Not too colorful for me.

I really like the idea. However, I might go more for subtlety than statement. Trim work is an endeavor to repaint! This one offers a nice balance between the two.

I think that because you haven't gone wild in the rest of the room it really gives a nice punch It's the overall room that makes it work. I love color; in our daughter's BR we did stark white trim against deep aqua walls

I suppose it can be done, but you run the risk of making your house look like a preschool. Big commitment too, since trim's a pain to paint and if repainted too many times can get globbed up and look terrible. Before renovation my house had white walls and eggplant trim. My friends and I hated it. It is now painted in earth tones with paler trim than walls, with bright artwork and accents. Much more sophisticated.

It really all just depends on how it's implemented. For instance if you live in a modern, Scandinavian-esque home with white walls and floors with tons of natural light, this option would look amazing!

Unfortunately, I don't think it works for the Red Hook Townhouse (orange trim). My eye is directed immediately to the color because there is so much contrast with the trim and wall paint. When I think this DOES work is when the trim is a more saturated version of the wall color. ( See SW Thunder Gray photo) Nice job Amy Stokes!

I think it clashes with the red on the sofa too.

My brother just did black trim )baseboards and crown moulding) in his place and it looks great! It is a small place and I wasn't sure, but it looks clean and wonderful.

It depends on the trim and the color. I think wide baseboards and crown molding should be highlighted in some way. Not sure about red-orange, but I do like other strong colors. I painted my powder room wainscoting and trim Peppercorn by SW and love it.

Crown molding/trim in color gives the appearance of the ceiling being lower than it really is.

I did it in my dining room. The molding was there already. We upholstered the walls

Another view

Jeannie, on one level the orange trim appeals to me, but another level i'm not positive that i'm actually liking it. Truthful? ... Do i like it ? answer = yes. Will i like it a year from now ? Answer = Don't know for sure

I like it - not for me - I'm a little timid to try that look, but at your house I would love it and think you were a genius for making such a bold statement! :)

I like the trim painted the same color as the walls, but in a different finish. Flat for walls and semigloss for trim. Very upscale look.

Colour is in!! Now is the time to go for it folks. Be bold for tomorrow ye will have pastels!

I'm scarred by painted trim. My husband purchased a home before we were married, and decided that painting the master bath was his first order of business. The colors he selected were yellow and brown. Deep brown on the trim, and a yellowy-yellow on the walls.

Can anybody guess a few other bathroom activities that include shades of brown and yellow????

haha zmhome... what was he trying to hide?

It's great for a child's room, and for really high ceilings ten feet and over, but for otherwise , it will make shorten the walls and make the ceiling look lower.

I don't like the orange in the photo shown, but in my previous home I painted the woodwork a sage green with pale yellow walls (Sherwin Williams candleglow), and it looked beautiful. Everyone commented on it. It was a colonial house and painted woodwork was in keeping with the style. I have seen other examples that worked well too. It really just depends on the colors used and the house itself.

I like neutral backgrounds and to bring color into the room in other ways because its easier to do when I desire change.

I'm not a fan .. however, I am tired of white trim .. like the dark wood trim/doors.

We just painted. After lots of conversation, we decided to keep the door trims lighter and paint the wall color thru the base boards. I have always had a problem with cream colored plastic
Light switches, so we painted those too. Problem, dimmer over fireplace painted stuck! We like the look. Good change. Make it your own. You can always paint over it. Paint can change so much.

I feel this takes away from the beauty of the room as your eye is drawn immediately to the bright trim.

I would add the color in accents like pillows which you can change more easily than trim.

In Ohio it was all exposed wood (lots of oak molding) - I was beyond excited to have white when we moved to Nevada. It's a very "finished" look. I feel like it pulls a room together without much effort. :)

Definitely a commitment to that color throughout. I would probably do something considered more neutral so that it doesn't have to be repainted when you decide to change the color scheme. We like to do a light gray trim depending on the color of the walls.

The orange color itself is beautiful. I think it would work better with a ceiling or wall color that was less contrasting.

I love orange but would not use it for a LR trims . I would have gone dark grey

I am a fan of ceiling moldings painted a gloss of the same wall color in a satin finish. I find it works best in a room that is contained. Transitioning molding colors/treatments in an open concept floor plan is difficult.
That is just me, whatever makes the homeowner smile is the goal.

We have used Birch Bark as our paint through most of the house, so in some rooms we've played with the pine trim. Washed purple that matches the solid colour accent wall and solid colour with antiqued edges that matches the cabinets in the kitchen.

The trim doesn't fight with any major colour in both cases so it makes an otherwise boring trimmed window exciting.

Needs to be more subtle. I feel like a clown will pop in that room at any moment.

Orange isn't MY fave, but I just did trims in goldenrod, baby blue and buttercream (satin finish) and couldn't be happier. Yes, it's a beach cottage in the Bahamas, so I can be a little freer with color, but I get so tired of seeing beige and grey...... In houses and on people! Get colorful folks!

I've painted all the trim in every house I've ever lived in Benjamin Moore's China White. Not only because consistent trim makes a house more cohesive but also because it's a lot easier and cheaper to paint the walls than the trim when house boredom sets in!

I love color. The orange contrast is a big commitment. I like it. But I'm afraid I would tire of it and repainting trim is sooooo brutal! I much rather love white trim and make the statement on my walls!

We did that years ago in our son's room. It was a pain to paint over when the room switched to another child in later years. I don't think I would do it again.

Amy's blue-grey doors are nice, but since trim doesn't get painted very often, you have to commit to color. It's so much easier to have neutral trim and colored walls that can be easily repainted. The worst painting mistake I ever saw was moldings done in purple and black--they were ugly and made the rooms look even smaller than they were.

The problem with painted crown moldings of any color is that your eye is drawn up to them immediately. The only good ones I ever saw were in my parents' former house--the previous owner had painted the carved areas in pale pink, blue and gold leaf and it was incredible--but I don't know anyone who is up for such a job.

It makes a feature of the trim and dictates the size and shape of a room, you are then limited in the rest of the design features in that space.

I like to stick to a white or wood trim...sometimes switch it up with black but nothing too funky!

Yes and no. Can I answer that? I like doors and their trim in a color other than white - on occasion - but crown molding tends to draw your eye away from the room and bisects the room - same reason I don't like wood toned trim (crown, base, wainscot). I just see all those lines going through the room and it distracts from the room. I don't mind crown painted the same color as the walls - its a more modern approach, just don't like the contrasting lines...

Mostly no.