Floor Trim Moldings and Styles For Your Home
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Two-Piece Baseboard
This combines a flat, square edged bottom board with a separate cap of profiled molding. It can fit well in any style of home, since variations in the cap create a different look and feel.
The height of two-piece baseboard is also easy to change by adjusting the flat, bottom portion of the trim. Install the flat bottom piece first, then the cap on the top.
The tall, two-piece baseboard trim in a Craftsman home I once owned featured a distinctive and traditional look due to the ornate trim cap. It was more work to emulate during a bathroom remodel, but the results were worth it.
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Profiled Baseboard
Also a single piece, this features a distinctive surface design along the face of the board. The profile can include curves, steps, beads or other decorative elements that add visual appeal to a room. “Profiled trim can really take a space to the next level, style-wise,” Bernacki says.
It’s available in a variety of options to suit any decorating style, from traditional to modern.
Profiled baseboard is the most challenging trim style to install because it’s tricky to match the profiles when joining. Common sizes range from 3-1/2-in. to 6-in. high.
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Additional Baseboard Finish Trim
Smaller finish trim can be added to the bottom of baseboard to cover the gap between the floor and baseboard, or to cover floor edges in a remodel.
Quarter round, as the name suggests, is a rounded, quarter-circle trim with 1/2-in. to 3/4-in. dimensions. Shoe molding is similar to quarter round, but offers a flatter profile. Either way, quarter round and shoe molding create a more cohesive, finished look.
It’s more work to install baseboard finish trim, but I always use it because I like the way it looks.
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