| I am often asked by homeowners planning interior | | | | 2. White trim and some off-white colors will go with |
| painting for their home, if it is correct to paint the | | | | any wall color. That is why it is so popular. It gives |
| trim in a particular room a different color than the | | | | you much greater flexibility in interior color |
| trim in the rest of their home. Many times the issue | | | | coordination and design. Deciding to paint your trim a |
| arises when they are planning a particular color, on | | | | color other than white will limit your decorating |
| account of a color they have seen in a magazine or | | | | options; however, I have seen some marvelous color |
| while visiting a friend's home. Maybe they're trying to | | | | co ordinations while using more color for trim. |
| match colors in a particular fabric they are planning to | | | | If your interior painting plans are to change the color |
| use in that room. Anyway, the problem arises with | | | | for a specific room, try to get a feel for how it will |
| what to do with the trim for that room. How do you | | | | impact the rooms or halls adjacent to that room. Will |
| work it into the existing color scheme of your home? | | | | it be completely separated by a door? Will the door |
| While there is no absolute rule about trim color, that | | | | be closed most of the time? If the room is open to |
| if broken, would cause you to be arrested by the | | | | other areas of the house that are easily seen, how |
| color scheme patrol, there are some things you | | | | will that impact the color theme for the other parts |
| should consider. | | | | of your home? You don't want to put a lot of time |
| 1. The trim and ceilings of your home are what | | | | and effort into painting a room if in the long run |
| establishes a unified look and feel throughout your | | | | you're not happy with how it makes the rest of your |
| home. You can change your walls to any color that | | | | home look. Test the color on a door jamb or |
| you like, or that fits with the theme you have | | | | baseboard and then stand back and get a feel for |
| planned for the interior of your home. The use of | | | | what it does for unity of passage from other rooms |
| one color on the trim and ceilings will give you a | | | | to that room. It would be a good idea to wait a few |
| smooth transition between wall colors as you travel | | | | days to see if you grow tired of the transition |
| throughout your home. Without this consistency, | | | | between colors. Often what we initially think looks |
| your home takes on a feeling of disunity. | | | | good, loses its appeal over time. |