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Would painting the skirting white look odd when I have solid oak doors?

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Lilliput · 22/03/2014 09:03

We have nice solid oak doors and the skirting is oak stained to match. However I really prefer white woodwork. Would it look odd to paint the skirting but leave the doors? We plan to put oak flooring down in living room and hall to replace cream carpet. Just can't quite visualise it all.

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holycowwhatnow · 22/03/2014 09:25

That's what I have: lovely solid oak doors but white painted skirtings and architraves and I think it looks great. My sister has the same oak doors but with oak skirtings and architraves and I prefer the white. I think it's 'supposed' to be oak with oak, but I don't like too much wood.
If my 3 year old hadn't smashed my phone, I'd take a photo of mine to show you.

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holycowwhatnow · 22/03/2014 09:25

That's what I have: lovely solid oak doors but white painted skirtings and architraves and I think it looks great. My sister has the same oak doors but with oak skirtings and architraves and I prefer the white. I think it's 'supposed' to be oak with oak, but I don't like too much wood.
If my 3 year old hadn't smashed my phone, I'd take a photo of mine to show you.

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givemeaclue · 22/03/2014 09:26

We have a lot of oak. We have painted our skirting a same colour as walls it looks much better than either oak or white

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ArtisanScotchEgg · 22/03/2014 09:30

Given the door frame is white, white skirting is fine.

If you use Google images, you can probably find a photo of what you are planning to see if it suits.

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Lilliput · 22/03/2014 09:39

Door frames are also stained oak.

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JazzAnnNonMouse · 24/03/2014 18:36

I think the skirting should match the door frame

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burnishedsilver · 25/03/2014 14:13

White frame, white skirting and wood doors can look very well together.

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Stubbed · 25/03/2014 14:17

Wood skirting boards and door frames look dirty...

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dazzlingdeborahrose · 30/03/2014 19:42

I have oak doors and white skirting. However, my door frames are white. Not sure how it would look with oak frames. You might have to consider painting the door frames as well but I say go for it. It looks good.

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