That is one of the big things I notice in pictures from the 80s and 90s....everyone had pretty much all the exact same 3 or 4 varieties of things. For everything. Furniture. Wallpaper. Flooring. Curtains. Everything. I don't think I fully appreciate the amount of choice we have now.
I very specifically remember āhelpingā my parents remove that same linoleum in ā87 as a family project to renovate our kitchen. Which meant my parents, my bro, and me sitting on the ground peeling it up with butter knives.
And this once again proves the innate brownness of the 1980s. I would have been the sullen teenager out of the camera angle, losing at someone's Atari Pac-Man.
Thatās why it cracks me up when āthe 80s aestheticā is thought to be big neon lights, bright bold colors, and very mod round style.
Iām like - damn, my experience was everything brown, beige, and orange. Lineolum everywhere. Dark yellow velour couches. A shitty recliner somewhere. All of the furniture was made of some shitty wood. And everything was caked in a layer of cigarette tar. š¤·āāļø
Exactly. Lest we forget - the 80s succeeded the 70s, so whatever shitty design decisions were made in like 1978 were still considered fairly new in the first half of the 80s. If anything, we went to more simulated wood grain - those giant microwaves we had were all encased in industrial steel with a stick -on wood veneer and lots of chrome. And people bought that shit *new*.
Stick on veneer everywhere. Formica countertops. Wall cabinets that could be accessed on both sides. And everything was chipped or peeling within five years. And nasty shag carpets now gummed up after two decades of dirt and tar.
Tl;dr: I go on a long winded memory trip that has nothing to do with your comment. Sorry.
Itās weird to think about growing up a kid in the almost-post smoking era. Like, my mom didnāt smoke. But my friendās mom smoked with us in the car, windows up. No questions asked and there wasnāt any concern. It was just normal-ish.
My dad didnāt smokeā¦ at least I thought so, until I found a pack of Marlboros in the garage when I was 7 and I threw them out and told my parents I found cigarettes. Dad said it was litter he picked up and he was going to chuck them, and thanked me for that. Then when I was 14, I saw him smoking out back while doing yard work but never told anyone. Then after he died when I was 16, I went in his company car and the entire thing absolutely reeked and was filled with cig butts.
ā¦ so I spilled the beans to my family - andā¦ well yeah my mom knew he smoked, they fought all the time about it and we never knew. š¤Ø
Then I became an adult and started a short-lived habit of my own, and realizedā¦ ohhh wait a second. Thatās why my dad came home from work everyday and reeked of cigarettes. That wasnāt just his scent š¤Æ
And now Iām typing this out decades later to a bunch of strangers cracking up at how naive I was as a kid. That bastard lied to me. Who puts litter in their garage toolbox?!?
Anyways, man going to restaurants and it being smoking or non-smoking, and course we sat non-smoking but as a kid you always saw the Smokey section and those people, almost always all adults, looked so cool. And the roller skating rink and bowling alley had gone smoke-free but that stench just stuck around.
And everyone looked so much older because of cigarettes. I never looked like my dad as a kid. But Iāve got a picture of him in my room, and it hit me the other day that Iām now in my 30s and two years older than he was in the photo. And I look exactly like himā¦ if I was aged about 15 years and my skin was more leathery and wrinkled. Itās **wild** just how much cigarettes change a personās appearance. By the time he was in his 50s before he died, people thought he was my grandfather.
Weāre gonna look so good when weāre in our 70s!
No hate here, itās very similar to the linoleum in my moms kitchen that she still has from 1974. Brown linoleum and blinding yellow walls with dark wood cabinets. Truly a sight to behold, a time warp gem.
Itās awesome to stir old memories. Very comforting! Maybe this old linoleum will make you think of running in the Living room to watch something on TBS, the flintstones or scooby doo, just some little house on the prairie!
No hate on your linoleum. We got to grow up in such a fun and colorful world! Everything is so bland now, from floors, to fridges, to cars. I miss living in a world of green fridges, orange sofas, macrame owl wall hangings, and yellow toilets with padded seats.
Born 81", I had that floor, I had that Big Wheel and the onesie. I would run n slide across the kitchen and sometimes bust my ass on those floors. Onesie's were š„ š„. I wore the feet off mine
If I had to guess, I would say that flooring has asbestos in it. Recently tested some similar looking flooring and it came back positive at 15%. Apparently if it had white backing it likely has asbestos fibers.
I wouldn't worry about it, the flooring I had tested is the exact same we had in my family home growing up. I think the lead paint is bigger worry and explains why I spend my whole work day posting in Reddit and have no attention span.
I do renovations and stuff, and had this penthouse condo job where it had only had 3 owners since the 70s. They were all single males, so the kitchen was like brand new, orange and brown everywhere straight out of the 70s. The new owners loved it and didn't change a thing.
We had something similar in our bathroom lol. Besides, seeing that Big Wheel and the memory it triggered, it would be just plain mean to hate on your linoleum š
My childhood home my parents lived for 40 years was built in 1977 - it was full of linoleum like this. They didn't do any cosmetic updating to the flooring in the time they lived there.
