Skirting boards VS shadow gaps

Skirtings and architraves evolved to conceal the hairline cracks that inevitably develop between timber floors and door linings and the plastered walls which they abut. It’s likely that thinking ahead about the junctions between floors and walls is not top of the list for most self-builders and home improvers in the early stages of their project. Yet what may at first feel like a tedious minor decision best left until as late as possible, can actually be a helpful decision to make, to focus in on how the new spaces