The Vermont Eco Builder blog documents its project to make a kitchen floor from a patchwork of Marmoleum ends, rescuing them from a landfill. The effect is just lovely.
(via Neatorama)
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2:34 am Mon
May 12, 2008
Patchwork kitchen floor made from Marmoleum ends
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