White trim in the bathroom is fine. Again, using my 80 year old previous residence as an example - the two front rooms, living and dining, had oak floors, doors, a built-in buffet, windows and trim including a 10" baseboard. The rear 1st floor rooms had maple floors, cabinets, doors, windows and trim. Upstairs the floors and trim were pine. Outside the wood was all painted the same. Nowadays most people do use all one or the other, stained or painted. But you can do it the way you want. My bathroom door was stained on the outside and painted white on the inside. It worked very well for the space and that house.

I find this very intesting and half confusing. I'm sure Merillat isn't top of the line cabinet brand but.. They say the sealers/topcoats have UV inhibitors in them. It also then states.. "Natural sunlight contains Ultra Violet (UV) light rays that may affect the appearance of your cabinets. Merillat has tested our wood species and finishes so that you may be able to determine the approximate effect that UV rays may have on the cabinetry in your home. The tests we use follow the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) standards for quartz ultra violet light (QUV). The actual results in your home will vary depending on these three factors: 1.Exposure to light (for example, direct from the south, east or west, or indirect from the north) 2.The portion of the cabinet that receives the light (top, base, etc.) 3.The wood itself. The finish does not change color, the wood itself will. UV inhibitors have been applied to all Merillat cabinetry. With varying exposure to UV rays, and over time, color variations will occur" What's up with #3? I thought the point of the UV inhibitors was so that it's protected and won't?

"In a word, yes. A good landscape architect would never recommend this." I have to disagree with this :-) Color - as in flower color - is approached differently in the garden based on client wishes. Landscape design recognizes multiple types of color schemes and all have validity: monochromatic, analogous, complimentary, primary, pastel and riotous. 'Riotous' is closest to the color scheme being considered here and is seen in many designed landscapes, like the mixed perennial borders at Great Dixter. Even Japanese style gardens, highly designed and planned landscapes, will use shrubs and trees with multiple flower colors together (think flowering azaleas), as flowering is not the basis of the design. The form and layout is. As one landscape design text states: "There is no right or wrong when it comes to color in the garden. Color choices are a matter of personal taste." To be honest, designers seldom take flower color into consideration when planning a design - unless they are designing a perennial border. The reason for that is flowers tend to be very transitory and so color derived from flowers tends to be very fleeting. As mentioned above, the primary concern is given to plant shape and form and foliage color and texture. Flowers are considered an added bonus but not the major design issue. Most shrubs have a rather short bloom cycle and it is unusual for all the flowering shrubs in a landscape to be in bloom at the same time....another reason why flower color is very tertiary to the design process. If the client or homeowner does favor a shrub with an extended bloom season - like the Knockout roses - then selecting another flowering shrub that compliments/accents/contrasts with their coloring is always a good idea. But what that color should be is a personal choice, nothing necessarily governed by design rules. There are definitely design considerations to be made when considering a planting area, especially one that is adjacent to an entry. Scale, balance, a more or less uniform year round appearance and the shape, form, texture and foliage color as mentioned above. It is usually considered best to limit the number of plant choices involved and plant at least smaller specimens in multiples. Too many single plant choices (without repeating) just makes the design look busy and lack cohesion. And if you have a limited pallet with suitable repetition, then it is very unlikely that you will have too many potentially distracting flower colors at any given time.

I think I am confused. Is the mountain with the water your view, or is that just your computer screen? If the mountain is your view, you do not need an accent wall, because no one will ever look at it. However, I am guessing that the mountain view is not the real view. I am not a fan of accent walls unless you really have something to accent. You haven't described anything worth accenting yet. I think you need to give us a sketched out floor plan with windows, doors, and openings, along with the dimensions and uses of each space. That will help us give you a better answer.