Transition From Skirt Board to Base Board?

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What is going to work to make a good transition from my skirt board to the floor's base board?

The stairs will be carpeted.

I plan to add base cap on top of the 3/4" plywood skirt board.
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   / Transition From Skirt Board to Base Board? #2  
Might try cutting skirt boards flush with stringers,cut riser wall to wall,return base to riser,cut angle of base cap to match slope of stairs.
 
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I forgot to put in the post that the stairs will be carpeted, but I added it now.
 
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Mitering that will be extremely difficult and I don't think will work out even in the end. You can break the line with a vertical plinth block or some other feature to break it up visually so you can start the baseboard against a fresh surface.
 
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Mitering that will be extremely difficult and I don't think will work out even in the end. You can break the line with a vertical plinth block or some other feature to break it up visually so you can start the baseboard against a fresh surface.
Can you show me an example pic cause I'm not sure what you mean?
 
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Thanks for the link/pics!
 
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Sorry for the delay - I wasn't able to get a pic until now. Here's how they did it in our house. Whatever you decide to try, I'd prototype it first to see what it looks like.

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Thanks Dave :cool: that gives me some ideas.
 
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On our stairs, (would be your left side) they left the skirt board longer and it is flush with the base board that goes 90*.
On top of our skirt board is a concave trim piece. I don't know the correct name. It looks like "reverse 1/4 round.
On what would be your right side they butted the base board to the skirt board.

No mitering was done to hide the end grain.
 

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