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Linoleum, the All-Purpose Flooring Wonder
Dashing in a rainbow of colors, able to be cleaned with ease and courteous to budgets everywhere, linoleum is a super choice for floors
Linoleum is a really fun and inexpensive flooring material. It is sold as tiles and in sheet, wears well, is recyclable and can work with any style. Perfect for high-traffic areas and wet rooms, such as kitchens and bathrooms, linoleum floors can be an ideal substitute for wood, tile or carpet.
What I like the most about linoleum flooring is just how versatile it is. Its colors and patterns are limited only to the imagination. So enjoy dreaming up a fun palette and pattern for your next flooring project. At $5 to $8 per square foot, it won't be hard to have a wonderful and inexpensive floor.
What I like the most about linoleum flooring is just how versatile it is. Its colors and patterns are limited only to the imagination. So enjoy dreaming up a fun palette and pattern for your next flooring project. At $5 to $8 per square foot, it won't be hard to have a wonderful and inexpensive floor.
Linoleum tiles are an excellent DIY project that can save money while making your home's floors like new. Create a midcentury modern aesthetic with no problem. Just lay down some tiles in a zigzag pattern of alternating colors, and you'll think you've gone to the days of Leave It to Beaver but with your own modern stamp.
An excellent flooring choice for a wet area, such as a bathroom, linoleum flooring can add bold color to really liven up the space. Easily cleaned and maintained, the flooring can withstand countless children's baths and showers.
Try a classic black and white checkerboard pattern if your home or your style is vintage. A pattern like this will look fresh and new for a long time.
The range of colors that linoleum tiles come in is amazing. You can select a palette that holds a special place in your heart.
OK, so maybe you don't want a checkerboard pattern or a solid field of tiles. How about some thin strips of color separating fields of linoleum tiles? You might want to call in a pro to do a more complicated pattern like this.
Linoleum also comes in large sheets that can be laid down as a solid color — or you can have a bit of fun with it. A pattern that's bold and bright and unique to your home is something that you'll only be able to achieve with a material like linoleum. Just don't try to do the installation yourself. Getting the cuts and seams just right will be worth the cost of bringing in some pros.
Marmoleum Linoleum Flooring by Forbo
Linoleum isn't relegated to kitchen and bathrooms only. It is a wonderful material for a child's bedroom, especially when you want to create a floor that's bright and light and playful. It's also just a matter of taking that standard checkerboard pattern and moving the colors around a bit.
Mamoleum Click Flooring
Playrooms, attic bonus rooms and finished basements are also great areas in which to install linoleum floors. Easily cleaned, easy to walk on and almost indestructible, these floors will last a very long time.
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