Tag Archive '50s flooring'

Retro flooring — great reference samples

These 50s Kentile flooring samples were recently on ebay. I bid on them all, but won just one set. Alas, I have been trying to cut back on building the “Museum of Pittsfield” collection, as my oh-so-patient husband calls it. I’ll tell you, I already have quite an exhibit ready to send cross-country!
Aren’t these incredible? [...]

Retro flooring: Some new choices, courtesy Portland Laura

Reader Portland Laura alerted me to these great, new flooring choices. Streaky 12″x12″ vinyl tile from Congoleum.
Hurray! More, true streaky choices to supplement my previous only favorite, Azrock Cortina Autumn Haze. Thank you, Laura!
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160 pink 50s 60s floor tiles — ebay ‘pink’ of the day

Enough vintage tile to cover about 90 s.f. Awesome find.

Retro flooring in a “colonial brick” style - a wonderful choice from Armstrong

“Retro flooring” is one of the top search terms for people coming to this blog. So, a couple of weeks ago I went hunting at the tile and floor shop — and found a few new flooring alternatives to share. This is my #1 favorite among them — a vinyl sheet flooring from Armstrong that [...]

Retro flooring…sheet vinyl possibilities for Connie?

Cloude.com Connie asks about sheet flooring to go with a pink and turquoise kitchen. Something jazzy and colorful.
Hmmm. Not much online but I found these. Actually, I found some very interesting designs from Tarkett — go to their “Design” section and take a look.

Update: Atomic Addiction Brian asks for the url — and of [...]

Retro flooring: Awesome vintage designs from Armstrong circa 1963

As I see and learn more about home design in the postwar period, I seem to be getting more liberal in my views. That is, stuff that used to disgust me, I find, well….actually pleasing.
Take vinyl sheet flooring. In all the houses I remember living in, from 1971 on, we absolutely had vinyl flooring. [...]