Retro Renovation

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? [...]

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

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“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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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