Haven't been on here for quite awhile, but thought since I *have* done this, would let you know my opinion of the outcome. I absolutely LOVE it! It looks identical to the pictures tinker has posted. I know the wall color is Knott, but I don't know the trim color or the paint manufacturer the builder uses, but it would be easy for me to find out if anyone wanted to know. The supervisor of the build can't get over how great it looks, as well as the sales representative I purchased from~they compare it to their high-end homes. I knew I didn't want white trim because it reminds me of homes that are more colonial in style, although I know it has been used in all styles of homes for years. With the ivory glaze cabs as well as a bank of merlot cabs in the kitchen, new venetian gold granite, dark stained floors/railings, it all comes together beautifully. For more formality, i'm using Cream Marfil marble with Black Absolute on the diagonal(18")in the foyer. Since it will butt up against the dark wood, a border of the cream tile will be cut in half, and an inside border of black 12" tiles cut in half also. I thought this would make the black/cream tiles more prominent. I have to say everything i've done has been nothing more than a vision in my head for the last several years. To see it in reality is an unforgettable experience for me.

I've seen a similar question before with mixed answers. I have a mixture in my house simply because we added on and wanted to upgrade the trim. Most of the house has 6" poplar baseboard in a medium stain and similarly stained door and window trim. However, I painted the door trim in the original part of the house as it was part of the prehung doors and couldn't be removed without destroying the door jams, but replaced the baseboard with the medium stained poplar. On the other hand, my husband refused to replace the baseboard in our BR, so it is the original baseboard, painted white but the window trim is stained. It sounds bad, but really it isn't. Here you can see the painted door jams and baseboard, and stained trim.

I guess I'm passe...I only use high gloss because I find chipped up paint on my doors and trim to be a bit passe as well :oP Here's a picture (I'll try to find a few) of my trims...No they're not distracting :) They just look rich IMO: Oh and by the way...the color I'm using (the brown) is the code that is attached to the "exterior" name. I actually have a can of the paint here...It does say it's an interior/exterior paint on the little color label. The actual label of the paint jar says: All Surface Enamel, Acrylic Latex High Gloss. What I have here is a deep base since I'm testing out different dark colors for this house, but it comes in all colors. The jar label is turquoise (blue green) just in case they ask. It's FABULOUS trim paint...I would use NOTHING else an no other sheen if I were you, but then again, I like a classic look on trims and doors and don't follow trends: Pics: In some of these pics there are two colors of trim (we were in the process...still are...of remodeling the entire house and I'd started trim work). It's always the dark tone that's the new paint. The light is horrible orange varnish over oak...and I didn't sand it :) If your painter "won't" paint without sanding using these products, get another one, but if your painter is any good...they'll discuss this with you. My current guy was skeptical and I asked him to try the product and test it. He did so, and agreed to use it after a test. He still would have done it without the test but I had to guarantee it, verses him guaranteeing it as he would normally do using his paints. He likes the product so much he's going to use it on his jobs that insist on latex (he still likes oil based paints). Some of these pics have flash...if there are high points in the lighting, it's the flash or the bright sunshine (we get a lot of sun) so I included different times of day in the pics. I really like the level of sheen but again...I'm a classic, and lazy girl...and only like to paint once LOL. (I'm obsessing on the passe thing....) Look at some high end designer photo's...they're using gloss or oil paints on trim. Apparently passe is in fashion. I think the lower sheens...tend to be more popular with the builder beige sprayed on the walls...lower sheens hide mistakes...higher sheens show errors.

I know Houzzers hate old posts with a new life, however Brian also commented this year and didn’t get a reply. And I’m not sure all the above posts are truly answering the issue that I, and others, experience. We have a room with a contrast wall where we have that weird banding from the cut in a couple years ago. We are re-painting the other 3 walls and while up on the ladder and cutting in I can see on the contrast wall it is shiny for the cut in, like semi-gloss while the rolling is eggshell. My husband rolls heavy, he cuts in 2 inches heavy, I cut in 3-4 inches not as heavy. We use Cashmere Sherwin Williams and Purdy brushes. In our case the look difference is sheen. It’s strange and searching the internet doesn’t answer the sheen issue. I get the color replies being heavy vs light, but that’s not our issue. Why the sheen difference using the same paint with the brush?