I do love the traditional Austrian forest green for windows and painted one wall in the hallway a similar green to highlight the gilded mirror but despise most other shades of green, particularly pastels.
But my main point was that it's only paint, if you don't like it (or a future owner doesn't like it) it is redone quickly and cheaply. There's absolutely no way I'd ever use the original trim colour in my house, not in my worst nightmares! As far as I can tell it's a fairly light grey but still grey enough to be depressing. Definitely cream or "antique white" for me! In one room my dad went trigger-happy and painted doors and window a deep red (close to English red) and when it was time to redo that I kept the colour because I happened to like it a lot, especially contrasted by light yellow walls. In my parents' bathroom we had white walls with dark blue gloss trim and a matching blue tub. Oh and a blue and green mosaic tile floor! We did that in 2002 and I still love it every time I get there!
) but they really f*ed up the walls taking the baseboards off to strip, and then used gobs of caulk in place of where the broke the plaster to hell. For all the shit work done to my house, you'd think they would have at least protected the house from termites. When I finally get to painting them I'll be using a very flat white, a hint of antiquing wax (just a touch to accent the relief, most people overdo this), then semi gloss poly. I did a sample and it looks great. But I find a plain white + antiquing wax looks far, far better than an off white.
