How do you feel about painting trim the same color as the wall?

[Anonymous]

Like a PP, we have done it in a few rooms where we use eggshell for the walls and semi-gloss for the baseboards, window trim and crown molding. Using the two different finishes really sets it off. In those rooms, we also did the ceiling at 50% of the room wall color. The ceiling color is very subtle but it really allows the crown molding to sparkle.

[Anonymous]

It’s like the cold shoulder blouses. Hate it, it’s a fad, and hope it goes away soon.

[Anonymous]

If you do it, ceiling should be flat, trim should be at least eggshell. Or the next shiny one up. Walls in between ceiling and trim.

[Anonymous]

Now I sort of wish we had done this in our dining room, which is a light blue. I think the chair rail pops too much. I guess if you did the chair rail you also have to do the ceiling molding? We have a tray ceiling so there’s two levels of ceiling molding. I have the area between them painted a deep blue just for fun, so I’m not sure how it would work with the two ceiling trims.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you do it, ceiling should be flat, trim should be at least eggshell. Or the next shiny one up. Walls in between ceiling and trim.

This is incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you do it, ceiling should be flat, trim should be at least eggshell. Or the next shiny one up. Walls in between ceiling and trim.

This is incorrect.

I wouldn’t say it’s “incorrect” but I definitely don’t think it’s a rule. Particularly with darker colors I think having everything the same sheen is nice. If it’s a white or off white, doing different sheens can reduce the monotone effect and look nice and less noticeable.

[Anonymous]

I think it's fun but it's super trendy and is almost definitely going to look very dated in a couple of years. That being said, it's just paint so not a huge deal to change (although if you go dark on the trim and want to go back to white someday, it's going to take some work!)

[Anonymous]

It’s very in right now. Usually the trim uses a glossier finish than the walls. I think it looks cool and restful especially in a darker colored room.

If you don’t want to go that far just deepen the shade of white you use for trim. This is a useful blog post:

https://annieelliottdesign.com/white-trim-before-and-after/

[Anonymous]

That blue above is Hague Blue. Has a cult following, for good reason.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's fun but it's super trendy and is almost definitely going to look very dated in a couple of years. That being said, it's just paint so not a huge deal to change (although if you go dark on the trim and want to go back to white someday, it's going to take some work!)

It was what was done in the Dowager House on Downton Abbey. It's what my mother did when she painted our house in the 60s and 70s. I'm not a fan (partly because I hate painting trim and like being able to put on a single fresh coat of the house's trim color when I'm changing a room's walls), but it's not some wildly out there appraoch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s like the cold shoulder blouses. Hate it, it’s a fad, and hope it goes away soon.

LOL. It actually has been around for a long, long time but it is having a moment. Hopefully all the trendsters will get bored and moved on soon, though.

[Anonymous]

I’m regretting not doing it. Go for it!

[Anonymous]

to the PP who said if you paint trim dark and then want to go white it'll be hard.

it's NOT.

i just did this last year. i repainted my entryway a deep red color. i wanted to try trim (baseboard) in the same color. i did it, it dried and i hated it. i went back to white with a couple coats. it was no big deal at all.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for no.