Paint baseboards to match wall?

last year

Repainting a small spare bedroom/office space to a light olive green and replacing the carpet with LVP in a light wood pattern with mostly grey and taupe tones. This room is outfitted with the skinny mid-century style base boards and similar basic window and door trims. Would simply painting all the trim to match the walls improve the look at all? I'm trying not to invest in new trim in this room quite yet, since it's still in good shape. Or should I just stick with white? I feel that the white trim sort of adds a more feminine pop with this wall color, although a more masculine feel is preferred since my husband uses this room the most and he loves the green. That may be more of a decor issue. Most of the rest of the house is trimmed in white. Photo shows the new color going up, and a flooring plank for reference. The patterned strip at the bottom is the wallpaper that was hidden behind the trim that has been popped off, so disregard that odd bit. Celling is white, doors are medium brown wood. Any suggestions are appreciated!

Comments (16)

Stephanie
last year
The trim is called clam shell. i suggest paint white to keep it all tied in together.
palimpsest
last year
In the mid century period, the trim was often painted to match the walls.
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mxk3 z5b_MI
last year
I prefer trim the same color as the wall.
Alana Adcock
Original Author
last year
Clamshell! In all my years in different houses with this exact trim, I had never come across the name of the style. Thanks, Stephanie!
barebay57
last year
Because the trim is rather narrow and not something i would want to emphasis, i would paint it the same color as the wall.
Stephanie
last year
Clamshell baseboard (like all others) comes in various heights and thickness and is still available for purchase at the big orange and blue stores. in my house the original taller baseboard is in the public areas (kitchen, foyer, dining, and formal living) and the shorter is in the rest of the house, hallways, etc. you can always make it a half inch or an inch taller than the window trim, as long as it is proportional.
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plando
last year
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try the same colors as walls for perfect match. When I want to be sure that I chose the right colors and units I use 3d exterior rendering services from Fortes Vision. They provide architectural interior 3D visualization for many years and have affordable prices. Useful service for interior design. They help to implement all interior design ideas before they become reality and save both time and money.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
I am sorry but I do not like that wall color with the floor . As for the trim I think not that wall color for the trim just do white like the rest of thehouse .
cat_ky
last year
I like the trim the same all through the house, but, since its a bedroom, you could do the same as the walls. The walls, are a little dark. It could look a bit dreary in there, and the white may just help it not look dreary. I dont really like that flooring with the wall color either. A lighter floor would fit the room better.
ptreckel
last year
I think that white woodwork would look better next to your new floor than the wall color. Paint one piece of each color and prop it up to see. Good luck!
Alana Adcock
Original Author
last year
Thanks all for the suggestions!
elcieg
last year
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No to that floor. It's too outside/deck looking. You need a floor with this undertone.

Mohawk

Why are the doors brown? Not painting them white?
Alana Adcock
Original Author
last year
What doors, judianna20? The floor is actually really close to your suggestion (and others who suggested a lighter floor). I think the one random plank I picked for the photo up had a darker swirl which is throwing it off. The flooring is the traffic master pattern in Winding Brook, which is pretty light overall, and coordinates well with the light tile throughout the rest of the house. Pictured here from the HD website:
HU-996389822
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You mentioned brown doors in your original post.
Carrie H
last year
The other responses may be picking up on the cool undertone in the floor which doesn’t go super well with what looks like warm green on the wall. Maybe the lighting is throwing it off, but they’re suggesting not just a lighter floor but also a warmer or neutral tone flooring to complement the wall color you chose.

I would paint the trim white to separate it a bit from that flooring if you keep it. Or change out the flooring for a neutral or slightly warm tone, or the paint for a neutral or cool tone. You can make the room feel masculine through decoration.
palimpsest
last year
Any possibility of finding tile that goes with what's in the rest of the house?