Some more paint questions!

I like my doors the color of the trim normally. The front and back are a stained wood and have painted trim though. I have seen it done several ways. I like the idea of coming into the entry and seeing the brown from the living room on the archway next to the green. But if you do it - paint both the archways the same.

There is no degree or education behind my thought...it is just my opinion. Pretty colors Boomer...love green and chocolate. Very comfy and sophisticated.

Here'[img][/img]s some photos. I took some before I painted at all but didn't think you could tell much about the size of the spaces I was talking about so I cut in some color to show it a bit better (or not).

I'd consider transitioning the color where the floor transitions.

Since I think all of the archways should be painted the same colour, I'd go with the chocolate brown of the living room.

The architecture of your house is so great, boomer.
I would paint the archways the color of the smaller rooms, as the living room is surely bigger and the chocolate brown is quite prominent, it would swallow up the smaller rooms, and archways.

The living room is big but I'll bet I could paint the whole thing with a gallon and a half of paint, maybe less -- there isn't much wall. Besides the three arches there are three exit doors, a door/staircase thingy, two huge arched windows and a fireplace (that I have no idea what to do with).

There is so little wall that hanging pictures or arranging furniture is a big problem.

My idea for the little rooms is to have them be little jewel boxes, something where the color really grabs you. Painting the archs dark might act as "frames" and that could be nice but the walls themselves might make better frames by having the arch match the jewel box color.

I love the architecture of this house, CJane, but it is such a problem when deciding what to put where.

Here's what I meant by the "panel" doors -- the area I've outlined, (the arrow points to another door just like the one pictured). Should the inset panel be wall color or trim color?

When we painted our rooms the painter said to paint the archways the same color as the room where you can see the transition the most. Does that make sense to you?

I would accentuate with trim colors. Boomer, do you know Tricia Guild of
Designers Guild? She has the most beautiful color combinations. I have several
books of her.
Just to give you an idea, here is a brownish wall color with white trims

I'd paint the entire door(s) in the trim color.

Re: archways...here's another idea. I had archways like that in our first house. We painted them as if they were trim. Looked great.

Hello boomerang.
I've always been partial to flat white ceilings. Besides making rooms look airier, it compliments the other rooms more dominant colors. Your archway ceilings would look beautiful, painted that way.
....and if it were me...I'd showcase the characteristics of the wood grain in those paneled doors.

I love that really formal room surrounding that eye popping bowl of cherries! I'm going to have to look for those books, CJane, I like the unexpected use of color.

I really would like to strip down all the wood in the house but that would be a commitment of time and money that is damn near impossible. We are quikly learing just how expensive in both time and money restoration is so we're learning to compromise. We're planning to compensate with flooring. Mr. B has been bringing some really interesting, unusual, stuff home for approval.

Using Swimpy's rule of archway painting I would go with brown, which seems to be what most of you were thinking. If it had any molding around it I would go with the trim color but I think it might end up looking too "stripey" and a bit out of place considering all the trim elsewhere in the room. This house is so tricky!

The doors are easier -- I'll just go with the trim color!

hey did you finish painting? can you post pictures of them as it will be helpful to me

I finished painting years ago! In fact, much of it has been repainted again since then. I need to do some touch ups since the demolished and rebuilt the bathroom and they scratched my paint up a bit.

What are you painting and what are our concerns?

Buying a new home and the colors are just blah. It has white siding with Black shutters and a black door. Any suggestions to help bring it to life and out of the plantation era?