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Interior door replacement input needed. Bring my modern back to MCM

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

Hi all, we're slowly going down the reno punch list on our 1968 contemporary split-ish level. Previous owners did a very traditional colonial update in 2006 and it is not what this house is asking for. She needs more mod in her contemporary. We are 90% done with a new exterior which includes new black windows and sliders, custom composite wood soffits and new siding. (Another post on that to come) All that exterior work has caused us to need to move forward on interior trim (because new windows and sliders and unfortunate nail pops and ect.)My interior design dilemma that I'd love thoughts on is this:Originally we were going to do all white flush doors with super streamlined trim. But now I'm seeing several mcm homes with their original stained birch flush doors. I'm starting to worry that white flush doors are going scream farmhouse because that's what EVERY. SINGLE. REMODEL is doing around here in NJ. (You don't see many mid-century contemporary homes around us and we like our uniqueness.)Questions:1. If I go with the stain grade doors, will it look too busy against my stark white walls with white trim?2. If I go stained room doors, can interior closet doors be white in order to blend into a room? FYI - I'm leaning into doing more of a cabinet pull style handle for the bedroom closet doors so they feel like built ins.3. Can white doors still work with MCM vs current modern homes? Is it too much white?Things to note:1. We don't have the option to go trimless anywhere in the house because floors and drywall need to be as is. I'm custom ordering 1 1/2" wide double eased sanitary casing for all windows and doors, with 3 1/2" sanitary baseboards. This is as close to the original I found hiding inside one of the closets. I like white trim because it melts into the walls.2. Doors gotta be flush. I have a molded barn door that's part of Masonite's "modern" collection and now that I've lived with it, I'm kinda over it.3. To make things more difficult, our floors are stained dark slate grey. We have other teak/warm white oak elements around the house and the flooring just melts away. Which is good, because that's a mistake I'm not dealing with until we move. (No longer a lover of the floors)4. Another facepalm was that I accidentally ordered factory installed black extension jambs on our windows so now there is no easy option to do drywall returns or even paint them without looking farmhousy. Those are probably going to stay black.I'm adding some pics of the most door filled hall and our overall "look"Sorry, for the long post and thanks to anyone with some thoughts to share that made it through this novella...






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