60s Era Flooring

Whether it was floor to ceiling woodwork or chartreuse laminate countertops kitchens were far from boring during this era.

60s era flooring.

Vinyl plastic asbestos 9 x 9 beginning in 1960 available in 12 x 12 size. Linoleum is the original resilient flooring material and was introduced in the 1950s. See more ideas about vintage lighting vintage lamps mid century lighting. These floor tiles include metallic accents metallic highlights in gold silver or bronze dispersed through the pattern.

Because of the trees age and massive diameter the desirable heartwood was extremely tight grained making the lumber harder and more durable than the relatively immature wood of the. For a 1960 s vintage asbestos containing floor tile photo guide please also see 1960 1969 armstrong excelon floor tile guide. As more and more squares were removed an. Among other tasks construction workers started pulling up vinyl flooring installed in the 1960s only to discover a pattern peeking out from underneath.

The history of wood flooring begins in colonial america when the first floors were wide thick planks cut from the continent s abundant old growth forests. This article contains flooring identification requests for floor tiles or sheet flooring believed to date from the 1960 s. In the 60s it wasn t just the fashion that was groovy and out there interiors and architecture reflected trends of the time too. Though it was largely replaced by sheet vinyl in the 1960s and 1970s linoleum is beginning to make a comeback for consumers.

The 1960s was a time of rapid change especially in manufacturing technologies which resulted in a wider range of resilient and fiber flooring in never before seen colors and patterns available. Excelon metallic spatter pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles shown above were new in 1959 1960 9 x 9 x 1 16 vinyl asbestos flooring only in 1 16 service gauge for this pattern.