A toekick at a counter is functional, as it allows comfortable standing at the counter. Making toekicks uniform around a kitchen, even where they're not strictly needed, adds a uniform appearance.

A toekick in a closet wall can't be functional in the same way....you'll never actually put your toes in it, right? Maybe it looks better.....that's up to you.

Are there counters around the perimeter of the closet and would you stand at them?

Are you talking about toekicks on the wall or are you talking about them on a closet system? In a wall I see no reason whatsover as you won't be trying to stand by the wall. If it is a closet system it might be useful as you will be standing in front of it and looking at things.

If it's good enough for Khloe, it's good enough for me!

Kloe Khardasian in the closet.

On the short wall there is a 30" wide bank of drawers with a counter. I probably won't stand at that counter other than when using the drawers or accessing the cabinets above but I am inclined to have a toe-kick there. Maybe I'll end up folding clothes on the counter or something. The long walls do not have drawers, cabinets or counters. On those walls, is there any good reason to have toe-kicks vs flush base in the absence of counters? That's my question, I know there is no functional need for toe-kicks there, but is there some other non-functional reason for one vs the other? The vast majority of closets have a flush base. Why?

Khloe's toe-kicks are at a counter where you must have them. Can't tell in that photo if she has them on the cabinets against the wall. I'm curious.

Lyfia - I won't need toe-kicks when looking at or accessing things in my closet because my closets are 19" deep so hangers will slightly protrude. There are shelves too, but you never get so close to shelves that your face is against them, that's when you need toe-kicks. At a counter your body is right up against the cabinet so you need room for your toes, that doesn't happen with wall shelves or hangers.

I previously talked to the builder about creating a floating look by deeply recessing the toe-kicks rather than painting them black as that blog suggested and I feel myself starting to lean that way.

Can't tell in that photo if she has them on the cabinets against the wall

Not evidently.

However, another featured master closet in the AD piece does.

Where Tommy Hilfiger keeps his clothes.

" Lyfia - I won't need toe-kicks when looking at or accessing things in my closet because my closets are 19" deep so hangers will slightly protrude. There are shelves too, but you never get so close to shelves that your face is against them, that's when you need toe-kicks. At a counter your body is right up against the cabinet so you need room for your toes, that doesn't happen with wall shelves or hangers. "

So what is your question then? Are you talking about baseboards?

Worthy - don’t you mean her “kloset”?

my cabinetmakers built our master closet and we don’t have toe kicks. Just base trim. We each have a bank of drawers and there is a toe-kick valance there. Our other bedroom closets have closet “systems”. No toe kicks there either.