Oh, all the details!! By pure chance during conversation this week, I discovered the plan in our Chennai apartment was to install tile skirting where the walls meet the tiled floors. I had been envisioning a thick, wide wood molding there.
This:
Or this:
All the tile will be installed very soon, so a quick note to the architect put the brakes on the tile skirting plan. Whew. That could have happened without even knowing it was going to happen.
Although visually I think wood is better, now I embark on research to double-check that idea. There are nagging doubts. Because just like I was told to eat yogurt with spicy food, when at first I resisted the idea before realizing how it makes perfect sense (and indeed now I could eat a gallon of tamarind rice and raitha, love it!), perhaps there is good reason for tile skirting instead of wood molding? I realize tile skirting is common, but to me it invokes “hospital room.”
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hey i m getting my house done in mumbai and am confused with wood or tile skirting. So what did you choose eventually? wood/tile.
Hi! We were just in Chennai over the past few weeks and chose wood. We chose a “Malaysian hardwood” because it will be painted over, so we didn’t need teak. The skirting is about 7″ high, so that’s why we wanted wood — we wanted a higher skirting look and something with curves. A lot of people warn us about maintenance. I have no idea what we’ll run into with that, although I’d imagine tile would be easier maintenance. But this is not a full-time home, it’s used only periodically so we’re not super worried. I hope this helps! We will paint the wood skirting with a glossier paint that’s easier to clean than a matte paint.
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