Just T
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Post by Just T on Jun 11, 2016 17:37:25 GMT
When you paint a room, how do you paint inside the window frame? Do you paint it the color of the walls, or do you paint it white (if your window frames are white)? I have done both over the years. Some of my windows have molding around them, which is painted glossy white, so I wonder if I should paint inside white as well. It would certainly be easier than trying to paint the color around the white window frames.
Does that make sense? It sounds confusing the way I wrote it.
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Post by quiltz on Jun 11, 2016 18:11:17 GMT
When you paint a room, how do you paint inside the window frame? Do you paint it the color of the walls, or do you paint it white (if your window frames are white)? I have done both over the years. Some of my windows have molding around them, which is painted glossy white, so I wonder if I should paint inside white as well. It would certainly be easier than trying to paint the color around the white window frames.
Does that make sense? It sounds confusing the way I wrote it.
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Post by anniefb on Jun 11, 2016 18:12:07 GMT
I prefer the windows and any other trim to be white as well.
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Post by KikiPea on Jun 11, 2016 18:14:14 GMT
If it's wall, I paint it the wall color.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 11, 2016 18:17:39 GMT
I prefer mine the color of the wall.
I don't like white and don't want any white walls or trim.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 11, 2016 18:22:05 GMT
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I like white trim so all of the window trim is white. My windows themselves are an almond color, I don't paint the almond parts of the actual window. Just the trim all around the window.
ETA: I re-read your post and I get it now. If it is wall, it gets painted the wall color even if it is inside the window area. Only trim boards are painted white.
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Post by just PEAchy on Jun 11, 2016 18:42:52 GMT
I've always done white along with all the trim. I don't think I've ever had windows that were just the wall, though, I've always had trim boards.
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Post by secondlife on Jun 11, 2016 18:57:39 GMT
In our house we have a couple of different window types. In the main level, the front window is in the same plane of the wall and has trim, and the window trim is painted the same as the rest of the trim, which is white. But in my daughter's room, the window is slightly recessed, so there is wallboard in the recessed part and that is painted the wall color, not the trim color. So in our house, everything that is trim is the trim color, but everything that is wallboard is wall color - but maybe you have a different setup than mine.  |
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Post by gar on Jun 11, 2016 21:00:21 GMT
I think you're talking about the window reveals, which are plaster like the main walls so I would paint that area whatever colour the wall is. The blue areas in this pic is what I think you mean.  |
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Post by FurryP on Jun 12, 2016 2:12:53 GMT
I think you're talking about the window reveals, which are plaster like the main walls so I would paint that area whatever colour the wall is. The blue areas in this pic is what I think you mean. Now I get what she is saying! Yes, I paint the wall-like sections of the window the same color at the walls. My windows to not have frames. We have plantation shutters and those are white. |
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Post by JustKim on Jun 12, 2016 2:25:55 GMT
I want them to be a different color. Not always white but sometimes depending on the color. If the room is a little darker then I will get something in the same color family just several shades lighter. I thought the window trim in the bedroom was white until I painted the walls then I found them to be almost the same color as the walls so I got a darker wall color and left the trim as is. It still looks white next to the paint but I know it is more cream
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Post by Just T on Jun 12, 2016 13:45:10 GMT
Yes, that is the area I mean. I had no idea what that is called.
Here is a pic...the gray area inside the window is what I am talking about. 
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Post by secondlife on Jun 12, 2016 13:50:02 GMT
Yes, that is the area I mean. I had no idea what that is called.
Here is a pic...the gray area inside the window is what I am talking about.
To me that looks different though - that looks like wood trim, not wallboard or plaster like what the wall itself is. See how the window reveals have the window frame inside the reveal, but in this case the window frame is outside the area you're thinking of - I don't think it's the same and I think what you're looking at is trim on a deep set window, not window reveal. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2016 13:53:52 GMT
I just repainted 3 rooms recently and I left that area white.
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Post by Just T on Jun 12, 2016 14:01:59 GMT
There is wood trim around the outside edge of the window. The inside, the part that is gray (that looks white right now) is drywall, just like the wall. I'm leaning toward painting that gray part white so it matches the white wood trim, but not all of my windows have that trim.
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