A plinth in bluestone
A floor lays the foundation for a room's atmosphere, but it is the baseboards that provide the perfect finishing touch. They form the subtle boundary between wall and floor, visually balancing a room. Skirting boards are not only an aesthetic detail that provides a well-kept look, but they also fulfill a practical role. They protect walls from knocks and moisture, hide small imperfections and even provide space to neatly hide cables. Without baseboards, a room remains unfinished - with baseboards, every room gets the finish it deserves, as if the last brushstroke of a masterpiece had been set.
A baseboard is an indispensable link in the harmony between floor and wall. Often the baseboard follows the finish of the floor, bringing the two elements together in perfect symphony. For example, a honed floor looks its best when accompanied by a sleek, honed baseboard. The versatility of baseboard finishes offers numerous possibilities: every style and finish available for the floor can be seamlessly extended to the matching baseboard.
Yet, an understated approach can also be chosen, where the color of the wall continues down to the floor. In that case, a simple sawn baseboard will suffice, or a subtle option in meranti or mdf, which does not draw attention but finishes off the whole in an elegant way. The art of the baseboard is to serve inconspicuously as the invisible line that connects everything, or, on the contrary, as the sophisticated finishing touch that takes the room to a higher level.
A honed baseboard to go with a honed floor :