Stain or not to Stain

Been talking to my brother about building some custom doors for this wyoming house. Thinking about going with alder or maybe a harder wood and staining them. I'm just wondering where to draw the line. If i stain the doors, do i stain the jambs? If I stain the jambs then I probably should stain the trim. And then if I stain the doors, jambs, trim and have hardwood throughout the place, maybe I'm getting too much stained wood. I'm leaning towards staining the doors and painting all the trim.

Sping anytime soon?

Thought I'd post some pics of the wyoming house from this weekend. Still a ton of snow up there. We had to snowshoe in, and as you can see the snow banks are pretty high. Hopefully it will warm up here soon so we can get in the drive and start work again.

Spring is slow.

Just snowshoed into the house today. Still quite a bit of snow - maybe 3 feet on the drive in. Took some measurements for doors. My brother offered to custom build some doors for me so I figured I'd figure out what I need. Love the views up there. Somedays I wish I could just move there full time...