Comments on: Vintage 60s orange, harvest gold, avocado and colonial brick flooring remnants

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:03:12 +0000

kristin, the link to earthwise building seattle is right above the photo with the avocado persian flooring shown. please also read the whole post to note the the potential for asbestos – and make sure that you get informed / consult with a pro on this issue. good luck.

By: kristin

kristin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:57:33 +0000

Hi,
How do I go about contacting the seller of the above flooring?
I am interested in what sizes there are for an entry way.

Thank you!
kristin

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:35:42 +0000

I’ve also seen this done with vintage wallpaper – framing remnants, that is.

By: Nina462

Nina462 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:16:33 +0000

Misouri Michael…in my 74 townhome, I found the original ‘playroom like carpeting’ behind a cabinet…it was a piece about 12″ x 12″–and I did indeed make a hanging photo of it!! (It was hideous, but was a sample of what it looked like originally).

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:36:41 +0000

Wow, Gavin, a dream kitchen to be sure! Yowza. I want.

By: gavin hastings

gavin hastings — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:05:51 +0000

O.K…..I’ll be more “optomistic”…
Actually, The Donohue’s (Jack and Jeanne) next door to me had that avocado Persian tile floor in their mid-60″s kitchen. It was paired with an avocado side-by-side and matching 2 unit push button range. Of course, the other colors used were pale, pale gold and orange. The walls were celery. Burnt orange octagon dishware….and a portable television on the dishwasher…..I was 9 years old and assumed they were very, very wealthy. Their 1969 GTO was the same color combination.

By: Missouri Michael

Missouri Michael — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:48:32 +0000

I was thinking that it would look really cool to cut pieces from these and frame them to make a collage for a kitchen wall.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:40:14 +0000

That wood grained pattern covered the basement steps, kitchen, utility room and dining room of my parents’ 1976 colonial-style ranch. Mom finally replaced it with Pergo two years ago, except for the basement steps, which still sport the vinyl. I believe it might have been Congoleum. It wore like iron and hers was just as fresh and clean as the day she got it. It kind of made me dizzy, though, due to the vast square footage of that pattern installed in our house.

By: James

James — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:07:51 +0000

Wow. I recognize that orange vinyl flooring from my parents old house, laid down in the early 70s when they were “updating” their 1952 Cape Cod-style house. I gotta say that I agree with Gavin’s assessment- but agree with Pam that diversity of opinion/taste is (usually) a good thing.

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:55:50 +0000

Hi Gavin, so normally I do not let any negative type comments on the blog, as my first rule is “no one can be made to feel bad for their choices.” But you said this kind of nice, cheeky-like, so I’ll let it on. Honestly, from all that I have seen and studied in the last 7 years I really think that there is a wide wide wide world of what is “beautiful” and it is very personal. You think it’s awful. I think it’s wonderful. Who is right? We both are.