Dated Architraves and Doors
8 years ago
I'd like to bring my house into this century. I live in a 60's redbrick brick veneer. Inside is orange cypress pine floorboards, with ugly orange doors, skirting boards and architraves (door frames and windows).
My husband thinks if we change all the skirting and architraves to white it will look bland and boring. I was thinking a light grey for the walls to reduce the yellow effect of the floors.
Any thoughts or advice on how to freshen it up would be great! No idea on what to do about the doors / hall storage cupboards.
My husband thinks if we change all the skirting and architraves to white it will look bland and boring. I was thinking a light grey for the walls to reduce the yellow effect of the floors.
Any thoughts or advice on how to freshen it up would be great! No idea on what to do about the doors / hall storage cupboards.
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PRO8 years agoMaybe start with painting the walls first and switching out the hardware to something more up to date and see how you feel... we did something similar with a client for the sale of their home and came up nicely. They did have a pale grey as the paint colour.
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- 8 years agoHere's an idea of what I'll be going for. Can it work with the orange cypress floors? And having to paint the timber windows?
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