What colour paint on window sills? (Not breathtakingly exciting!)

[MartinRohdesBellybuttonFluff]

If my skirting boards and architraves are painted white should my window sills be white too?

They are currently natural wood (just varnished) and match the window frames (but not the skirting). I was wondering if it would brighten up the place if I paint them white.

What do you think?

Thanks in advance.

I am not a fan of dark wood window frames and sills. I'd look at painting the window frame and the sill - it will probably lighten the room up quite a bit. Use a good primer - Zinsser are worth the money for making easy work of things (no sanding) - and give it a couple of coats. Follow that with a couple of top coats to match the rest of the woodwork.

Thank you wowfudge. I wouldn't be able to paint the inside of the window frames but I am sorely tempted to paint the window sills white.

The more I walk around the house and take notice of the white skirting but brown wooden sills, the more I think it looks wrong. It's like my collar and cuffs don't match, in a manner of speaking