White Vinyl Windows With Dark Wood Trim

If you are painting your vinyl replacement window a dark color you must use a paint designed for vinyl.
White vinyl windows with dark wood trim - Hi all we have a 1914 craftsman bungalow with tons of trim that some fool i said it painted white. Jun 24 2014 white vinyl windows with dark trim bing images. We re also exploring the diy route of course but even those replacements with wood interiors average about 1 000 a window. I have a 4 year old house with white trim on all windows.
I can t get past the stark white vinyl against the dark stained wood trim and i think my only answer is to paint the wood. I know everyone is going to tell me not to paint it but all i can see is the white vinyl. I like the look of the marvin infinity fiberglass windows in stone white but wonder if they would look odd if i had them installed in a window that has dark stained trim on the outside of it and dark stained wood for the sill. That s because we have an aversion to white composite or vinyl which sweetie pie really doesn t like coupled with our wood interior trim.
Honestly wood casement windows are pretty much the top of the line as far as windows are concerned i have double paned wood casements myself and decided to restore mine instead of going the vinyl route because the look and durability of wood is beyond what vinyl offers. They also chose off white cabinets to me the trim totally clashed with the cabinet color and the vinyl on the window was not even noticeable as a color after. We long to restore the old fir trim to it s original beauty and would even be willing to spend what will probably be the entire summer stripping sanding staining and varnishing the window door trim and baseboards but we have brand new white vinyl windows which we also didn t install. A white replacement window is not designed for the heat absorbed as a black replacement window is therefore it is prone to warping.
I know purchasing the white vinyl windows was a mistake but its too late. I had a customer that insisted on matching the trim to the vinyl white of the windows they chose a bright white. White vinyl against wood doesn t look too great really. Of course one of the biggest adders is the wood interiors that we want.
The house had a lot of trim wainscot and a very detailed painted mantel. Has anyone used white fiberglass windows as a replacement in windows that have dark stained wood trim and sills.