Decorating and Design - Bathroom Trim design

Ok First I am wanting to redo all my trim a little bit of a time as time permits. I want to change it to the older type like in the old homes in 40 and 50's wide and also around ceilings, I guess you could say we want the cottage or country look. And what is this going to look like in the bathroom around the 3 ft high beaded pine and also have that on the ceiling. Any ideas on this. Also the door is a new 6 panel, would you recommend painting theinside of the door and the floor trim and ceiling trim allthe same color, by the way the 3 ft high and ceiling is stained natural, and wife has bould a sorta light green cant remember what color it is, would this be ok

What type of door is it?

If it is a pine door I would stain it and the trim to match the bead board. If it is a masonite door you will have to paint it and the trim might look better if it is painted as well. I have painted homes with stained wood work and painted masonite doors, so really you should do what you and yours like best.

i think it looks best when all the woodwork in the home is finished the same - painted or stained.

What we had planned on doing is paint the top piece of trim that goes around the railing the same as the baseboard. So youare saying that it is better to make all trim anddoors same no matter what color the walls are correct

It depends on colors used but often it looks best for all the woodwork in a house to be painted the same - often a white or off white.

The top piece over the wainscotting and the base are both part of the trim/woodwork and are usually painted with same paint/color as the door and casing.

what will the trimwork be in this bathroom? the sorta light green color? what is the flooring in there?

what will the rest of the trim in the house be?

A light green tile with some colored specks in it. Rest of trim is all going to beredone to be like the older homes, when finished

sorry......i'm still confused.

1. the FLOOR is light green tile? yes or no?

2. what exactly will the rest of the trim in the house be? stained or painted? if painted, what color?

The Floor is going to be of tile
The trim in the rest of the house will be I am saying what ever i can come up with from this Forum that looks good weather paint or stain. Now since the door is is not wood then it would better to paint it then right. i hope I am not totally confussing you. I am just trying to come up with a good color scheme and then work the rest of the house around this, if that make since. almost the whole house is going to be redone and all is going to chang e colors throught out just not sure of the colors till the rooms are completed. Is it better to stay with kinda the same color or close through out. sorry Iguess I need to stay in line with the questions till I am sure Ihave it straight

i see........okay - well, i think you need to decide what/how you want that new wide "old house" trim to be in the rest of the house, and do it that way everywhere. baseboards, crown moulding, doors, windows, etc. i think everything needs to be the same for the sake of continuity and flow. then it's easy to change wall colors & flooring from room to room. but you'll always have that same trim tying all the rooms together.

i think in this bath, i would paint the beadboard paneling (both on the ceiling and the wainscoting) the trim color (white, off white, whatever). then it will REALLY seem "old-housey" and original. if you leave it natural, it'll look like you just put it in & it will scream "remodel".

this beadboard doesn't need to be natural for you to achieve a country or cottage feel, like you were thinking. actually, painted out, it'll be better. you could even paint the beadboard a different color as an accent. maybe a darker green or peach or whatever fits in with your color scheme in there. but left natural, i don't think it will fit in or look old/original.

I have alread put two coats of nautral minwax on it butyour idea sounds better. Can I just go over this with the color or do I have to strip it?

um..........i don't know. :o ask the paint guys over in the Painting forum (or maybe Marksr will answer here).

i'd guess you'll have to either sand it, or just use some sort of primer first, so the paint will stick. :D

You can paint over stain easier than you can paint over poly, just use a good solvent based primer. Once dry it can be topcoated with latex, waterborne or oil base enamel.

Ok After some soul searching about my bathroom I think me and the misses have changed our mind again. I don't guess anyone has ever changed there mind right in the middle of a project, LOL. Anyhow now that you got me thinking Annette, I am going to make all the trim in the house one color, just unsure what might be the best all around color. And Remember I am going to have all the doorswith the 6 panel masonite. And the whole house will have wide trim and cove molding. Now first should the cove modeling for the ceiling also be the same as the floor trim throughout the house. And am I correct, the doors should also be the same as the trim, right.
Now what would be a good all around colorfor the trim, don't want stain, first of all. So now what color would be a good color scheme on both doors and floor and ceiling trim. I would like to have one that will go with just about any color we decided on the walls. I know this is maybe a hard one but I just want a nice country or cottage scheme throught out. Also thanks for all the help you and the rest of the board have given me already.

White or off white woodwork goes with most any color. I have SWP's dover white on half the woodwork in my house [other half is stained] and it has went well with the different wall colors my wife has chose over the years.

Are you using cove moulding or crown mould next to the ceiling?
Most cove mould is small and would be hard to paint with enamel, I usually paint it with either the ceiling or the wall. Crown mould should always be painted with the trim color.

IMO all the trim should be painted the same - doors, casing, base, crown, etc. But there are no hard set rules. I have run into decorators that specified 3 different colors just on the casing alone :eek:

I meant to say crown molding. By the way does this Forum hav a way to post pics

you can post a link to a picture you've got somewhere like photobucket, etc.

to decide which color to use on all the trim everywhere in your house (white vs. off-white/cream), think about the colors you'll be using (or colors you have). white (like Dove White) is very white, fresh, & crisp (maybe more cottagey). an off-white is softer, & warmer (maybe more country - definitely better for rustic country). a quick look through some Country Living-type magazines will help you see what colors they use with whites & creams.

if you're working with existing furniture, flooring, drapes, etc take a look at the colors you've got. are they warm or cool? do you have any painted furniture that's white or cream? are your kitchen appliances white or almond? bathtubs? just take a look around, walk from room to room, & see what is going to work best. and then commit to that everywhere. your wife will probably be able to decide on this pretty easily. if you have a lot of stained antique furniture, the off-white might be better.

and yes, EVERYTHING can be painted this one color. door trim, doors, window trim, windows, baseboards, crown molding, wainscot, chair rails, etc.