Interior Design Ideas: How to Choose Your Skirting Boards4038820

It could be difficult to debate that choosing skirting boards is the most exciting part of putting together an interior design scheme, but it is nevertheless important. It's details like these that make everything work together harmoniously. Not only must are put complement the look aesthetically but they also need to tick the mandatory practicality boxes. These were originally built to hide the visible difference between the wall and the floor and protect the wall from feet, furniture, floor cleaners and floor polish. With wooden floors a skirting board is absolutely essential as a result of natural movement, expansion and contraction around the flooring. In older properties where embedding pipes and cables into the wall isn't an option they also give you a way to hide these unsightly necessities. In new builds it's becoming more and more popular to set electrical cables and pipework in to the skirting boards anyway, only to provide quick access.

Today skirting boards are becoming more than just a functional feature. They now include a wide variety of mouldings are available in a number of materials. Unsurprisingly wooden skirting remains t most widely used. There's obviously an impressive selection within the wooden category. Several types of wood, different finishes, painted or not are just a some of the options you are able to chose from. Mouldings are becoming increasingly less popular and are only really recommended if you are going for a very traditional look. But mouldings can give this often overlooked feature some real character.

Another aspect of your skirting board that you will need to decide upon is the height. First thing you must ensure is always that there is consistency through the entire property, varying heights look very strange. If you are redoing the whole house's skirting or building a new property then the height of the walls should be the number one consideration - the larger the walls, the larger the boards. Don't forget about radiators (buying skirting board that does not fit beneath the piping can be a costly mistake!)

When you have skirting in your property that you will like and would like to put in another room but cannot find them anywhere don't get worried, a quality joiner will be able to replicate that which you are after. One of the best pieces of advice we could give is to locate pictures online of a complete interior design scheme which you like and have a critical look at the skirting board. Consider - would the project well in my property? This is much better than locating a skirting board that you like the look of and seeking to make it operate in your house's interior planning.