Please help with a door problem
Every interior door (including closets, in the bifold version) in our house looks like this, in white, with the "look and feel of Real Wood Grain!":


Not the worst thing to deal with in the greater scheme of things, but not what we ultimately want, especially since the finish just looks very plastic and cheap to me.

The ideal answer to "what to do" would be to replace them with something wood, preferably salvaged, maybe something I make myself after I stock my workshop with a few tools that I can't carry around in one hand. But realistically that's somewhere down on the 10-year plan - it's just not a priority with everything else we want/need to do, though I'll always be on the lookout for appropriately styled salvaged doors.

In the mean time, I'd like your opinions.

Should we just save us some unnecessary trouble and leave them white?

Or should we paint them? If so, that will be going in to the "next couple of months" plan. In fact, Von is about to go on a painting binge, so it might happen even sooner than that, at least in some rooms.

But what color? I've never had anything other than unpainted wood interior doors, so I have no clue if it looks best to paint doors the wall color, some coordinating/contrasting color, a darker/lighter shade as the same color on the walls, or what. If there's any kind of guideline out there, I'd love to hear about it.

The trim, btw, is all very dark stained [cheapass paint grade] wood, and a project I hope to start in the next year will be to replace all the interior trim, with a combination of stained and painted wood depending on the room and trim we're using.

Ideas and PICTURES are appreciated.

FYI, the house leans heavily towards craftsman/arts & crafts details, and that's the direction we plan to continue to take it with every change we make. So if you have pics of what REAL doors in houses of that style/era look like, please show me those as well!! Thanks!

(oh, and if you're posting anonymously, please tell me who you are, especially if you're a fellow houseblogger!)