As you can see, they were especially popular in bright green, shades of blue, as well as warm earth tones — including the supremely ’70s harvest gold color.
VINTAGE VINYL FLOORS IN GREEN
Gafstar Brite-Bond lattice-style flooring in green and white
Green vintage Congoleum vinyl flooring (1974)
Armstrong Solarian vintage flooring (1975)
Mannington Lustrecon vinyl linoleum flooring (1975)
Lustrecon by Mannington. The most stain-resistant no-wax flooring… and at a modest price.
New Lustrecon is not only beautiful to look at, but its exclusive JT88 wear layer protects against more stains than any other no-wax flooring. Stains like mustard, iodine, alcohol and shoe polish. And, buffing alone restores its original built-in gloss without redressings.
Lustrecon from Mannington. It’s the beautiful stain-resistant flooring at a beautiful no-strain price.
From the Heritage of America collection
VINTAGE VINYL FLOORS IN RED/BRICK COLORS
A beautiful put-down: Mannington vinyl floors (1973)
Shinyl Vinyl Congoleum flooring (1971)
Vintage Gafstar Brite-Bond floor in Classic Manor pattern (1978)
“I’m Cindi Mufson, Interior Designer. And I love the way GAFSTAR Brite-Bond floor tile adds a warm, natural look to any room. That’s why I’ve used it in so many homes I’ve designed.”
What’s more, Brite-Bond floor tile is as durable as it is beautiful. And the high gloss finish never needs waxing. (If necessary, gloss can be restored in heavy traffic areas by application of GAF Brite-Bond floor finish.)
GAFSTAR Brite-Bond floor tile. A simple, yet beautiful way to make a room come alive.
Rust-colored faux tile pattern home decor
Carnegie retro brick red flooring pattern (1978)
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Congoleum for the home – Retro kitchen floors from the ’70s
Floral orange and yellow Congoleum floors (’70s)
Vintage kitchen flooring and wallpapers – Armstrong Solarian (1976)
VINTAGE VINYL FLOORS IN BROWN & ORANGE
Mannington vinyl floors – Roman Square pattern (1974)
Brown retro vinyl roll flooring and kitchen decor (1975)
You want color, comfort and easy maintenance in a new floor. Congoleum has all three. The most patterns in your color. The comfort of cushioning… in dramatic designs like this new Highlight [pattern].
Brown old-fashioned tile style vintage vinyl floors
Drexel Hill pattern in brown – Mannington’s Aristocon vinyl flooring
Vintage Mannington Hampton House Aristocon vinyl flooring from the ’70s
A design with the natural look for today’s leisure lifestyle. Perfect for just about any room in your home… “Catch our Floor-Star Revue,” says Juliet Prowse.
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Colonial Classic pattern Armstrong designer Solarian vintage floor
Mannington Aristocon – vintage vinyl roll flooring for the home (1974)
Aristocon: The extraordinary new floor. Kick it. Spill things on it. Take your aggressions out on it.
Aristocon. The tough, durable, remarkable new floor that can take all the use and abuse an active family can dish out. Mustard. Shoe polish. Grease. Liquor. Almost nothing can dampen Aristocon’s spirits.
It’s protected by a special JT88 no-wax finish that makes it resistant to stains, scratches. Extra-wide rolls practically eliminate seams. Non-stop colors and patterns warm up any room. And a damp mop is all it takes to clean just about any concoction your family can dream up. Forget the expensive polishes, too. Aristocon. It’s the carefree, no-wax floor that goes one step beyond easy care.
Embassy Lane pattern Armstrong FFC Solarian vinyl floor
Armstrong designer Solarian no-wax floors (1978)
Armstrong Designer Solarian with the richness of Inlaid Color. As different from other no-wax floors as an oil painting is from a print
No matter how fine a print is, it’s still just a print — a reproduction of the original. An oil painting is built up layer on layer, shade on shade, creating depth and realism. Armstrong’s exclusive Inlaid-Color process gives Designer Solarian the same richness, depth of, color, and realism of design as a painting … that quality of “an original” that no print can hope to achieve.
And because of its Mirabond wear surface, Solarian keeps its sunny shine without waxing or buffing far longer than ordinary vinyl floors. The cleaner you keep it, the brighter it shines. Just sponge-mop with detergent, and rinse thoroughly. If heavy-traffic areas eventually show some reduction in gloss, your retailer can supply Armstrong Suncoat floor finish, which can be applied occasionally as needed to help maintain the shine.
Contempora Legacy Congoleum vinyl floors from 1981
Prestige Clabourne pattern Congoleum vinyl floors from 1981
Spring Colonade pattern retro vinyl floors from the ’80s
Mannington Oak flooring pattern – parquet
VINTAGE VINYL FLOORS IN YELLOW & GOLD
Sunny plaid vintage floors (1976)
Mannington vinyl flooring – Casino Royale pattern (1970s)
Mannington flooring – retro ad (1975)
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“How to win an easy-living floor,” reports Ed McMahon
Floor shown: Aristocon Winchester pattern
“How can anything so pretty be so easy?” Juliet Prowse
Armstrong Decoresq Solarian floors in sunshine & golden yellow (1976)
Vintage Gafstar sheet vinyl floor in Glazelle pattern 1978
No-wax cushioned floor – Beige early New England design (1976)
Yellow and orange medallion floor style
Rapallo Gafstar sheet vinyl in Loden Wheat color
Contempora flooring in yellow design
VINTAGE VINYL FLOORS IN BLUE
GAFstar plaid floor in black and blue on white
Bright Future vinyl floors – GAF Salem pattern (1971)
Blue no-wax vintage floor decor (1976)
Congoleum: The most no-wax cushioned floors in your color. Like 22 in Blue.
And this blue is all new. It’s just one of the Prestige collection, The most based on authenticated designs from the many lands that have made up the heritage of America. These inspired designs feature the convenience of all our no-wax, Shinyl Vinyl floors and the comfort of cushioning.
Congoleum retro home flooring designs (1970s)
Criss-cross pattern Congoleum flooring
Faux blue tile vinyl flooring and home decor (1978)
Mannington blue tile-effect pattern with dark aged effect
Ultraflor Imperial in blue/grey
Ultraflor Esteem Oriental Majesty pattern
Armstrong Solarian Supreme in light blue
Dutch floor design for the kitchen – GAFStar sheet vinyl flooring (1975)
VINTAGE VINYL FLOORS IN CREAM/WHITE
Marion Court vintage vinyl flooring pattern
White, gray & gold 4-part retro tile style pattern eighties vinyl flooring
Sears Sophisticate no-wax vinyl flooring – Tile style (1978)
Moorish Court Designer Solarian (1980)
VINTAGE VINYL FLOORING IN MULTIPLE COLORS
2 Responses
I wish these were still available!!
I’m in love with linoleum. No space-less flooring is clean. Wood flooring is boring. Advances in printing technology enables stunning patterns. However, sheet-vinyl manufacturers are printing ugly, boring, dirty-looking stone. At least one Etsy business prints custom vinyl sheet flooring, but I don’t think good quality. Since everyone’s taste differs, at least one company should offer custom-pattern, high-quality linoleum.