Painting - door/window jambs & trim--paint or stain?
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bmears
07-08-03, 06:13 PM
I'm putting the door & window jambs & casing in my new bathroom addition. The bathroom is white wainscot on the lower half of the walls, and a pastel green on the upper half. The floor is pine planks that will be stained a dark walnut brown.
Dilema... my wife wants to stain the doors, but I want to paint everything white (door/jamb/casing). I'm not sure about what should be stained if I stain part or all of the door... in other words, should I stain only the door and leave the jamb/casing white? Or, should I stain the door and jamb, and paint the casing white? I'm not sure about how the two finishes will look against each other. Same deal with the windows... I can stain the (pine) jambs and paint the casing, or paint it all white.
The one thing I know in all of this is that the casing will definitely be white.
Can anybody with an eye for color give a suggestion? Also, if anybody is aware of pictures on the internet that I could look at, I'd like to see that as well.
Your help, comments and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
Brian
Dilema... my wife wants to stain the doors, but I want to paint everything white (door/jamb/casing). I'm not sure about what should be stained if I stain part or all of the door... in other words, should I stain only the door and leave the jamb/casing white? Or, should I stain the door and jamb, and paint the casing white? I'm not sure about how the two finishes will look against each other. Same deal with the windows... I can stain the (pine) jambs and paint the casing, or paint it all white.
The one thing I know in all of this is that the casing will definitely be white.
Can anybody with an eye for color give a suggestion? Also, if anybody is aware of pictures on the internet that I could look at, I'd like to see that as well.
Your help, comments and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
Brian
lloyd95
07-08-03, 09:28 PM
Bmears,
Its funny, that is the same exact color/ style we just did our office in. I just finished installing the white wainscoting tonight.
We have all dark stained doors in the home and are going to paint them all white. The windows are dark stained as well and will be painted white. I personally would paint all the trim, etc. white. But, we arent going with a dark floor. We are going with a "lighter" pine laminate. I have been quite strict on this as my wife was considering painting the trim white and leaving the doors dark. As it turns out, she goes to a decorator store to look at paint samples and if you buy their paint a home decorator will come to your home for free. The decorator said to most definately paint the doors and trim all white.
Its funny, that is the same exact color/ style we just did our office in. I just finished installing the white wainscoting tonight.
We have all dark stained doors in the home and are going to paint them all white. The windows are dark stained as well and will be painted white. I personally would paint all the trim, etc. white. But, we arent going with a dark floor. We are going with a "lighter" pine laminate. I have been quite strict on this as my wife was considering painting the trim white and leaving the doors dark. As it turns out, she goes to a decorator store to look at paint samples and if you buy their paint a home decorator will come to your home for free. The decorator said to most definately paint the doors and trim all white.
johnnyfulcrum
07-09-03, 08:40 AM
I'd second the vote for all white - it'll pull everything together real nice - excellent flow for the eye.... it won't be a harsh jump from the walls to the trim/door
If in doubt, you can always go for the stain and see how you like it, and if it's no good - proper prep (no icdea about painting directly over stain) and a can of white paint - bingo!
If in doubt, you can always go for the stain and see how you like it, and if it's no good - proper prep (no icdea about painting directly over stain) and a can of white paint - bingo!