TIL a 3/8 inch gap under the baseboard can hide a lot of bad cuts

I was rushing a vinyl plank job in a Phoenix condo and didn't cut the last row perfectly straight, so I just left a bigger gap than usual under the trim. The homeowner's friend, who does trim work, came by and said it actually made the base shoe install easier and hid a slight floor dip we missed. Has anyone else found a small mistake that ended up being a better way to do things?

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the_julia1mo ago

My buddy once forgot a tile spacer and the crooked line looked way more interesting.

haydenj901mo ago

But is a perfect tile job really that important? Sometimes the flaws make things more fun to look at, right?