Flooring popular during the 1970s

[Jazzy1]

The image displays five different, distinct flooring patterns. Styles included gold, avocado green, and brick-like designs. The flooring was often an "Armstrong Solarian (no wax) floor".

Do any of these linoleum patterns look familiar?

 

[Pinky]

The image displays five different, distinct flooring patterns. Styles included gold, avocado green, and brick-like designs. The flooring was often an "Armstrong Solarian (no wax) floor".

Do any of these linoleum patterns look familiar?

Unfortunately, yes

 

[QuietByNature]

The 2nd from the right might be the one under my floating floor in the kitchen.
Then there was the typical checker board pattern in the basement.
Just remember, if you rip up these old tiles, they could contain Asbestos

 

[Jazzy1]

From left to right, grandparents had the first one in their kitchen. They also had avocado colored appliances.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Much better than the brief kitchen carpet fad!!!

 

[RadishRose]

I had tile in the 70's

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Trade]

Joe Namath with his white Llama carpet.

Might have been taken in the late 60's but can we call that close enough to the 70's?

 

[Imogene]

The one on the far right.

I still have linoleum in the kitchen dining area. Expensive woodgrain Armstrong . It’s been in the house since the house was built in 2003 and still works. Every bit is new today as it did back then that’s saying quite a bit, given all the big dogs that have traffic through it. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

I have laminate flooring in the living/great room area and in my bedroom. It has also held up very well for 21 years with these dogs. HGTV people call it hardwood floors ugly cousin lol lol I really don’t give a flip. I don’t want hardwood floors, as they take a lot of care and care is something I don’t have time to do especially when I have big dogs with toenails.

 

[Dr.Colosso]

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This one is nice!

 

[Dr.Colosso]

I remember the left one but don't know who had it. Mine are tiles from the 70s and I rent so you may not change it. They're so ugly.


Luckily I only have em in the toilet. Just put a big mat on it.

 

[jujube]

The one on the left! I had the identical one in my kitchen for 14 long years. At least I didn't have avocado appliances (but I did have them in a previous house).

My mom had carpet installed in her kitchen and I promptly knocked a large can of peaches in heavy syrup off the counter. I scrubbed and scrubbed but it never looked good again. Why would anyone put carpet in the kitchen???

 

[ChiroDoc]

Much better than the brief kitchen carpet fad!!!

Asking for trouble, weren't they?

 

[hollydolly]

I had Nairn Cushion flooring in my kitchen in the 80's and 90's...really good quality flooring...similar to bottom right in this picture. Since then I have tiles...

I still have cushion flooring in the bathroom and toilet... both rooms have the same in... .. which was laid about 8 years ago....I prefer that in the bathrom and toilet...to tile, because it's warmer

 

[oscash]

I can remember back to the 1950's when we moved into our small new house. 2 bedrooms lounge x dining, tiny kitchen and laundry and a small one tub bathroom and toilet out the back yard. Mother and Father had the front bedroom which had lino flooring and the other bedroom housed 3 sisters. Front bedroom had pink lino with blue flowers, and our bedroom had blue lino with pink flowers. Lounge , dining and kitchen had Sand coloured lino. Mother washed the floors every week and we took turns sitting on an old blanket pulling each other across the floors polishing it, they couldn't afford a polisher. They were hard
times but we were happy. I tell my grandchildren they don't know how lucky they are to have their own bedrooms.

 

[hollydolly]

I can remember back to the 1950's when we moved into our small new house. 2 bedrooms lounge x dining, tiny kitchen and laundry and a small one tub bathroom and toilet out the back yard. Mother and Father had the front bedroom which had lino flooring and the other bedroom housed 3 sisters. Front bedroom had pink lino with blue flowers, and our bedroom had blue lino with pink flowers. Lounge , dining and kitchen had Sand coloured lino. Mother washed the floors every week and we took turns sitting on an old blanket pulling each other across the floors polishing it, they couldn't afford a polisher. They were hard
times but we were happy. I tell my grandchildren they don't know how lucky they are to have their own bedrooms.

My mother did the same thing. She polished the lino in the livingroom and hall with lavender polish in a can ... we had a very long hall in one of the many houses we lived in... and then she tied rags to we kids feet, so we could skate on the floor to bring up the shine...

We never carpets in any of our houses.. we were very poor. We had lino in the hall kitchen bathroom and livingroom.. but in all the bedrooms we had floorboards

 

[Aunt Bea]

My first little house had linoleum in the dining room but in the living room there was a large carpet and around the edges there were wood grained linoleum strips about 18” wide to create the illusion of hardwood floors, under it was the rough subfloor complete with tin can lids tacked over the missing knotholes.

“Too poor to paint and too proud to whitewash.”