Trying to find a good trim color
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Trying to find a place to match our 130 year-old trim (pics)
Comments (7)Thanks everyone! I found a bunch of places online, took many of your suggestions, and sent out a list of what we needed and pictures. Of about 10 sent out, I got four responses. Two were RIDICULOUSLY priced (over 2K for just the trim in our kitchen). I also have a local lumberyard that can do it--I have a piece of the baseboard off, which helps in getting the knives made. The casing is exactly the same, except coved on two sides instead of one. The rosettes would be hand done on a laithe. But their price for just the trim and not the rosettes was about $1050. So far, the cheapest and easiest to work with has been through Jim Illingsworth near Watertown, NY. It's about a 3 hour drive for us--which, in my husband's Silverado, would mean about $50 in gas...but would save us about $150-200 in shipping, depending on how much we're getting. I'm probably going to go with them, unless I can get the local yard to match their price, but I doubt it. If anyone's interested, here's their link. I haven't gotten anything done from them yet, so I can't vouch for their quality, but it seems like the company's pretty decent from what I've read online. Anyone ever heard of them? Sarah Here is a link that might be useful: Jim Illingworth Millwork...See MoreTrying fo find a similar paint color to picture..
Comments (45)@ MsRose , Also Dunn Edwards Fine grain seems to to be a great color. It’s been difficult but I’m starting to narrow the colors and see what works. Kilim Beige is very nice but it just didn’t work for my countertop colors which are light taupe ( Linen by Cesesrstone ). The slight green tint was only at night. I swatched it on a large poster and put it on the wall. You may really like it....See MoreWhat are some good paint colors to go with an abundance of maple trim?
Comments (15)Thank you for sharing the pictures and the current paint colors. I pulled your two paint colors, filtered for colors that were lighter but not too white. I also filtered for colors with a bit less chroma (more neutral, less colorful) and because when you go lighter and less colorful the orange yellows go a bit pink, I also increased the hue to yellow through green. My database does not have all the BM colors - just selected colors that I have added. I do not prefer SW over BM, but SW gives you all the data and BM makes me look up each color one at a time and add them to my database, so until I have time, I just add them on an add needed basis. These are the colors that I would start if this were my home and I wanted to modernize. (Top 2 are your current colors). If you play with these and find that you like something but would like it a little lighter, a litter browner, a little greener or a little anything else we can try to find another color that is closer to what you want....See Morepaint color help
Comments (2)IMo do the trim the samee as the walls and honestly get rid of the plantation shutters IMO they are heavy looking, block views and rarely look good in most homes. I know lots of people love them but I love being able to see outside on a nice hot sunny day so I use solar shades instead of heavy blinds and shutters....See More- 5 years ago
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