Comments on: What Color Do I Paint The Molding? http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html A daily design journal about new england life, home decorating resources, and renovating a 257-year-old house in Marblehead, MA. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracy http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-7123 Tracy Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:57:56 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-7123 White Dove Benjamin Moore..the BEST trim color creamy without being too yellow!! Good Luck! White Dove Benjamin Moore..the BEST trim color creamy without being too yellow!! Good Luck!

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]]> By: LiLu http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-7076 LiLu Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:44:06 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-7076 oop - if you do go with a whitish color trim - BM Alabaster 876 might be worth looking at.. although I am not sure if it would be distinct enough to flow well with the crisp white trim elsewhere.. have fun!!! oop – if you do go with a whitish color trim – BM Alabaster 876 might be worth looking at.. although I am not sure if it would be distinct enough to flow well with the crisp white trim elsewhere.. have fun!!!

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]]> By: LiLu http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-7074 LiLu Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:11:30 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-7074 You've expended so much energy stripping the paint! is the wood in nice enough condition to stain or Cetol? For green - yes - as above, having recently painted through several iterations of green in a powder room, HC116 Guilford Green is by far the keeper! On our walls, it is cheerful yet classic and significantly less "khahki" than the online and sample papers. The color consultant at our paint store insisted I try it. She was right. We used an anti mildew, scrubbable formula. With the blue hallway behind, a creamy Triscuity yellow wall - Sherwin Williams 'Napery' -- or even yellower, might be nice, bright. Also - if you have not already, check out Portola Paints for wall treatments/ideas -- Venetian Plasters, Roman Clays - I am eager to test them out on the old walls in our home.. Good luck You’ve expended so much energy stripping the paint! is the wood in nice enough condition to stain or Cetol?

For green – yes – as above, having recently painted through several iterations of green in a powder room, HC116 Guilford Green is by far the keeper! On our walls, it is cheerful yet classic and significantly less “khahki” than the online and sample papers. The color consultant at our paint store insisted I try it. She was right. We used an anti mildew, scrubbable formula.

With the blue hallway behind, a creamy Triscuity yellow wall – Sherwin Williams ‘Napery’ — or even yellower, might be nice, bright.

Also – if you have not already, check out Portola Paints for wall treatments/ideas — Venetian Plasters, Roman Clays – I am eager to test them out on the old walls in our home..
Good luck

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]]> By: Moon over Martinborough http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-6880 Moon over Martinborough Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:22:04 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-6880 My partner and I have this ongoing debate about whether or not we should paint our wooden ceiling white. I say no but he says yes. The entire neighborhood has an opinion! My partner and I have this ongoing debate about whether or not we should paint our wooden ceiling white. I say no but he says yes. The entire neighborhood has an opinion!

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]]> By: Christine http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-6771 Christine Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:36:58 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-6771 Ok, I love the idea of the green trim but I am thinking play it safe with white or cream trim and green on the walls. I think it will make the space feel more open and in the end give you the freedom to play around with what is in the space. Good Luck! Ok, I love the idea of the green trim but I am thinking play it safe with white or cream trim and green on the walls. I think it will make the space feel more open and in the end give you the freedom to play around with what is in the space.

Good Luck!

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]]> By: Virginia http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-6769 Virginia Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:54:49 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-6769 White or cream. Classic, easy to change wall colors, and the detail in the molding will be more visible. Whatever you do, just don't paint it bright pink or bright blue paired with gold metallic vinyl walpaper. My first house had that in all of the rooms, NOT a good look for anyone! White or cream. Classic, easy to change wall colors, and the detail in the molding will be more visible. Whatever you do, just don’t paint it bright pink or bright blue paired with gold metallic vinyl walpaper. My first house had that in all of the rooms, NOT a good look for anyone!

