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Stained or White Interior Doors...and do they need to match?

6 years ago

We are building and debating whether to stain or paint creamy white (SW Alabaster) our interior two panel shaker style pine doors. The trim will be Alabaster. I like the look of wood doors but am nervous about staining all of our doors because each bedroom has double closet doors and some also have a bathroom door.


Do you think it would look strange to have a stained bedroom entrance door but closet doors painted white (same 2 panel shaker style)?


If you have stained doors, do you wish they were white?


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Comments (9)

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    I had the same concern too but ultimately decided on white trim with stained doors and love the look. I wouldn’t go with different door colors in a room though

  • 6 years ago

    Thanks! That’s what I’m leaning towards

  • 6 years ago

    What color and what material are your floors? What color stain do you plan to use? I am not a fan of stained trim with white doors or white trim with stained doors. I like the brighter, painted finish — but go with your gut. You can always sand and paint if you don’t like the stain.

  • 6 years ago

    Floors will be a light/medium wood look....Lifeproof Fresh Oak LVP. I was thinking I’d stain them darker...something that would contrast with the floors. Probably special walnut or English chestnut.

  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    If your flooring is LVP, I would paint the doors white. The stained real wood doors will make your floors look "fake".

  • 6 years ago

    Yes I think it would look strange to have some doors stained and other doors painted.

  • 6 years ago

    The doors (including closets) in our current home are all stained. The trim is painted. At first I was really nervous about mixing the two like this. Then we did the same thing with window and door wraps — the wraps are stained and the trim is painted. I think this helped to pull everything together.
    I’ve had doors painted white in other houses and have come to prefer stained doors.

  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Closet door are not a "feature" Stained doors, or ANY door "important" enough to differ from the trim casing around it? should lead to something equally important; Like a great dining room, or a wonderful study, perhaps a fabulous master bedroom:

    Not a closet,....a laundry, etc.

    ABRUPT color and stain changes, can cut up a house in a heartbeat. Or enhance something deserving. The word is restraint. : ) unless a more historic situation and home.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Pine wood does not take stain well, unless it is antique heart pine. So I'd paint the doors and trim the same color white and call it a day. Consistency is key when decorating a room.