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rachael_edmondson

Coordinating trim color

9 years ago
We're building a home and I have chosen black trimmed windows (inside and out). We're doing a moderate dark wood floor and I want to paint all the interior doors a light grey. I don't know what color to paint all the trim though. Im trying to stay away from white, but I don't want the house to look dark either. Thought?
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  • 7 years ago
    We ended up going with Pella Impervia. We wanted Jeld Wen, but they were backed up 8 weeks and we couldn’t wait that long. In the basement we do have 1 egress Anderson window which I actually prefer to the Pella, but the Pella windows have worked out well so far.

    On a side note, we did go with white trim inside and out and we love it.

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