Personally I would keep the wainscoting as is. Introducing white will throw things off. I would choose a much lighter flooring. It will make things lighter and offer contrast with the oak. Also, I think that the green is not a good choice. I would go with something lighter. If you think that you must paint the wainscoting, do it in the wall color.

I do not think the new flooring and the oak work together and also the green is not the right geen with the oakit should be much lighter and more grayed and IMO all the wainscotting makes this hall look like a hotel hallway so if you want to keep the doors and trimin oak I would remove the wainscotting but at least paint the same as the walls to make it disappear. If you do that then the mismatch with the flooring will be less noticeable, I will tell you I never like real wood next to faux wood

Putting fake wood next to real wood is never a good idea.

If it were me, I would paint the wainscoting white and have both the kitchen and the hall (upper half) the same color - but hold off on your paint decision until the floors are in. The wood is dark and you may decide to go with a completely different color. I would also only leave the doors as is and paint all of the trim white - the woods are going to be fighting with each other and the less you have the better (especially in the hallway) and it will also make it feel less broken up visually. You are going to all that work/cost installing the flooring, you might as well go a touch further to make it all feel updated. If you are unsure, just hold off on the trim and decide once the floors are in...easy job to do afterwards.

Another way to do it is paint the wainscoting the same as the walls, but in a sheen 1 level higher.

Since you do not want to paint the other trims this would be a good alternative to adding a whole new color dimension.

There are some photos out there that illustrate this. It is a more modern look.

Who cares if the hallway is "too dark". How much time to you really spend in there, and what do you need to see? It's not as though you can get lost. Leave it as it is, at least until the new floor is down.

Painting it white (while leaving all the rest of the trim natural) will look very odd. If it bothers you, I'd remove it, then paint the whole wall. I like wainscot, but it looks like somebody went a little overboard with it (or got a great deal).

I have oak doors and cabinets and beadboard - but my trim is white. It was never oak, so I never had to make the decision to paint oak or not. I tried to find pics of white beadboard with wood trim and only found a few. They don't show a large space which is disappointing:

If this was my home, I would either leave it as is, or paint the beadboard and trim only white. You could see if something like the first picture works, but if you don't like the look, you might need to paint the rest of the hall trim (NOT doors).

I have seen many older homes in which some rooms have painted trim and others do not. Many like consistency through the home, but I remember my grandmother's old craftsman - trim painted in the kitchen, but not the living room and dining room.

This is my upstairs hall:

https://www.houzz.com/photos/my-kitchen-in-progress-phvw-vp~45783770

Cindy paint the waincotting an off white not bright white...the tones in your cabinets and flooring are warm so I would not go with hospital white, go with a warmer white on the wainscotting to include the top layer as well. In terms of the green I agree with the poster it is the wrong color green. It needs to be more neutral with hints of gray like the picture of others posted below. You see, the green is not as bright is is toned down....

If you're going to keep the door trim natural, I think the beadboard painted a different color will look off. If at all possible, remove the beadboard before you put in the new floor. Otherwise, paint it the same color as the wall.

also, in the one picture it looks like one of your rooms has hardwood floors. Not that long ago, there was another post by someone who put faux and real wood flooring next to each other and the transition did not come out well. You might want to look up that post to make sure you don't repeat the same mistakes.

good luck!

I'm asking for help with what I have. I understand about real and faulk flooring but doing what we can afford.
None of my furniture/drapes have grays.
I'm working with what I have and colors that go with what I have.

I sense you need to defend your choices b/c it’s all you can afford and also understand your need to make house “your own”. But please remember this strategy hardly ever works and you end up spending more in the long run. Can you not save a little more so you can spend a little more later? Those things just aren’t going together and I doubt you will ever b happy.

I had wood paneling in my house for a long time and I loved it, so i can understand the reluctance to paint!

In this case, I would definitely paint the beadboard and the trim a warm white. Look at the BM OC palette. I think when the other posters talk about the transition between real and faux wood, they are referring to what you are seeing too.... that the stained real wood doesn’t look right against the Pergo. Painting the beadboard will eliminate that issue. There may be a warm white that works with the Dill weed, but if you’re painting anyway it might be worth looking into a less saturated color.

Enjoy the beautiful new floor!

Here is a great article on trim paint guidelines

http://www.mariakillam.com/trimcolour/

Here is some visuals to help.

Hope that helps.

The real oak makes the Pergo look cheap.

I don’t think the solution is to get rid of the authentic material.

You chose the wrong floors. Pick something else. It doesn’t work in your house at all. You created the problem. The right floors would not have you doing nine dozen chain reaction whoops fixers.

Fix the actual problem.

Your'e welcome, Cindy. Thank you for the thank you :)