Use shoe molding or not in kitchen and family room.
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Use Shoe Moulding in Tile Bathroom / Kitchen?
Comments (1)We did, to make the trim match throughout the house. About the only place we didn't add shoe molding was in closet interiors....See Morecan i use shoe molding without baseboard?
Comments (6)In another thread there has been quite the controversy about this very issue: How to have the wall tile meet the floor tile. There are really only two options (wood not being one of them): cove (sanitary) tile versus just caulking the joint between the floor and wall. Cove moulding is generally more commercial looking but by the nature of its construction would be easier to clean (just like a coved backsplash is easier to clean than that 90 degree joint between countertop and wall). However, your choices will most likely be limited as not all tile collection include a cove piece. It's just not used all that often. Experts suggest that if you simply meet the wall tile to the floor tile, that joint must be caulked. For more information on that method, ask the tile expert here on the forum, Bill Vincent. That is his preferred method. I am doing this very thing in our laundry room in a few months and I have still not decided what I want to do. If it is cove, that piece will be installed first and then the floor and wall tile abutted to it (no cove on top of any other tile). If I find a tile I cannot live without, however, I'll choose Bill's preferred method and have the installer caulk that seam. In any event, I'll ask my installer to make sure the floor and wall are watertight as there is no guarantee my washer one day won't leak....See MorePix please: baseboards without shoe molding
Comments (12)I don't like the shoe molding. In my old house I didn't have it. In our new one we have the shoe molding. It looks fine either way. The reason I don't like it is because of furniture that has legs that make it stick out further from the wall due to that little molding. I hate the gap you get. I tend to have furniture like shaker style where the legs cause this gap. Never thought about it before having shoe molding in this house. Here is from my old house. The difference in color between baseboards wasn't as obvious in real life as you never faced the FP due to the layout of the house. Just showing this one as that is all I could find that showed tile too....See MoreShoe molding or no shoe molding?
Comments (12)ILoveRed yes its the kitchen with the bad cabinet guy. He was kicked to the curb and new cabinet guy fixed everything. All doors and drawers were taken back to his shop where he worked on them. Cabinet frames were all sanded down and redone. Original non matching putty dug out and replaced with a better match. Island trim redone by the trim guy at my request. It's getting there. Crown installed today and all pulls are on. Still waiting on doors for above hood and 2 sink front panels....See Moreprady22
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