The skirting line is the contour line of the ground, which is located at the connection position of the wall and the floor. Generally speaking, the skirting line is a link that cannot be ignored in the process of home decoration, no matter from the perspective of practicality or aesthetics.

Modern houses are more and more seeking for minimalism. Every link in the interior design has become very particular. The details of skirting have become the key to the design, but how to design skirting to look good?

First of all, let's learn about the functions of skirting

1. Prevent floor deformation
The expansion of wood floor is large, and the expansion of ceramic tile is slightly small. If the floor is laid close to the wall, it will not stretch in case of heat or wet expansion, and the floor will be warped, deformed or even damaged by mutual extrusion, so the role of skirting line lies in this.

2. Block the line
Because of decoration reasons, part of the line can also be hidden in the skirting line, which plays a very good role in decoration. You can choose the skirting line with slot or line hole on the wall.

3. Easy to clean
The use of skirting can protect the wall from being soiled when cleaning, making it very convenient to scrub, especially in the case of wallpaper.

4. Visual transition
When the color of the wall is close to that of the ground, or the color is mixed, the skirting line is used to separate. The skirting line with high color value can make the transition and connection of the upper and lower space more perfect, and the overall decoration is harmonious and natural.

Let's see what kinds of skirting are available

1. Wooden skirting
Wooden skirting line has a wide variety of texture and is easy to install, but the price is relatively high, and it is prone to arching due to poor wear resistance, so it is not very popular in home decoration application.

The wooden skirting line is divided into solid wood and composite wood skirting lines. It looks like the wood appearance, but the solid wood skirting line is more susceptible to moisture than the natural price, the composite wood is cheaper, and the visual sense is softer and the texture is poor

2. Stone skirting
Stone skirting line can be divided into marble and artificial stone. Marble grade is high cost, artificial stone has strong plasticity and many colors, and its texture is not as good as marble. Using the natural texture of stone skirting line to correspond with other decorations, it has a good beautification effect, beautiful and generous style, and also has the characteristics of waterproof and moisture-proof, easy to clean, so it has been widely accepted by many families Favor.

Height of skirting line

Generally speaking, different design requirements are different, and there is no actual standard for the height of the skirting line. Generally, the height is about 10cm, and some of the higher storey height can be 12-15cm. In the popular minimalist style, the small skirting line of 3-6cm is elegant.

What color is good for skirting?

1. White
White is basically a kind of all-around color in home decoration. It is also applicable to the skirting line. The white skirting line basically matches with any style, which is not likely to make mistakes.

2. Use dark color with caution
The darker skirting line will have the effect of pulling down the height of the floor. When choosing the darker skirting line, you can start from the unity, choose the same color as the door frame, the ground or the wall, weaken the existence of the skirting line, and expand the space of the ground.

Of course, there are other ways to design the skirting

1. Hidden skirting
It can be chiseled along the corner of the wall. When laying the floor, the floor can be stuffed into the corner of the wall. It can also be thickened with decorative panels to press the floor gap. It can also be added with lights to enhance the sense of space hierarchy, but the price of the wall panel is very high.

2. Use sealant
If it is wood floor, sealant can be filled at the joint, and glass glue can be used to block the part of the gap, because glass glue has elasticity and only covers the gap surface,. So it doesn't affect the floor expansion at all