Archive for category: Project Logs

Custom designed flooring – in the abstract

22 December, 2009 (17:20) | Articles, Linoleum, Project Logs | By: Barry Carlton

Have you noticed that almost everyone’s home looks alike? People have the same carpet, the same tile or stone (in the same colors), the same vinyls (again in the same colors). Yet, with a little imagination and with most of the same products, a truly

Handcrafted Marmoleum Custom Insets

17 December, 2009 (23:26) | Articles, Linoleum, Project Logs | By: Barry Carlton

In late 2009, this custom Marmoleum floor was commissioned to be installed in a kitchen/dinette and stairwell. The home was built in the mid 1950′s, and has a very old set of concrete stairs that was to be installed with Marmoleum, coved with a clean looking retro “scribe to” stair nosing. The stairs required a [...]

Forbo Area Rug

23 August, 2008 (14:07) | Project Logs | By: Barry Carlton

Last May, I was commissioned by the producers of a Green Exposition to fabricate an area rug made from Marmoleum. Forbo, the manufacturer of some of the finest linoleum products on the planet, was to donate materials and the design was inspired by an Art-Deco-ish upholstery fabric. The project took 25 hours to complete, using [...]