I think the trim should be consistent throughout the house but I don't know if you could get the hardwood floors to match the current trim. Looks like you have a lot of trim so replacing it would be a major job and expense. I don't think the baseboard and crown need to or even should match. I like white crown.

I have natural oak hardwood floors with painted white baseboards but the shoe (1/4 round) matched the floor not the base boards.

Light oak trim doesn't seem to be very popular anymore but I really love a rich, dark stained trim in the right house. I also like painted trim.

I would keep all the trim the same.

What color hardwood floors were you looking to get? I think it would look funny to have light floors and light trim if it didn't match. If crown is painted, I personally like the look of a shade of white. Mine matches my painted white trim with our ceilings being a darker shade of white (BM Navajo White). I like that there's a distinction between the crown and ceiling.

If it were me, I wouldn't replace all the trim but would paint it. I'd consider staining the handrails on the stairs. All our trim is painted and we have no problems with chipping.

IMO, it's not necessarily dated, it's more of how you use it and what you put with it and yes you can mix it with white paint as shown here.

I would keep it and work with it. It's part of the identity of your house, and while it is not particularly current in this part of the country, if newly introduced kitchen cabinet finishes are any indication of future trends, this type of finish is on it's way back in. (Of course with its 2010s tweaks).

Remember that at one time people painted highly figured quartersawn oak because it was "old fashioned". Your millwork isn't held in the same regard as quartersawn oak, but it's still something that you can both keep and work with as is, in my opinion.

It's not the most current trend/look, but it looks quite nice in your home. I agree with palimpsest that it's part of the identity of your home. I would definitely not paint it out in just one or two rooms. Either do it all (the entire house) or do nothing. And since you're quite happy with it and it doesn't look bad, I'd say do nothing.

I think you certainly can have hardwood floors with the natural oak trim, though I do think it's important to choose a wood floor that works with the trim rather than against it. Bring home samples and see how it looks.

Can you find natural oak crown moulding? I think that could look quite nice. Otherwise, yes, I think you could do a lighter shade of wall color painted crown.

IF it's out now, it will be back IN some day. In the 90's people were ripping out their dark kitchen cabinets; now people are using java stain to make their cabinets dark!

I am not a big fan of "it's not the trend," or "it's not popular." That seems what decorators or merchants interested in selling their latest ware might parrot. Oak has been such a traditional look and oak will always be. Oak was here long before us and hopefully will be long after we are gone. Think of a beautiful landscape with moss hanging from the trees, it and you are seeing/thinking of the treasured and majestic oak tree. Why not have a bit of that to enjoy? If it is not bourgeois today, it will be tomorrow, so not to worry. Keep it, embrace it.

Yes, it is dated.

I like it

I think it's lovely, and I would keep it. Sure, you can put up white crown molding. Coordinating wood floors would look great too.

I amy be wrong, but the first kitchen shown at the Jenn Air website looks to me to be bleached oak. Take a look.

Here is a link that might be useful: Jenn Air website

Thanks all for your input, I have decided to work with the natural oak millwork. I am putting in hardwood floors (oak) and think I will choose a shade that is light but has more of a brown tinge. So it won't be exactly like the natural oak millwork, but hopefully will "work".

Thanks again for all your opinions and comments, much appreciated!

I like the trim in your house, and I'm not usually a fan of wood trim. It's subtle and it doesn't create too many "outlines" which I find dark trim does.

Who cares if it is "dated" as long as it looks fitting in your home and tasteful. Everything "in" now will be out in a few years again anyway, and perhaps bleached wood finished will be back "in" by then, LOL.

Your plan sounds nice, I bet it will look great!

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I agree..... In our last last we replaced the carpet in our FR with brazillion cherry (seemed to be the trend at the time) and while it looked good I hated it, I missed the carpet in there. The house we are in now we just replaced the carpet in FR with new carpet , a nice plush frieze . The kitchen has custom oak cabinets which I didnt like at first , but after a year , I'm starting too like them.

In some schemes it could undoubtedly look great, but that wasn't the original question. On these threads there are always comments to the effect --- who cares if its dated as long as you like it, and who's to say what's dated and what isn't. The fact that it is asked in the thread title means somebody cares, lol. (Sometimes I think the question should be, would you change this in your own house if you could?)

I am not a trend follower in any sense of the word and am a great believer in using what you have to its best advantage. Good luck with your project, Fillagirl!

If I were putting in new wood floors, here is what I would do. Keep your oak floors light, but at the same time use a stain, so they don't take on the yellow look. Leave your doors, windows, and stair case oak as they are now.

Replace the baseboard with a taller, heftier style and do a nice crown. Paint the base and crown a shade of white. You will have some consistency in the mix that way.