Article: A love of linoleum Floor covering enjoys a revival and a book celebrates the specialized designs of the old and new.(Homes Plus)

Byline: Deborah Donovan Daily Herald Homes Writer

When people of a certain age flip through Jane Powell's book, "Linoleum," memories flood back.

My parents put that coral paint-spattered pattern in their kitchen. My friend Rosemary's house had the leafy print. Didn't we tear that faux wood out of our first home?

Linoleum, made of linseed oil, is staging a bit of a revival as part of the green or environmentally friendly building movement.

The first thing you need to know is that linoleum is not the vinyl sheet flooring - a petroleum product - that replaced it in our hearts and homes.

Powell's fascination with linoleum came ...

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