Ken Kose wrote:

Here's one for the interior designers. Our house has polyurethaned
pine wood trim and base board. We have white ceilings and colored
walls. Can we have white crown molding on the ceiling and keep a
varnished pine wood base board trim?


Might make the pine stick out like a sore thumb. Is the pine "something
special", being
you don't want it the same color?. Painting trim a strong contrast to
walls makes the the trim stand
out more......looks good if the doors and windows are even and balanced.