For anyone who has been to our place, you have probably noticed the poor condition of the downstairs base boards. If you have not noticed or have not yet visited us, shame on you for not visiting. It is really quite lovely. …Anywho, I digress.

The old base boards needed far too much refinishing, as the varnish was starting to yellow, chip, and come off. The oak looked good from a far, but was far from good.

This weekend one of my best friends, and licensed La Crosse contractor, Andrew Goehner came down to help us rip out and replace our old base boards.

With our vibrant wall colors and wonderful hard-wood floors we chose a nice white molding to frame the highlights and draw your eyes to the floor. Also, instead of using the traditional quarter-round footer-molding we used a matching colonial door stop molding. This complicated things slightly, since door-stop (sold only in unprimed short sections) is not intended to be used as floor molding but as you can see in the photos below, it turned out absolutely great!

If you are located in the Madison or La Crosse area and need construction projects done, look up Andrew Goehner. He does exceptional work! Thanks much!