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Homeowner Makes Colorful Discovery Under Peel-And-Stick Bathroom Floor Tiles
When renovating an older home, you never know what to expect. People have discovered beautiful hardwood flooring under carpets. For TikTok user Duhknees, the “find” was a bit different… While removing some peel-and-stick tiles probably installed in the 1970s, the homeowner found a surprise under the floor tiles. It was a beautiful find, and it might be sticking around.
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The peel-and-stick tiles were a standard stone pattern on 16- or 18-inch squares. While redoing the bathroom, the homeowner pulled up the first tile. What she saw under the floor tiles was intriguing. Linoleum, another relic from the past. The color reveals the time of original installation, placing it between 1950 and the early 1970s.
Avocado green. Anyone alive during that era remembers that color. It was in all our kitchens and bathrooms. If your house didn’t have avocado green, you probably had harvest gold (also known as mustard yellow). Cool kitchens featured avocado green appliances and harvest gold linoleum, or vice versa. Some of those old refrigerators are still running in someone’s garage.
After finding the vintage linoleum under the floor tiles, the homeowner decided to keep it for a while. She cleaned off the glue residue from the peel-and-stick tiles to see how well it held up. They may decide to change it later, but for right now, it’s vintage avocado green linoleum.
Image from TikTok.
To stay up-to-date with the bathroom renovation project, follow Duhknees on TikTok. They will figure out how to handle the linoleum they found under the floor tiles. The room also has textured walls, which are slated for change. They might find some old wallpaper hidden under the spray-on plaster.
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