How to Build the Perfect Flush Recessed Baseboard: Remodeling 101 - Remodelista

How to Build the Perfect Flush Recessed Baseboard: Remodeling 101 - Remodelista
Who doesn’t love a good insider tip? What’s a flush recessed baseboard detail, you ask?
“A flush recessed baseboard is a minimalist and seamlessly beautiful detail, and since it provides no surface for dust to collect, it’s practical too,” Sherman says.
A flush recessed baseboard is like a French seam.
Photograph courtesy of John Maniscalco Architecture.
In a New York Chelsea loft, Delson or Sherman continue the floor material (Brazilian walnut) up into the baseboard.
Photograph by Catherine Tighe, courtesy of Delson or Sherman.
Delson or Sherman Architects’ detail sketch illustrating how a continuous plywood backer is attached to both the baseboard and the sheetrock.
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