It does look fancier than most which makes me wonder if it really is baseboard. Do you have a left over piece? Is the back flat or beveled?

This is what was added to the existing baseboards

The base cap you used as a shoe moulding makes the overall look of the baseboard short. A shorter piece should have been used.

Agree with G&S' comment above. Also, the base cap/shoe projects past the casing which makes it look "stuck on." Shoe moulding would typically be mitered or otherwise eased at each end where it meets the casing. For what it's worth, a simple profile with less nooks and crannies will accumulate less dirt and be more resistant to mechanical damage.

Hate them, sorry, and your mop, and vacuum will beat the daylights out of them.

A stained to match flooring shoe mold is always better. Not to mention you have a dust catching profile to start.

In any case, we don't really see your door and window casings, and yes, there should be some relationship in style and sizing.

More like this.....

While they call that a "base shoe" it really is more of a base cap and typically used at the top of a taller board, to make like a heavier "neck base". It is not truly make to be used as a shoe.

To me it looks like you put crown molding on your baseboards. I prefer what Jan Moyer showed. That is what we just did in our house. Ours is probably a little higher than what she showed.

I don't understand the profile of the shoe mold. That to me is a complete do-over.

Whether it should be stained or painted is a matter of opinion. I personally despise stained shoe mold up against painted trim. To me, it looks like your floor is trying to crawl up your wall. So the fact that what you have is painted looks fine to my eye, it's just that the profile is all wrong.

The simplest fix would be to pull that off and have regular, non-obtrusive shoe mold installed. Other than that, it looks fine.

I think the wrong stuff was used and are you still doing flooring? If so the baseboard does not go on yet and I like a simple 4" no profile base but I need to see your door casings .

If that is new flooring then the baseboards should have been removed first, then new baseboards installed after flooring install, with no shoe molding necessary.

Do over. Go simpler. Not fussy.

Wrong profile using a cap as a shoe. Too much interest pulling your eye down to the floor corner, where you notice it is causing the base to look disproportionate and doesn't match the profile of the casing or the proportion of that and the jumbo size coverplates.

Its not an attractive look at all. Its a look I have never seen before. I would definitely do them over, and install a baseboard similar to what Jan Moyer posted in the above picture. The one you have sticks out way to far, and could be a tripping hazzard, and its for sure going to be beat up by a broom, or vac. Definitely not a polished look. Sorry.

Makes the room feel squat and fussy. Take it off.

Hubby got the "told you so" on this one...........: )

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as the saying goes. In this case, a couple hundred bucks spent on a design professional prior to implementation would have prevented wasting $2K on the wrong moulding plus the cost to remove it, replace it, and repaint it.

This was either the contractor's choice ("yeah been doin it like this for years nobody complains"), or the contractor was directed by the Mrs. on the selection. The Mr. regrets not going with the $2K extra for taller baseboard, which probably would have had the same shoe style anyway.

A G.C is not a pro trim guy.......