You need warm colors to go with that trim. I have it with a warm taupe and it looks great. It will not work with cool colors.

It looks to me like the white you used was not warm enough. Are you saying the trim makes the wall look dirty or the white wall makes the trim look dirty? Maybe something like Cotton White would work. Pros lend her a hand please.

Paint the walls and the trim the same color. Easy, and you won't have the problem of the "near neutrals" fighting one another. Unless your trim is really architecturally significant, there's really nothing to be gained by highlighting it in a different color.

That too! Either way, paint the trim.

I agree either paint the trim white or just the same as the walls but in a different sheen, either way it really is the only way to make it work.

I agree, repaint the trim. Either a nice white, or any other color. The cream on there, looks dirty just looking at it, and I am sure it isnt.

I wonder if the trim was painted white, and just turned yellow over time. I would just repaint it a BM Sebring White.

I have the same dilemma. It’s excruciating. If you paint the trim white then you have to paint the doors, the windows because it’s all cream. White trim around a cream door is even worse! Find a warm colour for the walls. Otherwise your in for a lot of work.

Anyone have any wisdom for me?

We'd have to measure it in order to manage it. Specifically need the hue family and chroma. Once we know those values, we can use them as a framework to figure out what other colors go with.

The only other option besides measuring it and using data values, is shuffling paint chips and experimenting with samples hoping you stumble on the right color.

Would you ever wear an ecru shirt with a white pair of shorts?

During the builders beige and white trend many homes were painted with beige walls and cream trim. The two work together.

Your choice now is to either wear a shirt that looks dirty next to your white shorts, put on a pair of khaki green shorts that go well with the ecru shirt or put on a clear yellow shirt with the white shorts.

In your case you either have to go with walls that work with the creamy trim or paint the trim.

I don’t think you will be happy until the trim is white. Just take it one room at a time. I did mine. It wasn’t as bad as I thought, and it brightened up the whole house.

I wonder what the OP did? This post is from last year.

I have the same issue: 3000 square foot house and EVERYTHING is beige: not just the walls, ceilings, and carpets, but ALL the ceiling trim and baseboards (found in every room, hall, and stairs), all the interior doors, window surrounds, wainscoting, fireplace surround, and the entire 2-story wall of decorative paneling into which the front door is set. And the real kicker: ALL that trim is DARKER!!! Who in their right mind ever thought tan trim was a good idea?!?

I've done the best I can with accent walls of blue, burgundy, and slate gray, but I love to play with color and this has been SOOO constraining (for perspective, my idea of a fun room is one with turquoise & lavender walls, dark wood or black furniture, and some pops of orange and green).

So after 5 years of struggling with the beige I'm nearly ready to take the leap and just start re-painting all the trim--or at least the baseboards, door surrounds, and ceiling trim. Will likely have to hire a professional for the baseboards. Either way it's going to cost thousands of dollars and/or hundreds of hours of my time. We bought the house in a rush and I thought I'd be able to work with it, but I will never, ever make the same mistake again.

Any new ideas for this same situation?

Lauren G

Please start your OWN thread, with pictures.

I would paint the trim and do like a warm light beige. That would make most sense for investment if you're not completely remodeling the space.