Millwork
Molding and casings: I'm almost always in favor of painting moldings and casings the same color as walls. I'm also a fan of matte paint in general, but especially when all the decorative trim is painted in. Don't worry; matte paint is just as wipeable as eggshell but doesn't have that rental-apartment sheen so many of us are familiar with.
Molding & Casings: This modern home doesn't need a lot of decorative molding and trim to feel special (in fact, they might detract from the desired look). But these stained wood window casings create standout frames for the beautiful views beyond. And the matching walls and ceilings really let those window sing.
Molding: Most molding we see is fairly typical, off-the-shelf and unremarkable, although almost all of it gives dimension to spaces. Then you come across molding like this, and it just deserves a moment to take it in. Highly decorative details become a layer of texture that deepens the design and cannot be ignored.
Molding: You can't get much more high-contrast than black and white. I especially like how the dark (albeit light-filled) room leads into an all-white room. The walls, ceilings and trim appear to be painted all the same color in the adjacent room, making the black even more special and unexpected without being overwhelming.
Molding: You can't get much more high-contrast than black and white. I especially like how the dark (albeit light-filled) room leads into an all-white room. The walls, ceilings and trim appear to be painted all the same color in the adjacent room, making the black even more special and unexpected without being overwhelming.
Window trim/casing, baseboard, crown molding
Trim: Facing the view and the harsh winter winds, this room is both light and open, but also confidently structured. You sense the space’s ability to resist the rugged site’s forces, with a heavy floor and well-proportioned, closely spaced columns. The module of construction is dictated by the fir posts, and each window assembly fits precisely within the structural bay. The crisp dark steel is bridged by a thin band of wood linking the window back to the structure. Paring down the window trim to a very thin band reinforces the window’s place in the order of the exterior wall (subservient to the structure), while allowing maximum light into the space and preserving the delicate nature of the windows. Thick window trim would’ve undermined this intentional and mannered approach to the window openings.
1. Ultrathin Trim In a space dominated by the view, this steel window system has been designed to get out of the way. Note the dark tone of the frame, which recedes, and the narrow sight lines. The idea is supported by the trim surrounding the window, which is equally minimal. It’s just enough to conceal the fastening of the windows to the structure but no more. The trim complements the interior palette, which oscillates between the cool steel, stone and concrete, and the warm Douglas fir, and highlights the thickness of the wall plane.
The number of panels the door has is variable and dependent on the overall visual aesthetic you’re looking to achieve. While flat-slab and six-panel doors mark the two extremes, two-, three-, four- and five-panel doors are all possible. The more panels, the more traditional the design. A three-panel door like the ones shown here is appropriate for a more formal and traditional space.
On the outside of this home, the designer effectively combines traditional style — a columned porch with wood railing and tongue-and-groove ceiling — with a contemporary, clean-line aesthetic. The railing has been reduced to its most simple rectangular elements, and the columns to simple square-profile towers with simple baseboards. This gives them human scale and a beginning (at the porch) and an end (at the ceiling). More: Do You Live in a Minimalist Traditional House?
When extending your thinking from window, door and baseboard trim to cabinets, you'll often see Shaker-esque styles dotting the transitional landscape. These kitchen cabinets are a great example of how the Shaker style can be interpreted through a modern lens — with full-overlay doors substituting for the classic inset cabinet doors and the raised portion of the doors being much wider than usual — giving an unmistakable modern edge to a very classic style.
The well-worn wood floors here connect to the walls with very simple flat-stock baseboard trim. In fact, the whole home style here reflects a transitional mentality by surrounding the traditional four-panel doors with flat stock trim that dies smoothly into the baseboard — with no traditional plinth-block at the bottom. The reductionist take on the traditional trim enables the owners to move this historic farmhouse in a more modern direction without making the interior feel disconnected from the era of the original home.
The well-worn wood floors here connect to the walls with very simple flat-stock baseboard trim. In fact, the whole home style here reflects a transitional mentality by surrounding the traditional four-panel doors with flat stock trim that dies smoothly into the baseboard — with no traditional plinth-block at the bottom. The reductionist take on the traditional trim enables the owners to move this historic farmhouse in a more modern direction without making the interior feel disconnected from the era of the original home.
Simple bordering picture-frame molding could make these windows feel completely modern, but ending the side trim at a flat crown at the top speaks to both traditional design elements and a modern aesthetic. Further balancing traditional and contemporary are the divided-light French casement windows. Single large panes would have left this room with a much more modern feel.
Custom baseboards. Modern ish.
Interesting combination of paint grade door jam and door with and glass and solid door. Blue door jam, white door, and also blue door jam & blue with glass door
Crown molding, door & door jam all same colors.
Doors and door jams wood grade, base boards white & paint grade.
Paint grade with painted door jams to match the crown molding & baseboards. Darker hardware
Wood door with painted door jams to match the crown molding & baseboards.
Wood door with darker hardware. ****
Office look
Wood doors with wood door jams.
Wood doors with white door jams.
Contemporary 2018 JM in Mercer Island. Two tone built in. Window frame
Window frame
Pillar
2017 Modern JM Bellevue
2017 Modern JM Bellevue - doorjam / casing
Modern JayMarc Bellevue - Bedroom door.
2017 Modern Jay Mark home in Bellevue
Window frame
Above a fireplace?
Trim Paint
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