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Category: Flooring

All our stories about possible options for new kitchen flooring are archived here, in reverse chronological order. Some of these options may be suitable for other rooms in the house, as well.

Very importantly: Always remember to Be Safe / Renovate Safe!

A basement shuffleboard for Dave & Sarah

What self-respecting Retro Renovator can do without a vinyl tile shuffleboard in their basement. Dave and Sarah show the way: These two industrious homeowners used..

Vinyl flooring from Armstrong: Terrazzo and linoleum that are easy on the pocketbook, and the feet

Rebecca is collecting ideas to update the 1961 kitchen, and she recently asked me what I thought of this kitchen flooring collection: Cushion Step Impressions..

Linoleum floors and countertops brighten up Dave & Frances’ 1938 kitchen

Dave and Frances bought a wonderful single-owner 1938 home last year, and have just finished up some modest yet gorgeous updates to their kitchen. The..

30 patterns for vinyl floor tiles from the 1950s

David asked the other day: We’re planning our basement finishing project and looking at VCT tiling options in the basement. Does anyone know where to..

Nate’s vintage painted rug

Nate writes: Hi, We just bought an old house, and under a carpet in one of the bedrooms was a “something” — I am not..

Random multi-color slate flooring — an authentic mid-century choice

Jeff recently reminded us that random multi-color slate flooring is a wonderful choice for a mid-century home. To be sure, I see this floor all..

Mid-century modern flooring from Amtico

Cindy’s new kitchen and dining room floor is perfect for her mid-century modern home — and is a great solution for other renovators to consider...

What color stain to use for mid-century oak flooring?

A reader recently wrote to ask, “What color stain would be most appropriate or authentic for a mid-century oak floor?” Drats, I cannot find the..

Octagon and dot floor tiles in 13 color combinations

OCTAGON FLOOR TILES are great for pre-war homes — 1920s, 1930s, 1940s — and then some colorways came around again in the 1970s. This tile..

Yes, you can have wall-to-wall carpet in your retro home

With so much focus these days on hardwood, tile, cork and here, of course – VCT – flooring, it’s easy to forget that in postwar..

Capel braided rugs suit 50s and 60s style perfectly – a Retro Renovation re-run

I have two of these braided Capel rugs, and I love them. They are very durable, versatile and affordable — and fit my 1951 colonial..

Do I need to polish my newly installed vinyl VCT tiles?

This is a hot topic: Readers are hearing from floor sales people that they need to polish and buff their newly installed vinyl composite floor..

Install a basement shuffleboard

With all the recent talk of shuffleboards, I did a little nosing around, and it turns out that you can still get a vinyl tile..

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. 2019 update since this story was originally..

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

Update 2019: A reader reported that this flooring is no longer available. But as an alternative, I did recently (Oct. 2018) find this: Mesita from..

Retro floors – another choice is rubber tile

These rubber tiles appear to have the same features as VCT and linoleum – and I really love the marbleized effect. http://www.burkemercer.com/flooring/rt_marble.asp CategoriesFlooring

For 50s style flooring, my favorite choice is Azrock Cortina #423

Forced to make final decisions about my kitchen reno, I have settled on this Azrock Cortina tile – #423 Autumn Haze. I haven’t installed it..

50s style flooring – Linoleum and Vinyl

Looking at photos of interiors from the ’50s, it is clear that both vinyl composite and linoleum were used. Here are sources I recommend today:..

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