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How to Match a High Gloss Shoe Storage Cabinet to Your Flooring and Skirting

How to Match a High Gloss Shoe Storage Cabinet to Your Flooring and Skirting

High gloss furniture reflects everything around it, which is why a high gloss shoe storage cabinet can make a hallway look brighter and more spacious. It also means the cabinet interacts closely with the floor and skirting beneath it. A glossy white unit against brilliant white skirting reads very differently from the same cabinet against oak boards or grey tiles. In this guide we explain how to match a high gloss shoe cabinet to your flooring and skirting so the result looks considered. We cover the difference between matching and contrasting whites, how gloss behaves next to wood, tile, stone and carpet, and why the gap between cabinet and skirting matters more than most people expect. We also look at legs versus plinths, reflections from floors, handle finishes and the practical care that keeps a glossy surface looking crisp in a busy UK entrance hall, even through wet winter months....

How to Match a Wooden Shoe Cupboard to Your Flooring and Skirting

How to Match a Wooden Shoe Cupboard to Your Flooring and Skirting

The simplest way to match a wooden shoe cupboard to your hallway is to read the undertone of your floor first, then decide whether the cupboard should blend with it or stand apart from it. Exact wood matches rarely work, because two different timbers, stains or lacquers almost never age the same way. A clear contrast of at least two shades, or a close echo in the same undertone family, looks far more intentional. Skirting acts as the bridge between the two: painted skirting frees you to choose almost any wood, while stained or oak skirting narrows the options and usually calls for a cupboard in a related tone. In this guide we look at warm and cool undertones, pale and dark floors, tiles, carpet and laminate, grain direction, sheen levels and the small details such as plinths and feet that make a cupboard look settled rather than simply placed in a narrow British hallway....