Comments on: Retro flooring — great reference samples

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:39:54 +0000

Here is my post from last year about the original basement flooring: http://mjsputtering.blogspot.com/2008/04/vintage-music-and-martini-glass.html As mentioned in my blog (perhaps not that particular post), we deemed them all asbestos and brought in the professionals as we had at least 6 different tiles in the basement. It was just cheaper and less time-consuming to treat them as asbestos than to get an analysis done on each tile type to determine whether it had asbestos.

I’m looking for vintage-looking flooring for my 2010 kitchen reno. We plan to keep the style of the kitchen the same as currently (with the shelves/wooden valence above the sink)!

By: Pam Kueber

Pam Kueber — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:28:00 +0000

These were just 2″ sample squares that I had no intention of using, they were just for color/design reference. I agree – consult with an expert when determining what’s in your own vintage flooring.

To replicated the look using new products today, I like the 12×12 VCT tiles available from Azrock Cortina. There are some great streaky/slubby designs in great colors. Congoleum also makes some streaky tiles available in their commercial line. And Amstrong’s Imperial Excelon has some great designs, too. All these are listed on the Fast & Easy Flooring page.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:13:07 +0000

Be careful…they are all asbestos…:(

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:31:20 +0000

These are beautiful. But they look a lot like the asbestos-tile floor we had to remove from our 1950 home, which we replaced with a Mannington VCT checkerboard floor. Are these tiles asbestos-free?

By: DeeJay

DeeJay — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:12:04 +0000

Call me kooky but I’m kind of liking the whole patchwork look of all sample pictures. Especially the first two. If you have an area where it is possible to use this type of pattern…why not?

Too tacky?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:07:08 +0000

OMG, which one did you get? I’m drooling over A and E.

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:25:50 +0000

Hi Ronn. It’s nice to hear from you. I need to scan my actual samples and put them into a post. They are SO BEAUTIFUL!

By: Ronn

Ronn — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:20:48 +0000

Hi,

I was lucky enough to find an entire 2-color batch at a Goodwill once, and they went down in my kitchen! I learned that they cannot be layered over other vinyls, etc., so a fresh topping of plywood was required.

Ronn at FUTURES Antiques