"jeffc" wrote in message

It's not a question of showing blemishes. Houses with natural wood trim
look very dated and are hard to sell around here. White semi-gloss is
the norm. (I'll be painting the doors too, which are natural too, but
that's easy.)

In 10 or 15 years, some poor ******* will be scraping that paint off to get
the natural wood again once it is back in style. It may be easier to take
out the trim, store it in the attic, and put up some cheap pine or plastic
molding that is painted.