I am making it into an office so want it to at least be presentable. I think your idea would work though, I might give it a shot and see how it would look, hopefully looking down on it from the top won't look too strange with it being 1/2" thick baseboard.
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I haven't chosen them yet, but probably mdf. It's about 75 linear feet. Only about 8-9 ft of recessed drywall though.