Maybe if you stain the doors darker it will mask the fill holes. Since it is a walk out bsmt, you have natural light and don't have to worry about a few darker doors.
btw - it is really looking nice ;)

I'd leave them or stain them darker. I'm a fan of not painting wood unless you have to, and I think they look nice. I don't think it's an issue that some of the trim is already primed, who said that every single thing has to match? :-)

Hmm, staining sounds like as much work as painting. [chuckle] Leaving them alone (with some sort of clear finish) would be easier than priming/painting. Maybe I could paint the door trim only, since the trim around the exterior ones is already primed; then it MIGHT look like it was planned that way instead of just me being lazy.

So if I leave the doors alone, what do I do about the primed muntins in the French doors? Take them out as my husband suggests? (But I like them.) Paint them to more or less match the wood?

One of the wall colors I was considering is a sort of butterscotch that goes well with the new floor. It's very similar to the wood, though, so if I left the doors alone I'd find a different wall color. Hmm. This is fun! Much less fraught in a basement than in a room we actually have to look at every day.

Thanks for the advice!

I wouldn't take them out, I like them. Painting them to match the wood might look a little artificial. Paint them to match the wall or an accent color? Then it would look like you meant to do that. Or paint them to match the trim around the doors, that's already primed, too, right?

If you do not want to paint the BB, I would paint all the trim and leave the doors unpainted (assuming the wood filler parts are on the trim and not the doors?). Wood doors with painted trim looks fine, IMO.

You can paint the BB and have it look good. You can use paintable caulk to fill in the parts that are separated and paint it all. That's what I would do if you could convince your DH. But, I am one that prefers painted trim, doors, molding.

Thanks! I had to take a short break from painting but have started priming the door trim. I finally chose my wall paint and will see how the unpainted doors look with it before I make a final decision about them. Yes, nearly all the wood filler is on the trim though there is a little bit on the doors too (on edges and not enough to bother me, though I'll try to sand off all I can if I leave them unpainted).

Paintable caulk -- that sounds like what I need, Jill! DH will have no problem with painted BB if it looks decent and he isn't the one who has to do it (it's knotty pine so I am inclined that way too, even though my lazy self knows that a clear finish would be faster). I will find some of the paintable caulk and fix the paint cracks in the bathroom BB to start. He installed all the BB himself; now we know for next time to prime/paint it (at least the tongues) in advance.