need smooth joint where tile baseboard/wall meet

[Cobra6]

OK - not the garage -but
I put ceramic tile down in the water closet in my daughter's house - she wanted 1/3 tile width as the baseboard (instead of the wood baseboard) - it actually looks pretty good -( I have since noticed this in several different places) - I attached a pic
My questions is - the tile is 1/4" wide and the point where the tile meets the wall seems a little wide for caulk - has anyone done this and come up with a good idea for some trim to make this a little cleaner?

 

[slickgt1]

They sell finishing strips in any tile store. You can do tile, or the metal edge. Personally, if it is not a living space, or high traffic area, I recommend stuffing it with grout, well depends how deep the hole is. Tape off the wall first, if you want to protect it.

If you want it to look pretty, go buy the metal edge, and install that. You will need some gap between the tile and wall to put the lip in.

 

[SteveCh]

I did this in our bathroom [using partial tiles for "baseboard"]. Very nice. To finish it off, I simply painted the walls [no need if yours are already done, I was repainting the bath, too]. Then I took some lumber and cut out some strips on the table saw and made them the thickness of the tile plus mastic. Tacked then into place and painted. Originally, I was going to shape the wood strips with a router, but ultimately I just left them squared off. We think it looks very nice. Cost=nothing but some labor, used scrap wood I had lying about. If you want a fancier look, a simple rounding of the upper outside edge with a router would do the trick, and that is what most people buy at the box store anyway.

Personally, I think this looks much better than running a bead of caulk or etc.

In my greenhouse, I put Mexican floor tiles on the concrete floor. I then used half tiles to make a "baseboard" that transitioned from the floor tile to the field stone knee walls. In this case, I took some of the colored grout and put it on top of the upper edge of the tile against the wall. I held the putty knife at a 45-degree angle and simply ran it along the top edge of the tile. Worked great. In this situation, the floor tiles were very thick, and the grout looked much better than a thicker piece of wood stripping would against the rock walls. If you decided to do the grout thing against painted drywall, I'd be tempted to run a line of painter's masking tape first to make cleaning the grout off the wall easy. Also gives a very straight finished line. [Which did not matter in the greenhouse against a stone wall.]

 

[Cobra6]

We haven't painted the walls or grouted the tile yet -
I thought about the grout at a 45 degree angle - good to know it works OK.

If I can't find a piece of PVC or vinyl trim that fits well, I can try cutting some 1/4" trim -it will be easy to paint and lay down on the tile -

Even the tile stores here don't seem to have much - I am going to keep looking online for something simple.