I'm embarassed to say I didn't give this any thought when we chose creamy cabinets, but it's worked out fine. Our trim is more of a real white, the cabinets are more of a vanilla. We have a white-trimmed window between two creamy cabinets and I never notice they're slightly different colors. We also have white beadboard on a non-cabinet wall in the kitchen that's the same white as the window trim but different from the cabinets, and that doesn't jump out at me either. Our kitchen chairs are a different creamy white than the creamy white cabinets, and that also doesn't bug me. This might not help, but that's the report from a creamy/regular white kitchen!

Without seeing your pictures, I'll respond to a couple questions. First - yes, it is perfectly okay to paint the inside and outside of doors different colors. All of my exterior doors other than the patio door (so side door (into kitchen), front door, and basement door (into a walk-out basement) are red on the outside, and white on the inside. I LOVE the red color - it goes great with our white siding and black shutters. But, it would be way, way, way too much inside. I think this is pretty normal. It really depends on what exterior color you chose, and what your interior decor looks like. (Also, if you do do the same color inside and out, TECHNICALLY you should not use the exterior paint for the interior. It off-gasses more "nasty" stuff than the interior paint, and supposedly is (ironically) not as durable for interior use as interior paint is... I guess it's more weather-resistant, but doesn't hold up as much to daily living. I'm sure some people have done it with no terrible effects, but that's the general rule.) Can't comment on color questions without seeing the pics, but regarding storm doors... I actually don't have storm doors, which is a departure from every other place I have lived. The house is new and so it is very well weatherized and so there is no need, from a weatherization standpoint, to have the storm door. (Although personally I would prefer to be able to open the main door and still have a screen or window between the outside and me.) Our doors look much, much better without storm doors. If you do put in storm doors out of necessity or personal preference, I'd go with something that kind of "disappears" - probably a door with a full window (no cross bar) and a frame which is either the color of your front door, or which matches the trim around the door, or at the very least is metal.

Amy, I probably would paint the side door the same color as the siding. In our current home all side doors are the same color as the siding. Like your door, they're all out of sight from the front of the house. In our previous home, the side door was also out of sight from the front, but we painted it white which was our trim color.

Hi, Donna-- If you're trying to create consistency and correlation in your space, one of the easiest ways to to that is to keep your trim tones consistent throughout. Bright white trim always looks clean and fresh - and it's a true neutral. Personally all my millwork (and ceilings) are in UPW - Ultra Pure White - and it's a great, unifying touch that balances out other tones in my palette. Plus, it makes matching things - like blinds - to trim as easy as it should be. And it means fewer paint colors to keep on hand for the inevitable touch-up duty. Cheers!