Doors should be the same colour as your walls also paint the trim the same as your walls to hide the doors not make a feature of them.

@tee8 Thanks for the title!! I can assure you that the only trait I share with the queen is country of origin:)

Yes bring the wood flooring throughout this will make the space flow.
I have had doors like that before and because the wood is quite attractive in its raw form it, always seems a shame to paint them when everyone used to strip them down. However if you do paint and do the floors in wood, it will look sharp. The darker wood floors will complement the white and I think you will be happy.

My very first thought was as @Karin Madgwick said. Paint the doors, trim & baseboards the same as wall color. Something deeper and more neutral. Bring in color with a rug and art.

All white doors and woodwork...give a seamless unified look.

@Karin: do you have any examples you can share of this? I just can't seem to picture it

If you're renovating, and don't plan on moving any time soon (are you planning to flip the house in X years?), you have all the time you want to renovate. None of this is going to happen overnight, even when you make the decision on what to do. I'm 3 years into a reno, and figure I have at least 3 more years to go -- the budget drives everything. But I don't plan to ever move. As my brother says, "You got the rest of your life to figure it out." On the other hand, I'd sure like to get some things finished! It takes patience and tolerance to renovate anything, and determination, a sense of humor, and flexibility. Fortunately, I live alone; I don't have to consult anyone else on their preferences.

So I understand about the baseboards and the trim. Solution: look at everything - magazines, decorating books, all kinds of websites, visit building supply stores. You'll find the answers and be so proud that you solved it your way!

It's a small space the white will reflect light and make it more open.

I would definitely just paint everything white! Use a sealer on the base boards to stop the stain coming through, and also on the doors, then just paint. Also, I would make sure the hinges are white too. At the moment, your eye is stopping at all the dark contrasts, but if you paint it all white, it will make the space seem much larger. This will also give you a more modern look for sure.

Play up the positive strengths, solid woodwork and hardware, then unify the total look. Baseboards off white and door trim white will blend and make for spacious appeal. The floor reflects light as the neutral colors of the wood. I think painting the doors hides a positive quality feature of your home.

Tee8, I will try to find a photo and post it for you.

Tee8, this is a corner with three doors, I could only capture two in the photo but I think you will get the idea. Hope it helps. I have done many hallways with this concept and all have been successful.

Oops forgot the photo!

My entry has seven doors painted as in the photo above. The doors are inexpensive hollow core or steel. It does brighten the entry to have all doors, trim, baseboards, and walls painted the same light color.

Your home has pretty wood grain doors. You might choose to leave them natural and paint the baseboards and door trim the same color as the walls first, to see how you like the look.

I You could paint the baseboard white to match the trim and leave the doors natural. I have this in my new house and I like the way it looks

After looking at everything again....I think the best bet is to stain the doors or seal them, (not anything dark), then paint your trim everywhere the same color as your walls. I think you'll love it! The doors will be the center of attention and lovely.

@kcshenk: do you have any pictures of your doors?

@nasmijati & @mpoulsom: We do love the look of the natural doors, but not sure this lighter wood goes with the living room flooring or the stairway??

tee8, it's okay to have different wood colors together, i just think you may have too many going on right now. I'm telling you, if you paint all your trim to match the wall colors and simplify that part of the equation, you will see more clearly what may or may not need to be done next. I think the thing that's throwing you off is not the floors or staircase, it's all the different trim colors. You have stained wood trim and white trim and that's what's making things difficult. Do the trim first and you will see a huge difference! All the trim including baseboards. wall color wall color wall color! lol! In your entry I notice you have a different wall color there going up the stairs....Paint the trim around the front door and the new door there whatever wall color is going around them!

Agree, unify the color scheme with white trim and baseboards. Go for a blend/flow appeal not sharp contrasts that leave you wondering what the theme is supposed to be. Different features in a home do not have to match. Showcase the beauty of natural wood( fast disappearing) and keep the backgrounds light. As an old rule of thumb, dark surfaces attract the eye to examine, light surfaces keep the eye focus traveling to explore what is in that space. Trim is easy to fix, lots of tape and the right size brush, doesn't take long. I redid all the trim when I first moved into my 1960's home.

Will try to attach photo

check this: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/hallway-before-and-after-dsvw-vd~618069

@aimran: thank you for those pics!! That upgrade looks fantastic (although looks very computer generated).

@tee8 Stain your doors darker; once you change your floors to match the rest of the flooring you will get a similar look as @kcshenk displayed. Stained doors similar to your floors will look very elegant. White is the safe choice. @aimram's example is not a good comparison for your home. The before and after displays different colors and styles-compare the two photos: trim color, wall color and door style, door handle/hardware style (your doors and hardware are more elegant).

