Painting out baseboards, leaving window and door casings white?
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Want to replace baseboards, window & door casings
Comments (8)Honestly, if that were my house, I would leave it as is. It may look more disconnected IRL, but it looks fine to me. What I would focus on is replacing the caulking where needed, adding caulk where needed, fixing any dings or dints and do a really nice paint job. Your nice wainscotting adds a lot of interest in lieu of nice big hefty trim. I would hesitate to tear out and redo it to accomodate taller base. You really don't have room for wider door and window trim in some areas. Once the caulk and paint have cured, I would do a nice strait edge with tape and touch up the wall paint - it appears that the trim paint is running up on the walls....See MoreStained doors and windows with white baseboard
Comments (9)I don't think this would look funny at all, but then again, it is exactly when we did. ;-) The windows and doors are stained. The floors will have a natural finish. The baseboards and casing are painted white. I'm sorry we are still under construction, so I don't have great pictures. The doors aren't hung yet, but these might give you an idea. The ones "under construction" are our house. The finished pictures are some inspiration pics. Good luck! Our house "in progress". In this picture we combined stained stairs and windows with painted trim and window casing This isn't a great shot, but it does show the transition between the stain and paint on the windows. This is the only decent picture I have that shows a door (french in this case, but all the interior doors in the house are stained but not hung yet.) This door isn't hung yet (just resting there) but it give you an idea of the nice contrast between the doors and the trim. Inspiration pictures...See MoreBaseboard and Door/Window Casing Material
Comments (11)The finger joints frequently telegraph through the paint and become visible in a year or five. It probably depends somewhat on just how evenly the wood was dried prior to fabrication, but also on small variation in seasonal movement from piece to piece of wood from different trees. The former can be solved by acclimating the wood to the house and sanding it even prior to finishing, the latter can't. Something to bear in mind-- if that's going to bother you, upgrading to poplar will solve the problem....See MorePainting window trim white or leave natural wood?
Comments (8)I’d hold off on painting the cabinets. They look great and wood tone cabinets seem to be coming back. Just swap out hardware for something more updated. If you’re waiting to eventually replace the windows, I’d paint just them and the woodwork/baseboards for now....See MorePP MM
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