When buying baseboards in the past, you only had just one choice: natural wood, usually pine or hemlock. Now, the choice of materials for baseboards and trim has expanded to include MDF and plastic.

I'm not one who goes for a lot of frou-frou or fussy detail, but I do like a good moulding, especially when it has been applied in the correct proportion to the surrounding architecture. Mouldings are ...

A reader recently asked the costs of replacing baseboards. Hers were made of dark wood that was painted white but which is now chipping. Her thought was to replace the existing trim with already ...