Putting 3" pine floor trim in basement-have questions?

We just have carpet %26amp; tile laid in the basement after a pipe broke %26amp; it flooded. We are now putting on the trim. We picked out a 3" pine to stain(I think it's a 1x4x12. Kind of looking for a natural, cozy, outdoorsy type look w/o making it look like a cabin. We live in the SW MO %26amp; were curious if this is a smart move investment wise for when we resell later. Or should we just use the premade trim. Also any helpful hints are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Putting 3" pine floor trim in basement-have questions?
if I follow you correctly, you want to stain and install baseboard molding? Don't know what colors your floor tile or carpeting is, but unless you are absolutely certain that your subflooring, probably concrete is sterile and clean, with no mold spores, I would let the area dry for a very long time before sealing anything around the edges of the room. And I think when I did out molding down, I would pick a color out of the tile or carpet and paint it with a good primer and then use oil based paint on top of that. That way, any moisture which still emanates from the concrete, or mold spores that are still alive would have a hard time getting a grip on the trim. We would generally wash the concrete with a mixture of water, 1 gallon, bleach, 1/2 cup, TSP (trisodiumphosphate) 1/2 cup, and 1 cup of something sucj as **** 'n' Span, mixed well and put on heavy. Let stand for 10 minutes and then rinse. TSP is the only think that kills mold spores, which you cannot even see. But after a while they resemble small black dots. They can come through panelling, wood siding, vinyl siding, their touch. Don't mean to sound like gloom and doom, but don't want you wasting a lot of time and money either. And I used to live in carbondale so I feel like we might have been neighbors.