Posted by Lee Watkinson | Aleesha Gohil on 24th Apr 2026
Almost every British house has skirting boards. It's a detail you hardly notice as they're always there. But the plain painted board at the base of every room is the last surviving part of a much more elaborate classical interior finish that once covered the whole wall.
A modern Period MDF skirting board (170mm) against original pine floorboards and a cast iron fireplace. The profile echoes Victorian joinery but the board is late-twentieth-cen… Read more