suzy - I'm not sure if this will help you visualize or not, since this isn't our front entry and it's a window above instead of a transom. Anyway, the doors throughout our home are stained mahogany with white trim and I love how the doors seem to "pop" surrounded with the white. If you would like to see any additional pics or have questions, please ask away :-)

Family room doors:

My front door is stained mahogony and all the trim is going to be white, inside and out. Sorry, I don't have a photo because the trim is not installed yet. I also didn't know how it would look so I rode down my street and checked out other houses and it looks great. The white actually makes the front door more pronounced.

I'm new to posting here, so I hope it's ok to add my own question to this tread. Along the lines of the original question, does anyone have opinions/experience with an entry door that is stained on the outside, but painted on the inside? All my interior doors and trim will be white, but I'm thinking a stained wood look would be nice for the outside?

kidshear- that's what we are doing. White trim to match the other interior trim, but the outside trim around the door, sidelites, and transom will all be the same stain color as the door itself. Also, just to clarify...the door itself will be stained on both the exterior and interior- the only difference will be in the trim finish. I don't think that this is an unusual setup.

My front door is stained on the inside and outside and both are surrounded with white trim.

I think it is a really pretty look,
I had these pics in my file, Hope they help.

Sorry don't have a picture yet but our office doors are stained french doors w/ white trim and a white painted transom above them. I think it looks great.

My DH's library doors (one off of the foyer, one into the hallway and one upstairs into the hallway) are stained, and the trim is white. I can't even find my camera, but I can assure you it looks great. The rest of our interior doors are painted white.

Amy

I too love the look of stained doors and painted trim. Still debating what to do in our house..... :o)