The doors and the trim are beautiful. I would not paint them. I would however replace that skimpy baseboard. Looks like they put all their money into the doors and door trim, and ran out of money before baseboards.

If they are original to the house, I doubt they are particle board. Real wood o wood hollow core flat panel doors were used in the 70's. Lucky you, you got the nice quality doors, I got the ugly flat panel hollow core ones. :-) I would not want floors as dark as the doors anyway. They show every speck of dirt. The lighter floors will look great with your darker trim, and would look very nice.

Those are high dollar high quality and should not be remuddled. You really need to

slow down and be sure that you aren’t eliminating valuable original details that you’ll never get back.

If you have to do wood floors, look at natural maple or cork. Cork is very MCM. Natural maple would give you a nice contrast with the existing woodwork and age to a great mellow tone.

Thank you all for your input. These are def original to the house and are wood, not the hollow core ones. Everything just looks so dark with the baseboards, trim and doors and with finally going to paint my kitchen cabinets it just felt like it wouldn't look right and then deciding on the flooring. After seeing the pictures above, I like the look of keeping the doors as is and changing up the baseboard and trim. Is it possible for more pictures on the color of flooring you guys think would work? I really appreciate your advice. Thank you.

Listen to Sophie!

Slow down. You may want to find out how much you have to pay for a similar quality door on today's market.

Are you not painting over high quality Kitchen cabinets with a few coats of white paint?

That baseboard molding is not beautiful! It's so thin and small, just take it out if redoing the floors and put down minimum, 4" , simple white baseboards. You can leave your casing or paint it to match the baseboards.

oak, against oak floors, and off white

this is the size baseboards you want. just simple ones. door casing too. again, oak tone w/oak flooring.

this just shows the darker doors w/wood flooring. they don't have to be the exact same stain.

Old oak doors/trim (this is vintage oak from the early 1900's. yours is nothing remotely similar to this type of wood! )

again, white trim, fir doors, oak flooring.

look into stain on site white oak flooring so you can choose the exact stain color you like.

I would do higher baseboards than this. the flooring was done while baseboards stayed, hence the shoe molding. don't even think of keeping yours and doing this.

The pictures I posted above all have oak flooring. I am unsure of the first two because they are stained as to whether they are red oak or white. I believe the third picture, which is from a 2016 This Old House project, is probably white oak. White oak is what I am seeing in many new design pics. It probably cost a little more than red oak. I don't know if natural white oak would work or not because it is very light but you can always bring home some samples and see what you think. I know the more rustic looking brown with a touch of gray is big and again, get some samples and set them in front of the door. However, avoid trendy looking flooring - especially the gray weathered look - that is a passing trend. You have a 70's home which is beginning to get "old house" status. For a more timeless style, look to what has stood the test of time in older homes. If you think that is too "old fashion" remember there also have been some very "mod" styles done in older homes too.

Just FIY, darker floors show more scratches and dust. Not a problem for some, but other say that though they love them, they will never have a dark floor again. The most forgiving wood floor is a natural tone - shows less scratches and dust.

My home is also from the 70's and my trim was dark stained pine (which I painted white.) Dark stained pine is no great wood and while some 70's homes have interesting original features, many don't. Mine was an ode to harvest gold. There were no noteworthy original featured except the two fireplaces which actually are pretty:)

We installed solid oak floors - natural on the main floor and a bit darker upstairs. I find they work with many different rugs and styles. They also are one of the more reasonably priced solid wood floors. You might want some stain with your darker doors, though my first home had dark oak doors with a natural oak floor and it worked.

Wow, you guys are great and I really appreciate all the ideas and the pictures. I'm going to re-read everything again and probably will have more questions. I remember reading above someone saying their door had a red tint to it. That's what mine has a bit as well. I think that's what throws me off :) I never really wanted to paint the doors I just wasn't sure if a white trim with them would work and after listening to you all and seeing the pictures, I really like it and I completely agree with changing the baseboards :) To azmom, I am going to paint my kitchen cabinets that are original to the house and leaning more towards white. Thank you all and I'm sure I'm not done with the questions.

Those door frames/casings look nice, it seems they are of same high quality as of the doors, I don't understand why people suggested to replace them with white door frames/casings.

All white baseboard and door frame/casing circle around a dark door look pretty odd. Would it be easier to replace narrow baseboards with wider ones?

I would also explore other means to brighten up interior of the house. Sophie is an experienced professional, she may be able to provide some great ideas.

Great doors! Love tall baseboards. I'd go 6" for sure!