Quarter Round Match Floor Or Baseboard

Another benefit of choosing paint over stain is that you can paint the doors and trim to match the baseboards.

Quarter round match floor or baseboard. Staining quarter round article that seemed fit for a whole new article. I have already made a deposit on brazilian cherry hardwood. There are two types of molding that can be used base shoe or quarter round. We ve written a fair amount about installing baseboard and quarter round for hardwood floors and the right finish nailer for doing this job.

Imo matching the quarter round to the floor instead of the baseboard makes the baseboard look skimpier. I ve now come to the conclusion that if the baseboards are painted it would look better if the quarter round matches that. Opinions vary on this question. We recently received this question on our painting vs.

In my humble opinion standard sized matching quarter round looks too bulky against any baseboard especially common colonial or clam shell type base that only sits 3 inches off the floor. Shimmying up a sloping floor to level i have a sloping floor from both edges to center is 11 2 inches it seems to be around the chimney but from the basement the rafters seem tight and not sloping. So i would install primed paint grade. Baseboard molding installations are finished off with a small piece of molding that covers the gap between the bottom of the baseboards and the floor.

Meg the best floor layers take the baseboard off and put the wood or laminate closer to the wall not all the way though as there has to be space for it to expand and contract and then they put the baseboard back on thus the baseboard itself covers the raw edge of the flooring and there s no need for quarter round. Should quarter round match floor or baseboard. Or so i m told by my designer and sev. This frees you to select a complementary color without worry about matching the flooring.

This article was first published in november. Another option is to paint the baseboard and shoe molding before installation. You will find many flooring dealers will try to steer you into matching moldings specifically quarter round because it puts more money into their pockets. One recurring question from fellow diyers tackling this project is whether you should lay quarter round that matches the wood floor or just paint the quarter round white to match the baseboard.

Christophern the hardwood floors sites i looked it indicated that it is truly a personal preference not a rule and that a painted quarter round to match the painted baseboard is a more traditional look than matching the floor. Can i paint over pre painted quarter round to match the existing baseboards. So here you have it. That way it doesn t look like the floor is climbing the baseboard.