Matching Baseboard And Door Trim

Paint the baseboards and doors to match.

Matching baseboard and door trim.

This frees you to select a complementary color without worry about matching the flooring. I m not sure when it happened but at some point during the last century it seems a decorating law was passed that required the vast majority of all baseboards mouldings trim and doors to be painted white. It didn t matter what white it had to be white. Without them walls can feel unfinished or cheap.

A valuable tip in matching the baseboard and room s door is to paint the baseboards the same color as the door. Plinth blocks at the base of door molding can bridge door trim and baseboards that are incompatible in thickness. Keep in mind also that the outside edge of the door molding has to be deep enough to accommodate the thickness of the baseboard. And while the finish of the wainscoting can match the wood trim it doesn t have to.

When the trim and door are made of different wood you have a few options. Most doors found in homes are painted with a brown stain brown paint or white paint. You can stain each one in a different color. They also serve a functional purpose of hiding gaps between the wall and doorjamb or floor.

Painting doors and trim white shines continue reading baseboards doors and trim. The options for the wainscot are many including simple wood panels beadboard raised panels and horizontal wood paneling. Another option is to paint the baseboard and shoe molding before installation. If you are using beefier 3 or 4 1 2 inch door trim 8 or 10 inch baseboards are more appropriate.

Which ever color you door is painted paint the baseboards the same color. Your decision needs to be based. Baseboards and door trim are important elements in any home. Painting the two elements the same can unify a room or provide an unwelcome distraction.

In the halls and bedrooms and bathrooms we are leaving the solid oak wood doors and replacing only the trim around them to white trim and base boards. Should you paint them white. Then we are putting in brazilian cherry floors. For example a painted wood baseboard and wainscot of simple recessed panels works well with the stained wood window and door trim.

Choose two that work well together. Whether you match cabinets and baseboard trim depends on what your goal is. Another benefit of choosing paint over stain is that you can paint the doors and trim to match the baseboards. Were breaking rules were changing oak baseboards and oak trim around the windows to new white woodwork.