Help with molding/trim/wall color combo
We just bought this 1920s home and I need help with the molding/trim and wall colors.
Some of the molding/trim downstairs has the original natural wood finish and some has been painted white. There are even areas of off-white (clearly no consistency at all). The house overall is pretty dark so I was going to paint the walls a very light color instead of the beige. I think a natural wood finish on the molding/trim would look great but it seems that it would take a lot of work/time to strip all the paint off. Yet, it would kill me to paint the areas of original natural wood finish. What would you do?
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4 years ago
lynartist
4 years agoPaint it all white! Make sure you prime it first. I see that the baseboard needs to be repainted so do it all in the same white. You can leave the front door natural but paint the trim around it white. It will look lovely!
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Irene Morresey
4 years agoI think seeing a lot of the trim has been painted white, I’d be inclined to paint it all white including bookcase, you could put the wall colour on back wall of bookcase
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