Strip the old paint, or in this case, the old linoleum finish.
They did leave these old linoleum area rugs, but a lot of them were pretty disintegrated.
Many years ago, my wife and I moved into a railroad flat in the east eighties, and had to rip off the old linoleum in the kitchen.
When my children first saw the new house on Nashawtuc Hill, their faces dropped at the sight of the old linoleum and the dirty shag carpeting.
The kitchen is "big, with a Saarinen tulip table, a faux-brick vinyl floor (to replace the old linoleum), and oak cabinets painted robin's egg blue".
You study the kitchen's new colors, cabinets, appliances, and windows, and try to remember where the sink and the dog bowl used to be, and suddenly you realize that the old pantry and the little entryway near the back door are gone, and that the room's axis has been rotated ninety degrees — and then the old linoleum pattern pops into your head like the name of a forgotten classmate at a reunion.
If you do not already know what kind of flooring lies underneath your linoleum, you will need to find out in order to remove the old linoleum properly.
The Bedford Hills Chamber of Commerce president, Marcy Furman, said of the old linoleum-floored store, filled with shelves of food and household products: "It's like walking into the 1930s.
Later he made works with soap, human hair, old linoleum, pine needles and live maggots.
They removed old linoleum and fake veneers, opened up the kitchen and outfitted it with granite countertops and stone floor tile.
