Real, old-fashioned linoleum is made of linseed oil, pigments, fillers and resin binders bonded to an asphalt-saturated felt backing. If you’re rehabbing an old house, you may find floors with ...

Hooked rugs evoke a feeling of yesteryear, of Grandma’s house and simpler times. No wonder that in this period of economic uncertainty, hooked rugs are making a comeback.

The linoleum kitchen floor got wet-mopped with a big rag mop that you squeezed as hard as you could to get the excess water out of it. Any stains would be scrubbed with a stiff brush, then mopped ...

However, when cheaper vinyl flooring became available in 1947, people began turning away from drab, old-fashioned linoleum, but now linoleum is surging back.

If you’re rehabbing an old house, you may find floors with linoleum “rugs,” sometimes several layers deep — and sometimes with really interesting, crumbly old newspapers between layers.