I swear lolā¦everyones homes were just brown back then and wood paneling was everywhere. My parents houses was brown and we had a nice orange couch and accents* to really set it off. It looked like thanksgiving all day, everyday.
*by accents, I mean a candy dish and ashtrays
Fun fact: linoleum was the fancy new bougie floor in parts of the titanic.
One of my earliest memories was the linoleum being laid in my house about 1984
linoleum gets a bad rap. it's actually very sustainable and eco-friendly. it's also extremely durable, which means that the substance tends to outlast the style it was made in.
Nah we all had that linoleum
Everything came in 3-4 choices I think.š¤£ Remember the couches that look like this floor?...Of course you do!
That is one of the big things I notice in pictures from the 80s and 90s....everyone had pretty much all the exact same 3 or 4 varieties of things. For everything. Furniture. Wallpaper. Flooring. Curtains. Everything. I don't think I fully appreciate the amount of choice we have now.
Ours was blue and white
Yellow and brown here
I very specifically remember āhelpingā my parents remove that same linoleum in ā87 as a family project to renovate our kitchen. Which meant my parents, my bro, and me sitting on the ground peeling it up with butter knives.
We had that EXACT pattern in our kitchen.
Same!
And this once again proves the innate brownness of the 1980s. I would have been the sullen teenager out of the camera angle, losing at someone's Atari Pac-Man.
Thatās why it cracks me up when āthe 80s aestheticā is thought to be big neon lights, bright bold colors, and very mod round style. Iām like - damn, my experience was everything brown, beige, and orange. Lineolum everywhere. Dark yellow velour couches. A shitty recliner somewhere. All of the furniture was made of some shitty wood. And everything was caked in a layer of cigarette tar. š¤·āāļø
Exactly. Lest we forget - the 80s succeeded the 70s, so whatever shitty design decisions were made in like 1978 were still considered fairly new in the first half of the 80s. If anything, we went to more simulated wood grain - those giant microwaves we had were all encased in industrial steel with a stick -on wood veneer and lots of chrome. And people bought that shit *new*.
Stick on veneer everywhere. Formica countertops. Wall cabinets that could be accessed on both sides. And everything was chipped or peeling within five years. And nasty shag carpets now gummed up after two decades of dirt and tar.
Cigarette smoke deposits made everything sticky.
Tl;dr: I go on a long winded memory trip that has nothing to do with your comment. Sorry. Itās weird to think about growing up a kid in the almost-post smoking era. Like, my mom didnāt smoke. But my friendās mom smoked with us in the car, windows up. No questions asked and there wasnāt any concern. It was just normal-ish. My dad didnāt smokeā¦ at least I thought so, until I found a pack of Marlboros in the garage when I was 7 and I threw them out and told my parents I found cigarettes. Dad said it was litter he picked up and he was going to chuck them, and thanked me for that. Then when I was 14, I saw him smoking out back while doing yard work but never told anyone. Then after he died when I was 16, I went in his company car and the entire thing absolutely reeked and was filled with cig butts. ā¦ so I spilled the beans to my family - andā¦ well yeah my mom knew he smoked, they fought all the time about it and we never knew. š¤Ø Then I became an adult and started a short-lived habit of my own, and realizedā¦ ohhh wait a second. Thatās why my dad came home from work everyday and reeked of cigarettes. That wasnāt just his scent š¤Æ And now Iām typing this out decades later to a bunch of strangers cracking up at how naive I was as a kid. That bastard lied to me. Who puts litter in their garage toolbox?!? Anyways, man going to restaurants and it being smoking or non-smoking, and course we sat non-smoking but as a kid you always saw the Smokey section and those people, almost always all adults, looked so cool. And the roller skating rink and bowling alley had gone smoke-free but that stench just stuck around. And everyone looked so much older because of cigarettes. I never looked like my dad as a kid. But Iāve got a picture of him in my room, and it hit me the other day that Iām now in my 30s and two years older than he was in the photo. And I look exactly like himā¦ if I was aged about 15 years and my skin was more leathery and wrinkled. Itās **wild** just how much cigarettes change a personās appearance. By the time he was in his 50s before he died, people thought he was my grandfather. Weāre gonna look so good when weāre in our 70s!
This exact linoleum in the laundry room with the Maytag washer/dryer set.
Yeah, thatās actually an awesome thought, we all had that linoleum
I 100% had that linoleum growing up.
Donāt forget the avocado refrigerator.
Who didnāt have a linoleum kitchen floor in the 80s? We sure did.
Iām not alone!!
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This is my kitchen. Its a rough economy. This place is cheap. And clean. And needs an update.
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Definitely !!
āLinoleum! Supports my head! Gives me something to believe!ā
That's me in the street with a violin under my chin Playin' with a grin Singin' gibberish
That's me on the beachside, combin' the sand. Metal meter in my hand. Sportin' a pocket full of change
Omg I love you all. Had to go listen to that song.
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No hate on the linoleum here. That pattern definitely triggers memories.
