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painting versus staining?

9 years ago

I have natural stained floors and a natural stained pine ceiling. The walls are painted as is all the trim around the door frames and the baseboard (white). I am about to install sliding barn door style doors. Should I paint the doors or stain them to match the floor?

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My3dogs ME zone 5A
9 years ago
Can you show us a pic of the room?
Brendan Comer
Original Author
9 years ago
Sorry, but I can't. At the moment I am out of town from the building.
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House Vixen
9 years ago
Hi Brendan -- without seeing the room, I'd say that if you want the barn doors to stand out, I'd stain them. If you want the eye to skim past, I'd match the trim.

Even though I have some deep-colored walls with my white trim, I find the trim becomes background noise since there's so much of it.

Good luck deciding!

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