This Kitchen Cabinet Trend Is About to Take Over 2024 (It’s So Functional!)

published Oct 28, 2024
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It’s often the little details — like dust corners, stair rods, and hinge caps — that can make the biggest statement. Now the latest small detail to go viral is a little something called a skiffer. It’s meant to protect your furniture corners and baseboards, but it does so in such a beautiful way that you’ll find yourself putting this little brass detail on pretty much everything in your home that has a 90-degree corner.

“Last time I shared these little brass skiffers, it went viral on my page,” Instagram user Kayla Payne said in a recent video. “So happy it did because I think it totally deserves to.”

She wrote in her caption, “It’s a small detail with a big impact. Plus, they really do save your corners from getting banged up by the vacuum cleaner, wheel chairs, toys, cords, etc.”

“Also, I’ve had these on all the outside corners throughout my home for over a year, and not one person in my family has ran their foot into one,” she continued.

Skiffers are super easy to attach to the bottom corner of your furniture or lower kitchen cabinets and baseboards. Just mark your skiffer holes, drill a pilot hole, and then use the included screws to attach the skiffer to a specific corner.

You can also find skiffers in a variety of different metal finishes and styles. The shiny ones Kayla uses in her videos are solid brass and sold on Etsy for just over $36 for a set of four.

But you can also pick up more decorative skiffers on Amazon, too. This Victorian-inspired set comes with 15 corner protectors in an aged brass finish.

And these ornate skiffers from Etsy are shaped like olive leaves. A set of two will set you back $35, but for that special piece of furniture, they might be worth the investment.

Now that you’ve stumbled upon your newest obsession, no corner in your home is safe. Give your baseboards, furniture, doors, and more the skiffer treatment to protect your paint job and give your home even more sparkle and shine.