Cherry wood doors with white skirting and frame?
We live in a Queen Anne style home but would like to modernize it a bit. We have solid wooden cherry wood doors, skirtings and window frames throughout but with lighter floor boards throughout and lighter carpets in the bedrooms. Would it look ok if we painted the door frames and skirting white and left the doors as they are?
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bigreader
2 years agoI think it depends on your whole look but pop on Pinterest and search “white trim with wood doors”.
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2 years agoYour doors and trims are beautiful, its just the yellowish creamy wall colour that lets them down. Id leave the doors and trims as is and try painting the walls a cool tone colour (not white) that will bring out the beauty of the timber - if you prefer soft colours then light grey, light khaki or Eau De Nil would look beautiful. And if you painted some of the walls a dark tone of the same colour, or painted them in bolder tones such as dark blue / green or darker grey, it would really look stunning combined with the warmth of the timber!
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