Stained doors and windows with white baseboard

15 years ago

I recently put in hardwood floors (oak). My house has all stained 6 panel doors, baseboard and wood windows (dark). I was thinking of putting in nicer baseboard trim in white. How funny would it look to have white baseboards with stained doors and windows? Would it be better to paint the window trim (around the window) and the door frame but leave the windows themselves dark wood and the doors dark wood?

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jaymielo

15 years ago

I don't think this would look funny at all, but then again, it is exactly when we did. ;-) The windows and doors are stained. The floors will have a natural finish. The baseboards and casing are painted white. I'm sorry we are still under construction, so I don't have great pictures. The doors aren't hung yet, but these might give you an idea. The ones "under construction" are our house. The finished pictures are some inspiration pics. Good luck!

Our house "in progress". In this picture we combined stained stairs and windows with painted trim and window casing

This isn't a great shot, but it does show the transition between the stain and paint on the windows.

This is the only decent picture I have that shows a door (french in this case, but all the interior doors in the house are stained but not hung yet.)

This door isn't hung yet (just resting there) but it give you an idea of the nice contrast between the doors and the trim.

Inspiration pictures

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phoggie
15 years ago
jaymielo~~~ YOURS was the house that I have been searching for....I happen to love the painted woodwork and stained doors and windows. This is what I am trying to convenience DH to do, but he thinks I need to either go stained or painted and not mix them.....but I really like what you have done.

Do you have any more pics and info to share?...lovely.
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nepool, I love the picture in your first post. That door is beautiful and it looks so nice with the wood floor and the whole room. Are cased windows something a lot of people do? We have never had cased windows. Of course we have a window sill but not cased. Maybe it's a regional thing. Since you have stained trim maybe you can answer a questions for me. I am concerned that if I do all stained that it will limit paint choices in the future. My house has all white except the kitchen cabinets. I remember when we painted the kitchen having to find a color that went with the cabinet color (some stains have more red or yellow in them). My sister has stained trim and doors (in her words, ugly stained trim) and when she painted a room and didn't think about the trim and the dark blue doesn't look like she had expected next to the dark trim. I have a dark blue room with white trim and the contrast is striking. We don't even have a floor plan yet and these details are driving me crazy.
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I was reading the newspaper awhile ago and it suddenly occurred to me that maybe I should share what I did in my library room back in 1990. In this room the crown molding was stained as was the baseboard and trim (my dad insisted on staining the bookcase oak however(!)). I tried to take photos that would show the paint colors more clearly. Ceiling is yellow ochre as are the two end walls. Side walls in the room are a deep green. The wide border under the crown molding was one of those "got to have it" moments. It lowered the ceiling some, which wasn't my intention, it was just so beautiful I had to use it. ha. Anyway, just wanted to show that the crown was not painted the same color as the ceiling and turned out alright (to me).
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The only negative affect of going all white except for the outside trim, is that the combination will highlight the fact that your trim is the bare minimum. Personally I don't think this is a big deal. I don't think anyone is going to walk in your house and be struck by the fact that you have thin trim. Surely there will be nicer things in the room to draw attention away from the trim.
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I feel your pain. I think we live in the same home : ) We did the following - the front and more formal part of the home is now all cream crown, baseboard, trim and windows. We refinished the light flooring to a 1/2 english chestnut, 1/2 paint thinner to get a medium brown tone. The back of the house holds our kitchen and family room. The famiy room we left all oak. The kitchen got a mixture. We first painted the crown and the baseboard cream and left the windows oak ... it looked horrible IMO. So, we ripped out the baseboard and put stained baseboard back in. We have received a lot of compliments on the look with the cream crown. We are happy we we didn't paint all the other wood in the kitchen. We aren't quite done yet, but here are a few quick shots: before and after
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My3dogs ME zone 5A
15 years ago
I just stripped and stained my 70+ year old door in my old Cape. It had been painted the trim color. Stain is Minwax English Chestnut.
MariposaTraicionera
15 years ago
Now I like the lighter stain and painted trim, though that door in English Chestnut looks awesome!
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phoggie
15 years ago
my3dogs~~
I like your stained door with the white woodwork...looks great~~
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funkyart
15 years ago
wow.. All your doors look great! You have totally inspired me.. I have a cottagey gnome front door that I started priming but I stopped when I realized that what I really wanted to do was strip it.

I have a dumb question-- what did you all do while you worked on your doors? I have a storm door but I surely don't want just a storm door up overnight. Can I strip it while in place?
cliff_and_joann
15 years ago
My threedogs, Your door is awesome. I use English Chestnut in all the furniture and cabinets we make. I first discovered that color when we made our kitchen cabinets. I also mix in some Pecan when I want to make it lighter and special walnut when I want to make it a little darker.

eipip, I think what you want to do would look fabulous. The contrast would be awesome. I did the opposite in my house, painted doors and stained trim. I use to have painted trim as well, then changed to stained trim and like it because of the contrast.
If like you I had stained doors I would paint the trim.
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2ajsmama
15 years ago
You new house looks awesome! I love your staircase! Where did you find the newels/balusters? Crown has newels like that, but I can't find simple (non-turned) balusters in oak.

Also, for those who may have pine (Chilean radiata pine) 6-panel doors, HOW can you get a smooth finish on them? I had no problem finishing baseboards that are Chilean pine, or window jambs/sills, or Andersen slider door, but my interior doors are giving me a hard time. Even 320 grit seems to scratch them, 600 just polishes them, and some of the grain doesn't seem to want to take the poly (Minwax wipe-on poly) even though it feels smooth. Maybe I'm just too fussy, looking at door lying across sawhorses, getting down to eyelevel across the door against the light.

Thanks

Sheila
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jaymielo
15 years ago
mythreedogs, Absolutely beautiful restoration of your door. I LOVE it! Great work.

phoggie, I posted a few more pictures back in this thread on the building a home forum. I'm happy to share any any other pictures you might find helpful. Are you looking for anything in particular? Here are a couple more pictures that show the stained and painted combo.
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