Does cherry trim around window make pine window look tacky?

17 years ago

We recently put new cherry cabinets (stained toffee) and cherry trim in the kitchen. The trim and doors in the rest of the house are light to medium oak. Our windows are pine with oak trim around. (The pine windows and oak trim are very similar in color.) The problem is that our pine windows are drastically lighter than the cherry cabinets and cherry trim used around the window. Is it just me or does this look funny? I feel that my eyes are drawn to the contrast in colors. We can either leave the cherry trim around the pine window or have it removed and add the oak trim. I think that the oak trim more closely matches the window but is not as drastically lighter than the cherry. I realize that window treatments will help but feel that I should remedy it now. Which do you think would look better? #1 - Cherry trim or #2 Oak trim?

Here is a picture of the entire area.

#1 - Cherry cabinets with cherry trim - this is the trim that is installed.

#2 Cherry cabinets with oak trim - the oak trim is only leaning up against the cherry cabinets.

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Comments (6)

Buehl
17 years ago
I like the cherry trim against the cherry cabinets much better than the oak trim against the cherry cabinets. As you said, window treatments will make a difference...they will probably hide the oak somewhat.
Circus Peanut
17 years ago
I vote for cherry, since it makes for a much more coherent look - the radically different grain of the oak is much too distracting and makes it look hodge-podge. You could, also, refinish the pine windows to more closely match if you want them to look redder or deeper.
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17 years ago
the color/stain is of little concern, in my opinion. ("tacky" is everything being matchy-matchy.) but price being equal, i would go for the cherry because, as someone said, the grains just go better. i'm not a big fan of oak though.
marybeth1
17 years ago
I really like the cherry trim against your cherry cabinets MUCH better than the oak and think it goes just as good with the pine as the oak does. The cherry trim to me looks much richer than the oak.
2ajsmama
17 years ago
I think the cherry looks better but you need to stain the pine a little darker/redder to go with it. I like oak but not in this situation.
gemini615
Original Author
17 years ago
Five votes for cherry... I appreciate hearing from neutral parties - thanks!

"Hodge-podge" is a really great word to describe how I feel it looks. We had talked about trying to change the color of the window but are hesitant because it is pine and we're not sure how the stain will take and will we be making it look worse?

Any suggestions on a window treatment? Here I thought all the decisions were over with at this point!