What color is your ceiling? It doesn't look bad to me where your wall color hits the white ceiling, so I would go for white trim (but keep those beams wood!). Be careful with colored doors. For one, they're an issue if and when you ever go to sell. But more importantly, charcoal and black are cooler colors and would probably look better with white, not cream, walls. (White trim works with them). As for stairs, you can do it either way but I would keep railing wood and balusters whatever you decide to paint the trim.

thanks! grey-greens now that's an idea, I will look into it! nothing is really finished yet but I'll try and post a good shot of the kitchen and bathroom soon. the pink bathroom was definitely what clinched the place for me!

Hi all! Thank you for input. I do like the idea of painting trim to match door to make the door more substantial. Mock up below. I also did a mock up of trim around alcove in cream. And am posting the ‘before’ so y’all see that I want all the wood siding to be darker to hide flaws. It was fairly busted before. :) I painted the steps and did what I could to make her look nicer as I hemorrhage money. Plant will be relocated and a pot put in its place. It may expose some cracked concrete... Thoughts? I’m leaning towards leaving alcove trim color of house. Looks cleaner.

I wouldn’t want to decorate around something I didn’t like. If you are painting walls, you can paint trim that makes everything look like it belongs together. Just imagine you have a shirt you hate but buy a skirt, shoes, scarf, and jewelry to go with the shirt you hate. Will you ever really be comfortable? I personally hate to paint, but just finished two rooms during the quarantine! Walls and ceilings one color, baseboards, chair rail, built in cupboards, windows, and mantles in a fresh, clean trim paint.