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]]> By: Karen http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-6768 Karen Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:01:50 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-6768 The green & cream scheme is lovely. I tried some of the paler, more modern greens from Benjamin Moore & loved them. Really lift your spirits in winter! The green & cream scheme is lovely. I tried some of the paler, more modern greens from Benjamin Moore & loved them. Really lift your spirits in winter!

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]]> By: Heather http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-6767 Heather Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:33:34 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-6767 Lots of opinions - here's another! I have a 100 year old house in Braintree (moved to Isarel last year, but still own it, my brother lives there now). Before we moved in 6 years ago, we spent 4 months stripping, sanding, skim-coating, varnishing, painting, blah....every wall and floor and ceiling in the house. I love painted mouldings and wanted to do that in my dining room. But after walking in and out of the room repeatedly and visualizing it, I knew it wasn't meant to be. It didn't "go" with the house. The rest of the house has an off-white color for the mouldings (I think 'Birch' from California paint). We ended up painting the walls a red pepper color and putting in a chair rail and it looks "right". If I had painted the moulding instead, I would have loved the room, but if I looked into the room from any other room - gah! My eyes! It would have looked all wrong. Totally up to you, or course, but I love the green (my living room is that same soft sage color from one of the photos). I'm not sure how painted mouldings are going to look with an exposed beam - maybe like the floors and the ceiling come from one time period and the walls and mouldings from another. I'd really take advantage of the bottom wainscotting. Maybe put up "picture frames" around it and do something creative with the painting (or even wallpaper in the frames), kind of like the "boxes" on the bottom wainscotting wall in the second photo, but instead of all one color, use a different color or texture in the boxes- happy painting! Lots of opinions – here’s another!

I have a 100 year old house in Braintree (moved to Isarel last year, but still own it, my brother lives there now). Before we moved in 6 years ago, we spent 4 months stripping, sanding, skim-coating, varnishing, painting, blah….every wall and floor and ceiling in the house.

I love painted mouldings and wanted to do that in my dining room. But after walking in and out of the room repeatedly and visualizing it, I knew it wasn’t meant to be. It didn’t “go” with the house. The rest of the house has an off-white color for the mouldings (I think ‘Birch’ from California paint). We ended up painting the walls a red pepper color and putting in a chair rail and it looks “right”.

If I had painted the moulding instead, I would have loved the room, but if I looked into the room from any other room – gah! My eyes! It would have looked all wrong.

Totally up to you, or course, but I love the green (my living room is that same soft sage color from one of the photos). I’m not sure how painted mouldings are going to look with an exposed beam – maybe like the floors and the ceiling come from one time period and the walls and mouldings from another. I’d really take advantage of the bottom wainscotting. Maybe put up “picture frames” around it and do something creative with the painting (or even wallpaper in the frames), kind of like the “boxes” on the bottom wainscotting wall in the second photo, but instead of all one color, use a different color or texture in the boxes- happy painting!

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]]> By: Beverly Rivkind http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-6766 Beverly Rivkind Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:21:17 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-6766 I vote for white trim. You have so many beams and windows and doors- if you paint them a strong color = visual confusion. White or off-white will unify and bring out the classic lines of your great old house. Depending on what you choose for wall color, you could have some fun on the ceiling. I vote for white trim. You have so many beams and windows and doors- if you paint them a strong color = visual confusion. White or off-white will unify and bring out the classic lines of your great old house. Depending on what you choose for wall color, you could have some fun on the ceiling.

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]]> By: abby Belknap http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2010/01/what-color-do-i-paint-the-molding.html#comment-6765 abby Belknap Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:08:53 +0000 http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/?p=6672#comment-6765 I would keep the trim and the wall paints quite close in colour if not the same maybe one flat one gloss, because two colours with a big tonal change can make the room smaller and chopped up looking, though I have to say there is something yummy about the look of the stripped wood as it is, I would keep the trim and the wall paints quite close in colour if not the same maybe one flat one gloss, because two colours with a big tonal change can make the room smaller and chopped up looking, though I have to say there is something yummy about the look of the stripped wood as it is,

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