We are currently renovating our bathroom. We have vinyl flooring with white painted baseboards. We are replacing the floors with a raised grainy porcelain tile. I do not want baseboards in the bathroom, because I want to show off the floor. I would like to see the tiles end at the wall with no border. We will paint the bathroom after the floor is finished with SICO kitchen and bathroom paint. Does anyone think that this will work? I don't like baseboards and hope to slowly eliminate them as we work on other rooms in the house.
Below are samples of the look that I am trying to achieve.
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Dare I say the bathroom now has that 'finished look'.
Thanks for the update! It's always fun finding out what people chose to do after posting questions.
Enjoy your new bathroom.
In the end, we opted for baseboards and the contractor installed them. We still aren't finished with the bathroom, but in case anyone was wondering what happened. See below for a sneak peak.
I'll look into the 3M tape. I'm using the SICO kitchen and bathroom paint, because it claims to be a "paint ideal for high-traffic rooms that are prone to steam and moisture build-up. It is ultra washable and scrubbable, and resist mildew and stains." Our bathroom is small, so I was even thinking of using only swiffer products to clean the floor. Any other comments are appreciated.
Hi, njones: Interesting. Your house should include what you like — and if you are opposed to baseboards, then I see no reason to keep them. (I'm personally a fan of them, but that's cause I'm all about trim, crown moulding, etc.) They're primarily used to give a finished look for the join between the walls and ceilings.
Here are some photos from our website of bathrooms without baseboards:
What does everyone else think?
The sole reason to have baseboards is to protect the drywall. It's way too easy to hit it and have it start falling apart.Then there is the issue of water being absorbed by the board at floor level. Crumbling of the drywall, mold and mildew, unhealthy air and breathing problems yada,yada.
However that doesn't mean you can't make it blend in to make it look like there are no baseboards. You could do a pattternless baseboard and paint same colour as wall. Or you could also put something like the 3M tape over the drywall in a strip at the bottom. To be safe though you would need to wrap front, back and bottom to make sure no water can get at it.
You need something that has to be impervious to water and have it blend into the wall. Or you go with walls that are not drywall at all - like stainless steel floor to ceiling - yeah I know a little over the top.