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.
Match quarter round to floor or baseboard.
Imo matching the quarter round to the floor instead of the baseboard makes the baseboard look skimpier.
If you are laying quarter round on a ceramic vinyl or stone tile floor you should paint the quarter round to match the baseboard molding.
The most common trim color is white and so this most often will lead to a white quarter round trim.
Opinions vary on this question.
I am replacing my carpet in the lr dr open floor plan with mahogany laminate.
Quarter round should match the floor.
This room transitions to the bedroom carpet and the entry and kitchen tile.
Do you have to install the quarter rou.
I ve now come to the conclusion that if the baseboards are painted it would look better if the quarter round matches that.
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.
If you are laying quarter round on a ceramic vinyl or stone tile floor you should paint the quarter round to match the baseboard molding.
Quarter round comes in many lengths and resembled a very long cylindrical wood dowel that has had three quarters of it removed from end to end.
This actually created a pretty substantial cost savings in the end.
So instead of ripping out all that pristine baseboard and replacing it with much much thicker stock i just tacked in quarter round throughout the house.
If you are laying quarter round on a ceramic vinyl or stone tile floor you should paint the quarter round to match the baseboard molding.
A quarter of it is all that is left.
Should quarter round match floor or baseboard.
Should quarter round shoe mold match baseboards white or the wood laminate.
Hence the name quarter round.
That way it doesn t look like the floor is climbing the baseboard.
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.
So i would install primed paint grade.