It may be less trouble to play with a wall color than staining doors to find the uniform look you are after. The doors will look darker if the wall is very light( check out toasted oatmeal by Glidden, sorry can not attach photo)or a darker wall will make the light wood lighter. I love wood flooring versus tile, but is it an expense you want to invest in. The new plastic wood flooring is very durable and easy to clean. Various colors in the wood allow you to keep changing the color themes in neutral tones. Hallways are minor compared to other features in a home. Close your eyes and think about what you really like, then go with the colors that appeal to you. Real wood doors and elegant hardware are stable selling points because real wood can be changed with various stains. How much time do you want to invest?

@johngilbert: thank you for the advice. We don't have a lot of time on our hands to stain the 6 doors. We love the stain equally as white doors. I personally don't want to regret painting the doors. Our doors on the upper level are white and I love the look (although not solid wood doors). It's just such a hard decision seeing that the doors will be here for as long as we live here, so want to make right choice. Our house is a 1954 Cape Cod style so I think either way works just fine.

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Too many doors. Paint trim and doors the same color as walls. They will disappear.

@mpoulsom: Yes, that is why we liked the doors, the look as well as them being quality solid doors. If the railings are to be painted black, shouldn't the stair treads be stained black as well???

Not necessarily.......would you consider sanding the treads?

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here's another example where they painted the risers and left wood on treads. but showing the solid black railing again.

@mpoulsom: we eventually have to sand the treads because there are a lot of scratch marks/stain wearing off. Treads don't have to match the rest of the wood flooring correct?

No they don't. But if they are going to be sanded anyway, i would probably try to keep them the same lightness or darkness of your floor, IF they are going to be stained, sealed. You can get something close in color even if it's a different kind of wood.
What are you doing with the floors? Are they in good shape and staying the way they are forever?

@mpoulson: they are tile floors and we plan on changing them eventually as we don't really care for them. Not sure if we want to do tile again or lay down wood..if we put in wood it would have to match the wood that us in the living room already

Get your doors to match the stain of your baseboards. But only if you are keeping the door casing white, otherwise I'd get your casing to match the baseboard and paint the doors white. It will have a very definitive outline.

All doors, baseboards, door surrounds need to be a high gloss white. Then you should consider changing the floor out to a dark hardwood. Lastly the staircase needs to be stained dark to match the new flooring.

Also you do not have to match new darker hardwood to existing living room hardwood. Stain the living room to match the new darker hardwood which will unify the first floor. This solution will bring much needed contrast in your space.

How about thinking, what impression do I want a stranger to have walking through my home? What does my home say about me and my personal taste? Having a home to do your way is part of the American dream. Trust what you like and go for it. The white doors you buy have a tough laminate type surface that wears better than paint over wood. If you do paint the doors, use white deck paint made for sealing wood. I think the white staircase and black trim unifies top and bottom levels. The black/white staircase will open options for flooring. Do you use a lot of black/white contrasts in other parts of the house? This look favors painting the hallway white. Think about your personal taste, I think the layout looks stunning. The black/white staircase is very formal in appearance that compliments darker woods and elegant furniture. what is your living room like?

I would make trim work consistent with baseboard and door trim. I did not read all the above comments, but the details are very busy. You have the nice wood doors, but then then the cold floor tile. The hardware is more rustic style and clashes with the floor tile. I would suggest to paint the trim work and exchange the tile with the same hardwood floor you have in the living room....

So took a week to finish but finally complete. Now just need to replace the floor. Thank you everyone for all your suggestions and help.

Very nice but I would paint the baseboard white…distracting and detracting from your doors and hardware.

Since your tile floor is not white...why not paint doors and trim an off white or light cream color. It will go well with the dark wood floors and the tile. It will also look nice it the rubbed oil bronze door knobs.

Here is the light cream door/trim with dark floors and oil rubbed bronze handles. I originally had white doors but quickly realized bronze handles didn't look right.

I would plan on replacing the llight colored tiles with wood floors. Do you think you could ever find wood to match what you have?

If you do tile again do the terra cotta tiles.

Laid on the diagonal. Forgot to post pic.

@iplay10s: painting the baseboards are the next step! We need a little break after this past week. Couldn't paint during the week till kids went to bed so had a lot of late nights

@totaItaly: our tile floors are white

We might use tiles similar to the ones we have in our bath but darker....

The white makes the hinges and knobs really pop, looks great and fresh!