I found an exposes side-angle of the stuff by the stairs. Turns out it's not quarter-round but something else. Has a flat top that the baseboord rests into. I've attached a photo marti8a, yes the whole house it like this. All 2K quare feet. Strangely, inside the closets there's just the baseboard, no wood trim below it. As for the "hammer mark," I think it's just a scuff. There is no indent. snookums2, the flooring is original. The house is only 7 years old and was hardwood throughout from day 1. Any other ideas on why this would be done? Ir is it just a stupid contractor/prior homeowner mistake?

Both look well done, but, I would prefer the shoe over the cove. I can just imagine the chips that would come out of the cove frrom bumps and bruises. Although, maybe my house gets more bumps and bruises, since I have 7 great grandkids in my area, that are here quite often, and they are very young. Its easy to go along with a small piece of sandpaper and a bit of touch up paint, to fix a small paint nick in the shoe moulding. If that bottom narrow part of the cove moulding gets damaged, it would require a lot more than a basic paint touch up.

Spray it with a bit of bleach and water solution, let dry and proceed.

Hi. Our ceilings are 9’ and we came into the house after the first room had the baseboards in…the builder had put in 9” baseboards. I stopped in my tracks… it looked too enormous to me. The gut can certainly tell you things… luckily we switched to 71/2”… which still seems big to me but a bit better. I think you wouldn’t need much to make you happier. First picture is ours… a bit less modern than yours… but if u look online or on Pinterest there’s a lot of examples of ways to add on… it’ll depend on the look you like… below are also some pictures from online…