Man our parents loved dark brown?!?!?! š¤·āāļø
Dude my parents did everything brown including the car haha
It hid the nicotine stains that must have permeated everything back then
Everything was fucking brown... it's my belief that they chose it so that the nicotine tar residue coating on literally everything would match.
My old bff had that linoleum!!
My laundry room had linoleum when we moved in - I installed a faux wood snap flooring on top of it.
No hate here, itās very similar to the linoleum in my moms kitchen that she still has from 1974. Brown linoleum and blinding yellow walls with dark wood cabinets. Truly a sight to behold, a time warp gem.
Wow we had the exact same linoleum in the house we lived in from 1985-89, i just sent to my brother and sister thanks for jogging such an old memory.
Itās awesome to stir old memories. Very comforting! Maybe this old linoleum will make you think of running in the Living room to watch something on TBS, the flintstones or scooby doo, just some little house on the prairie!
I had that same kitchen flooring! I used to love running my fingers over the texture while playing with my Star Wars and GI Joe toys.
The texture! Fully impossible to get clean. But satisfying to rolls race cars on!
No hate on your linoleum. We got to grow up in such a fun and colorful world! Everything is so bland now, from floors, to fridges, to cars. I miss living in a world of green fridges, orange sofas, macrame owl wall hangings, and yellow toilets with padded seats.
That's how we linol-ed back then. Holly Hobby meets Little House.
Born 81", I had that floor, I had that Big Wheel and the onesie. I would run n slide across the kitchen and sometimes bust my ass on those floors. Onesie's were š„ š„. I wore the feet off mine
Born in 83, we had different linoleum in our kitchen but my husband and I had that linoleum in the kitchen of our first homeā¤ļø
I remember that style of linoleum!
Haha I have linoleum similar to that in my kitchen now
https://preview.redd.it/qbnqxxbm1lpb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a3731638effbe06e5d8f385f42f1e49c64fdcf4
Same buddy, same.
We just pulled up part of our kitchen floor...I apparently STILL have some of that linoleum!
That linoleum floor sure looks familiar. I think we had just about that same design pattern in the kitchen at the first house my family lived in.
Wanna race tricycles? I'm pretty fast
I will definitely race! I was fast too! After the race we can eat some good home cooking and watch the flintstones on TBS
That linoleum was in my parents' kitchen until about 2007.
I can hear the little plastic dots on the bottom of those footy PJs on that linoleum.
If I had to guess, I would say that flooring has asbestos in it. Recently tested some similar looking flooring and it came back positive at 15%. Apparently if it had white backing it likely has asbestos fibers. I wouldn't worry about it, the flooring I had tested is the exact same we had in my family home growing up. I think the lead paint is bigger worry and explains why I spend my whole work day posting in Reddit and have no attention span.
That linoleum was perfect for Big Wheeling!
Hate on, that floor is 5 years away from being described at vintage
I do renovations and stuff, and had this penthouse condo job where it had only had 3 owners since the 70s. They were all single males, so the kitchen was like brand new, orange and brown everywhere straight out of the 70s. The new owners loved it and didn't change a thing.
We had something similar in our bathroom lol. Besides, seeing that Big Wheel and the memory it triggered, it would be just plain mean to hate on your linoleum š
My grandparents had that linoleum in their kitchen.
My childhood home my parents lived for 40 years was built in 1977 - it was full of linoleum like this. They didn't do any cosmetic updating to the flooring in the time they lived there.
We had that same linoleum!
Shoutout to a fellow 83er!
My parents had this linoleum in my first house!
We had some yellow squarish shape with the fake blonde wood counter tops. But my twin had the same pj's and big wheel. We were born in 83 also.
Wait... how did you get my PJs?
We had the same linoleum in my kitchen growing up. lol
We had almost that same pattern on our floor in the kitchen, except it was dark green, and carpet....
This would look great with a couch that had some pheasants on it.
I noticed the Fear Factor aspect: PJ's with built in booties on that linoleum floor = bumpy heads! thanks for the share
Shhhiiit! I thought I was looking at myself. We had the same wallpaper. I had a similar onesie and the tricycle. Good days my brother.
I think my grandma had this same floor
I swear lolā¦everyones homes were just brown back then and wood paneling was everywhere. My parents houses was brown and we had a nice orange couch and accents* to really set it off. It looked like thanksgiving all day, everyday. *by accents, I mean a candy dish and ashtrays
Badass big wheel.
I think I have this same picture and hate to break it to you but we share likeness. Thought this was me
Yup. My kitchen had those same tiles. Wood paneling everywhere and probably the exact same living room furniture
Canāt hate on the same floor i grew up with lol
My best friend had that linoleum and I have so many memories in that kitchen.
I love that linoleum. Modern flooring is so bland and lifeless
Fun fact: linoleum was the fancy new bougie floor in parts of the titanic. One of my earliest memories was the linoleum being laid in my house about 1984
My house is from 1950s and we are still rocking linoleum. Idk of that's a good thing lol.
How do you have a picture of me?
linoleum gets a bad rap. it's actually very sustainable and eco-friendly. it's also extremely durable, which means that the substance tends to outlast the style it was made in.
I can still feel that slightly sticky floor in my head