Skirting round the issue (part II)

It's been a long discussed topic of conversation - do we keep the original skirting boards, or replace them. 

We decided to replace them.

The originals weren't actually true skirting, they were architrave. The visible thin edges wavered and were covered in old crispy peeling paint, glued on paint and bare, sometimes split wood. They were proving a nightmare to get looking anything like decent so our lovely joiner, Gary has taken in the task of sourcing and prepping new ones which we will help him replace because he's got a dodgy knee.