the craze from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Now things are a little different as I learned when my mother built a house in 2004. It is unlike any of the previous 5 houses she has bought or built.

[Redrover]

In years gone by trim was made of good quality wood that when stained was matched to wood floors. More recently, builders put in cheap carpet and the trim was low quality wood that was painted to cover up the flaws. White was the color choice because everyone made houses as neutral and inoffensive as possible to appeal to the greatest number of potential buyers. Now that more and more home buyers are wanting wood floors, the trim is having to be stained again.

[dengar]

Thats funny....when looking at houses with wood trim I automatically assume they are older houses.