Dark trim vs. White. Updating home without painting ALL TRIM white??
Kim Dick
4 years ago
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Comments (4)Our house is the same style. The plan is to do the following - white for the doors (3 sets going across the front) and trim with Charleston Green shutters, an antique brick for the piers, stairs to porch and walkway, and a pale blue porch ceiling - "haint blue" is what everyone at home calls it. I am sure it repels neither spirits nor dirt daubers, but I like the history aspect. Since you are on Houzz, search "Creole Design" under "Professionals" in the box at the top. It's a designer in Houston that does a ton of this style. Not that he is the end-all be-all, but it's a nice collection of photos of that and NOLA style without having to search too hard! This post was edited by texas_cajun on Thu, Apr 11, 13 at 19:31...See Morepainting trim a color vs. white or off-white
Comments (11)I think this application can be good...particularly in an historic, vintage or more rustic home. Our house is an 1880's farmhouse and much of the woodwork was painted by the PO in Baby Turtle ( a BIT coincidental since I'd used it years before in my Denver LR!) The foyer walls are a rich gold and look great with the BT. That said? The BT doors opening into the various color bedrooms upstairs was NOT a "good look". It was also quite dark in the hallways so those areas I re-painted off white. I've been contemplating painting the foyer of late...the white/green combo of the wood casing on the doorways and the white of the windows/ screens against the BT kinda drives me batty. They can't be painted since they're the "tilt in" Anderson windows and it would prevent that operation. In my Denver TV room I painted all the wainscotting, trim and bookcases in a deep swamp green and the walls were a pale gold...rest of house was off white trim. In our ranch in CO which was again an old farmhouse, I had a mixture of a deep rusty red trim with stained cedar planking in some rooms and a rich gold trim on doors leading to the upstairs. Kitchen was a warm white. I think it's easier to pull off in older homes where it's not so "open". It also gives more of a vintage/historic vibe. Here's a pix of our foyer now...pardon some of the junk strewn about...I've been in a decluttering mode of late. :)...See MoreWhite house with white trim— different shades?
Comments (17)Pretty house. Don’t have any input regarding your colors as I am a fan of super white trim with a contrasting body color (although I do love a crisp white house) ...but...regarding the shutters, you could make cardboard samples for them and have someone hold them up to see how close they will be to one another. Whatever you decide about the upper windows, make sure you use hinges and shutter dogs for the shutters (looks like the architect put them on the elevation). With the shutters properly attached with hinges, you will have more space between each shutter than you would have if they were installed in todays typical way by basically pasting them onto the siding next to the window (plus they will look so much better and realistic). I would also consider omitting the shutters on your French doors. They will be HUGE if properly sized and don’t know that it will be a good look on your house....See MoreTransitioning between dark stained trim & white trim in adjoining room
Comments (9)Dear flippers everywhere, please refinish/restore your early 1900s wood!!! Unless its been hopelessly trashed by previous owners this wood has more value preserved than not - just take a look at the prices in architecutral salvage shops if you doubt that. Wood from this era is mostly what's left of the old growth virgin forests that once blanketed much of North America - which essentially doesnt really exist anymore, except what you find in old buildings. By 1930s/40s farmed wood began to be most common (ie growth accelants used, not the same quality as old growth wood) so probably less necessary to preserve, but still.... even that era wood is light years higher quality than the terrible splintery knotty wood of today. I also want to say to you flippers - dont under estimate your buyers. Just because you see acres of white painted wood in just about every RE listing doesnt mean buyers are clamoring for that. It often only means the seller got lazy or was in a hurry, and took the RE agents advice to slap white paint on it. The paint lover buyer is always free to paint if they wish, but the vintage wood lover is very likely NOT going to be able to undo a paint job. Once white paint gets deep into the crevices and pores of the wood it's essentially ruined. You can have very appealing current color schemes which incorporate wood tones. Just recently I saw a house with incredible heart pine stripped bare w/ clear satin finish and a sorta Scandinavian pallette of light grays/ blue-grays/ blue-greens throughtout which contrasted beautifully with the rich tones of the wood....See More
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4 years agoI’m not opposed to a new stair runner. When we bought house in 2010 we painted the main area Wilmington Tan... it isn’t Awful...but i want to go lighter and get away from the gold.
Kim Dick
4 years agoKim Dick
4 years agoI see pics like this... and I think white would look really nice... but I still like some wood.
Kim Dick
4 years agoRachel G
4 years agoI would paint the floor and ceiling trim white, as well as the trim around the doors. You can leave the doors and staircase as natural wood for a bit of added character. I actually really love wooden doors surrounded by white trim.
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