Baseboard Molding Ideas
Also see:This page contains some ideas for building combination baseboards to simulate historic profiles and create new ones. Using 1by finish lumber, one–piece baseboard and other commonly available molding profiles, several possibilities for building custom baseboards appear below.
Basic Custom–Built Baseboard
This is a common baseboard design made up of 3 parts: the base cap, a 1x6 and quarter–round shoe molding. Other small molding profiles can be used in place of the base cap and shoe molding used here to create different baseboard designs.
Angled Custom Baseboard
This is a less common baseboard profile built using a custom cut base cap molding and a squared–ogee shoe molding.
5–Piece Custom Baseboard
This is a custom baseboard molding built using 1by lumber and 4 small molding profiles. The blocks along the back push this molding face out to about 1½ inches making it suitable for use with deep, Victorian style door cases.
The base cap is created by stacking 3 separate moldings: a cove, stop bead and small bullnose profile. The shoe is a standard quarter–round but other small profiles can also be used along the bottom of the baseboard if desired.
Stacked Custom–Built Baseboard
This is a stacked baseboard also suitable for use with deep case moldings. Stacking pieces of small moldings like this also works well for other trim features such as crown and chair rail.
The backer board is a 1x6 with a bevel cut along the top edge. A second, smaller 1by board is stacked along the face and capped with a piece of rake mould. The top and bottom of the baseboard are trimmed with the usual base cap and shoe moldings.
Victorian Style Baseboard
This custom built baseboard is suitable for large rooms with high ceilings trimmed with deep, wide cases, chair rails and crown moldings.
To build this profile a 1x8 serves as the backer board and 3 different panel molding profiles decorate the face. The top is finished with a bead and cove base cap molding.
