I tore out the (wood) baseboards before I tiled recently. (My tiles run floor to ceiling; I have a thin line of tile pencil molding between the bottom tile and the porcelain=tile floor; it looks great and does not look unfinished)

Yes, we have no separate base in the bathrooms where we have a tile or other wainscot. I think interrupting your material with a separate base might look odd or appropriate depending on the context of your house/room. Ours is casual farmhouse a bit on the contemporary side. Good luck!

We used the floor tile in the few bits where it was needed as 3 or 4 inch baseboard We had different wall tile that met it. Since you have the same floor and wall tile, I am not sure I would use anything else unless it is a large bathroom. The extra element might make it look chopped up and less seamless in a small room. Can you lay some out to see how it will look?

ekscrunchy - the pencil tile sounds interesting - can you give me a better idea of how that looks? Is the pencil affixed to the wall tile at the base of the wall where a baseboard would normally be? Any chance of a pic. Thank you!!

I am so sorry that I am not at the condo now but will be there in two weeks and take photo. I had planned to take the subway tiles to the floor but their edges were uneven since they were supposed to look handmade. I had used the black pencil tile to ring the room three times, up above. So I bought more and used where baseboard would have been. Later today I will try to post link to the pencil tile, which the factory calls a "sail liner" tile. Yes, affixed to the wall.

We just did 3 bathrooms. The two with tile on both floor and walls have no baseboards. With just tile on the floor, we do have baseboards.

We tiled our bathroom floor and walls with 12x24 tile. No baseboard. We did kerdi on the walks and Ditra on the floor. No need to break up the waterproofing with baseboards. I like the look. Baseboard mixed with tile looks dorky IMO.

Here is the link for what I call pencil tile (LB 808 is the black I used) and the manufacturer calls "sail liner" tile; you can buy from them directly:

http://www.auc-tile.com/catalog/lb.html

If you have tiled floors and tiled walls, then the "baseboard" or decorative detail, also needs to be a tile product.

I have base boards, shoe molding and crown molding in my newly renovated bath. It looks quite elegant and gives a finished look in my opinion.

It really depends on the style you're going for, as well as where your personal taste falls within that style.

Less detail can be slick and contemporary, or less detail within a traditional style can lean towards modern but still be traditional.

Or outright you might want a more traditional look, with more detail, more shadow lines, etc.

I lean towards traditional, and I live in an area (New England) where it's embraced. I'd lean towards a baseboard. But that's me.

Do a mock-up, look at photos, see what your eye prefers. If baths with a baseboard look distracting or cluttered, that may lead you one way. If they look just perfect to you, that may help guide you.

In the end, it's your house. Your bathroom.

I agree if you have tile on the floor and up the wall, no baseboard is needed. Here's our recent bathroom when it was in-progress.

i hate baseboards. you can dust/clean them and next day notice they need cleaning again. argh