Mannington Progressions Vinyl Composition Tile — the red, yellow, blue and black are retro winners

Always on the search for retro flooring options, I ordered some samples from Mannington’s Progression line of 12″x12″ vinyl composition tile. There were several colors that looked like they could work for a vintage-era kitchen, basement, or even living room. Sure enough: I declare winners among:

• 55228 New Geranium — a wonderful apple red…
• 55503 Banana Cream — a nice but not cloying yellow…
• 55170 Duchess Blue — a crisp classic blue…
• and 55101 Classic Black — although I’d compare that with the more streaky, super scrumptious Armstrong Standard Excelon Imperial in Classic Black, which has been around for decades, before making a final decision.

Note: I ordered these samples a while back. They’ve been sitting on my desk waiting their moment in the sun. Now that I go back to look at the site, I see there are some new colors. Check them out — my experience is that the image online and the tile in-hand look pretty different.

Link love:

• Mannington Progression VCT.
• All of our research on flooring options are filed in our Kitchen Help / Flooring subcategory here.