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White cabinets with dark wood trim.
Our log house is medium to dark stained logs kitchen walls are either stained log or sheet rock and there s one natrual brick wall.
In this kitchen to the right we left the trim stained and painted the cabinets white.
We re also debating if it s ok to have white cabinets in the kitchen with dark wood trim dark wood built ins in the lving room or vice versa dark cabinets in the kitchen and white trim and white built ins in the living room.
We have two big stained beams in ceiling.
Thoughts on this as well.
With a focus on updating the oaks and maples of the 90s it s easy to bypass the dark wood trims and doors of the 70s and.
Our house is a 1930 brick tudor with original very dark stained cherry wood trim throughout the main living areas living room dinning room on the main floor.
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Had the trim been darker we probably would have went with more of a cream color for the cabinets.
While this blog post refers to the wood trims of the 70s 80s the colour ideas are also fab for older homes with dark trim work.
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It is slightly easier to pull off an off white cream kitchen with wood trim but a white kitchen might not make sense on the large scale.
Wood trim around windows and doors is stained same as logs.
If you don t have windows in the kitchen this isn t as much of a problem.
If you have dark wood for trim.
Can we do white cabinets or other painted color with stained wood windows and doors.
The most white specific wear you can get is a gradual yellowing of the wood with age which can create color inconsistencies between panels.
We have a very open floor plan our family living room is open to the kitchen.
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My trim must be bm white down bc my cabinets are white down and it s a wide open floor plan.
However you don t want to go overboard with contrast either.
If you do then white cabinets are probably a no go but it can depend on the countertop backsplash you choose.
Antique white kitchen cabinets.
Either way it s still enough of a contrast to look intentional.
Furthermore white cabinets are also less forgiving with cheap wood and finishes.
The kitchen and the bedrooms have painted trim it s currently a cream but i m planning to change it to a more crisp white.