About That Floor.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008  We have been amazed at the number of comments and questions we’ve gotten about our floor. Interestingly, Anne really didn’t like the floor when we first bought our home. It’s quite a contrast from hardwood floors! But then we found our dishes!!! As previously reported, we spotted our dishes in an antique shop in Portland soon after we bought our home. Anne said, “They match our floor,” and we bought them. That purchase turned the tide. We began decorating around the black, and Anne now loves the floor. Gary always did. |
Assumably, our floor is Armstrong vinyl composition tile, the kind they’ve been making forever. You can see a picture of our dining/living room flooring to the left. Compare our close-up picture with this Armstrong product. We first thought the floor was original. However, the previous owners of our home told us they had the floor installed to replace worn out wall- to- wall carpeting which was also not original. As a side note, we may love the floor but we have not been pleased with the heavy chemical smell of the Armstrong floor care products which came with the house. A lucky accident with Murphy’ s Oil Soap is giving us hope that this product touted for use on wood may actually work as both a cleaner and a polisher for our floor when used in higher concentrations. Does anyone have ideas for “green” cleaning products that might be even better for this type of floor? |
Here we are in our new home! Note the camp chairs we’re sitting on. Those and the Murphy bed which came with the house are our only furniture. Note also the mid-century modern details: floor-to-ceiling glass, clerestory windows, and expose beams. Finally, note also our dog Molly and our cat Elroy. Our other cat, Gertrude, was hiding under the covers on the Murphy bed.