How to deal with a stone 'skirting board'

[TryC]

Hi All,

 

Looking for some advice on how to deal with a stone 'skirting board' - I had paid a plasterer to skim the walls and he said he would also go over the lip at the bottom.

 

He didn't at the end of the day and I asked him about it and he said it was a skirting board.

 

I am now trying to figure out what best to do with this section - it had previously been painted and I was able to get as much paint off as possible (see photo).

 

It is basically solid stone and not what I consider a skirting board.

 

ANy advice would be appreciated.

[tonyshouse]

Slightly taller wooden skirting, some stick carpet on with a nice trim on top as an alternative 

[nod]

It will be granite or Sand and cement 

He should have run a fresh piece 

The bit you are showing can be filled and sanded 

[TryC]

1 minute ago, tonyshouse said:

Slightly taller wooden skirting, some stick carpet on with a nice trim on top as an alternative 

this is the area that goes into the kitchen and utility rooms - so it will eventually have new flooring put in (can't be carpet)

[TryC]

2 minutes ago, nod said:

It will be granite or Sand and cement 

He should have run a fresh piece 

The bit you are showing can be filled and sanded 

sorry, what do you mean by 'should of run a fresh piece'?

[Mr Punter]

It looks like sand cement.  I know people who really like the distressed shabby chic look and would love this in their house just stripped a bit and then waxed or something wanky.

[Gone West]

1 hour ago, Mr Punter said:

stripped a bit and then waxed or something wanky

Do you mean that? 

[Ferdinand]

Take the paint back to the stone (chemical?) and leave it as a bit of the house's history.