An update on the renovation of my 2008 home to look a little more 1928.
Above: Before... carpet and Ikea. Tiny "standard" moldings and no paint. You can kind of see the avocado green couch in the foreground. In short- functional, but ugly. More 1978 than the intended 1928.
Above: Carpet gone!!! Happy to report that despite this being a new build, there was not a single crack in the slab. I've heard some slab horror stories, and this was a relief!
We opted for the tallest baseboards (moving from 2" to nearly 6" high!), painted them white to contrast with the walls. We then added an additional bit of quarter-round to the bottom of the baseboards to hide the expansion space for the new flooring. We found matching corner blocks and corner rounds to complete the look.
Not sure this little picture above will show, but we added plinth blocks to the bottoms of our door frames, and did rosettes with fluted moldings to frame them out. Much better than the standard moldings (which were the same as the old floor baseboards).
After nearly four weeks of no furniture, it arrived! Mission style chairs, table, and couches complement the new look. Even the entertainment center has mission styling, included leaded glass cabinetry. The walls look more yellow here than they ought to... they're more mustard than sunshine. Next steps... crown moldings on the ceiling and moldings around the windows... perhaps with window sills. Ideally will replace plastic-wood blinds with something more suitable, but will need to check HOA guidelines first since they like white stuff facing the street.
