White Vinyl Windows With Oak Trim

Now replaced my windows with white vinyl.

White vinyl windows with oak trim.

You can paint without sanding. Paint colors with wood trim. So i have white windows w dirty old looking oak trim. Maybe just use the woodgrain in the rooms which have the oak trim white in the others.

A dark color mixed with a deep wood trim may make the room feel heavy and gloomy. White trim on a colored body looks like a vinyl sided split level home. It s the ultimate painting shortcut. I live with white doors and trim now in a much newer home.

They all have the same symptoms. Replaced kitchen cabinets w light oak cabinets however i havent done anything w the trim around the windows or doors. It brightened up the area and by the time your window is dressed with fabric and your room is full of furnishings no one notices. We ve had so much success with this trick on trim windows furniture and more.

I rarely recommend white windows or white trim for a house unless it is all white or the body is a very pale color. Mix dark with light. They are still the old dirty looking medium oak color. Our windows guy is trying to talk us into getting white vinyl windows and leaving our wood trim alone.

This is why i wouldn t even know where to begin replacing the windows on the lower floor of my house because they re all beautiful old yet drafty oak and i couldn t afford to get them replaced with something similar yet i think it would look odd with white windows and wood trim everywhere else. Dark wood trim is everywhere. White interior 7 post by whaas sat apr 25 2009 1 48 am. While it s often advised that you ll need to sand your wooden trim before painting there s another option.

If you have dark wood for trim keep paint colors light. While living there we replaced the wooden windows with white vinyl ones however the trim and ledge around the windows was still wood. It really looked fine. White trim is what you see on just about every house and it looks cheap these days since it is associated with vinyl sided homes.

His reasoning is the vinyl is much less expensive meaning we could do all of the windows in the house not just the windows that the insurance paid for as well as upgrade the quality three panes instead of two with much better insulation. But sure enough almost every window brochure had an example picture of a white vinyl window with stained wood trim. You can paint your glossy wooden trim white using this method. Pretty much a personal preference.