Painted vs. Stained moldings

I put up wood crown molding in my entrance way and around the door and floor moulding that all matches. I was going to paint it but it would look so pretty stained. The entry way is 3 sided and leads into the great room which is sunken and has wood and trim about 8 inches off the floor before the drywall. Would it look odd if the entry is stained but the rest is painted (in the great room) as the mouldings but up to each other at the step down into grt room from the entry. or other option was to just stain around the door but there again, the mouldings would touch. I know it probably looks best to do it all the same but trying to make the wood stain work and cannot afford to take all the other wood out and redo now. It is a large room and would take a lot. Thanks so much for any advice.

We encounter this same situation in many of our kitchen remodels - the cabinets are stained, including the crown molding, but the rest of the room's trim is painted.  And the two different trims adjoin each other.  In my opinion it looks fine.  Go ahead and stain the entry way, step back and take a look at it and see what you think.  You can always paint over the stained wood or replace the great room trim if you don't like it.  I bet you will like the look you get by staining the entry and keeping the great room as is.