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Interior doors…wood or white?

2 years ago

Hello! I’m looking for some advice on doors and interior wood. We have alot of wood in our house (ceiling, trim, window trim). We are going to get new interior doors and frames. My husband wants to get wood doors and frame….and I’m worried it might be too much wood. Also, would we need the doors to be the same honey type color? Here’s some pictures of our house and some of the door areas we will be replacing




Comments (13)

  • 2 years ago

    I personally would choose a painted door in your space... too much wood for me in a small space, I would also paint the chair rail to match the wall color.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    I would remove the chir rail and do painted doors and paint the frames to match I think the wood ceiling and floor are all the wood you need . and plaese paint the trim around the venting that does not ever need to be a decor item . Waht is wrong with the door frames ? I would look for a nice simpler door not those builder grade ones too.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Why not purchase a single, stain-grade wood door in the style you want, install it, and evaluate the look? If you don't like it, it can simply be painted and you're only out the time and cost to stain the door.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    I would do like Charles Ross homes says, and get the stain grade doors, and then you can evaluate which would look the best to your eye. I dont mind the doors being painted, but, I would keep the wood chair rail, and I would keep all the wood trim. Since your trim, looks to be pretty nice, why are you replacing the door frames and trim. Just buy new doors, if you need them. Oh and yes, the stain would need to be very close to what you have, to look good.

  • 2 years ago

    Originally we tried just to replace a door (we have 3 to replace) but where our house has settled over the years, we would eithet have to jack the wall up or cut the door at a slant to make it fit. The contractor said it would be easier to replace the whole set. We only have 3 doors I wanted to replace but since they all currently match I felt if we replace one, we would have to replace all.

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  • 2 years ago

    These are the kind my husband would like to replace them with. I guess we would try to stain them to match the other wod trim

  • 2 years ago

    While you’re at it change all the electrical plates to white and ditch or paint the stair rail. It looks choppy. I’d want the doors to match the door trim, and also baseboard trim, so either all,stained or all painted. But that’s just my opinion.

  • 2 years ago

    Stained doors and remove the chair rail. I would paint the trim around the vent to match the wall color.

  • 2 years ago

    Unless you live in a historic house with high quality wood trim, I would be painting all the doors, trim and baseboards in white. You will have a cleaner less choppy look.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    If you keep all the stained trim, I would do three stained doors. It's not that much more wood. It's not like you are replacing 25 doors and they are going to all be stained wood.

    Just as a heads up many people in these forums do not approve of anything other than white woodwork, matching through the entire house.

  • 2 years ago

    I would take existing trim off carefully, and then reuse it on the new doorframes, if thats what you are putting in. I would be staining those doors you are looking at. Make sure you use a wood conditioner on them, before you stain, to prevent them from being blotchy.

  • 2 years ago

    Painted doors look poor with stained trim. Stained doors can look nice with painted trim. Those very skinny casings and baseboards aren’t terribly attractive. Stained doors should generally match stained trim (if stained trim is used). I would probably get painted doors and paint the existing trim, unless you’re willing to change out the trim.