Skirting board turret blocks

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I am genuinely in two minds about whether skirting board turrets blocks are the most wonderful thing I've ever come across, or just some crappy idea for people who can't be bothered to do a job properly.

I bought a sliding compound mitre saw recently... I was quite looking forward to using it for doing some skirting... however, as I'm rather lazy, when I saw - earlier today - MDF turret blocks at around a Quid-fifty each, I started to think... hmm, wouldn't straight cuts and turret blocks just be so much easier for me?

But, is it a cop-out? Will people viewing the property I'm working on be just like me - in two minds... some will think, "that's really nice, I want to rent / buy this property" and others will think "gee, if he's done that short-cut, what else has he done half-assed"?
 
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*googles turret blocks*

This what you mean?
pine_turret_block1.jpg


Quid fifty sounds like a lot for what amounts to a little piece of square moulding.
 
Yes, aren't they a wonderful 'invention'?

I am completely undecided whether they add anything to the effect, but they'd certainly make the job easier. And I'm sure you can get them cheaper...
 
Well you could just cut them off a length of square moulding! Maybe hold the corners on a sander for a few seconds to bevel the edges.

They're not unattractive, although the overall effect looks rather American to me.
 
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That's very true (the making my own)... but I'm still undecided regarding the effect achieved.
 
I think it would look good in an Art Deco room. But if nothing else in the room has that square, geometric appearance (coving, architrave, fireplace?), it could look weird.
 
They look c**p. There's no substitute for mitred external corners, and scribed internal corners.
 
they just look bizarre... probably (a bit) better when painted, but still... bizarre.
 

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