soonerhouse2007 I totally understand your issue. I have spent so much time talking about wood finishes with the cabinet company and our builder it is crazy! Anyhow, I did decide to do many different finishes in our open floor plan. Most of our cabinets are now installed and I'm very happy I used a mix of woods. I think it defines each room in an open floor plan and adds interest. That being said, I would follow your gut, if you are a matching person - you might want to match. I'll post a picture of our great room built-in's (they are cherry with an espresso stain) and it is open to our kitchen that has a black stained island and bordeaux (brownish) stained with a black glaze on clear alder. The floor is hickory that I hope will be stained a shade or 2 lighter than my kitchen cabinets. The baseboard is birch and will be stained the same as the kitchen cabinets. All the casing and crown molding on the main floor is dover white. Probably more than you wanted to know, but I understand your issue - I never knew I would spend so much time on wood type and finishes! Good luck, Tara

I remember another member who had the same issue. I think in the end she decided that her white window trim didn't match her off white cabinets, was right next to it, and it was just fine. My light fixture (wood) is painted my trim slightly brown white, and is against the peachy whitish ceiling. In the right light you can see the difference clearly. Sometimes it all just looks white. It never looks bad. I think the thing to do is look at the two colors (trim and what you might prefer for a cabinet) as close together as they'll be IRL and see what you think. If its total gag time, don't do it. If it doesn't bother you as you walk by, don't worry about it.

If this were my project, I'd do the white kitchen cabinets and furnish the space before touching the trim. I'm not sure I'd paint all that trim. I now you are excited about the idea and having some inspiration, but give the idea some time and test it -- develop some other features first. The trim will be easy to address later, but a real mess if it doesn't play out the way you expect. I hear you about all that wood, but that's also all you are seeing without furnishings in the space. The listing photos had at least 2 rugs ad five pieces of upholstered furniture and chair seat cushions. The color and contrast faded the wood into the background and now in the empty or nearly empty room, it's all you are seeing. The room needs furnishing to feel welcoming and painted trim will not furnish it. And then there is the fact that I'm not sure you will get the look you want. There are a lot of differences between that inspiration photo and your space -- white vs. wood ceilings, beams vs no beams, number of window sizes and shapes. The inspiration room has a group of matching windows. Your room has so many different size and shape windows hung at different heights - even the doors are different sizes, and white paint on all of that will accentuate it. And start fighting the beams and other architectural details and whatever else you put in the room. Once you furnish the room, you may find you have a clown competing for attention and wish it would just fade back into the background. Do the kitchen, start furnishing or developing your plan for furnishing. Get rid of the previous owner's dark valances, chose something with some color, consider lighter fabrics and/or shades and work the room before you decide to tackle the trim. Instead of your computer design images, take an actual photo of the room and mock up all the trim in white so you can see the irregular sizes and shapes, the ceiling angles and beams and see if you would still go that route. Sorry it that is not what you want to hear, but I'd step back from the paint can for now.

Just to close out this thread for future reference - painted the crown white in all areas where it was not over the cabinets, and it looks a LOT better. Should have been done that way from the start. Left the crown over the cabinets (which is the same design, just different color) as white chocolate, which also looks right. The only tricky part in this was painting the crown where the two colors meet. I did a decent but not perfect job, I will probably go back over it with a fine paintbrush to get a perfect line.