Today's linoleums cost about the same as top-quality sheet vinyls.
A modern sheet vinyl offers the ideal surface for areas which need regular cleaning - such as kitchens or family eating area.
The floor will give them a chance to use some cerulean blue and green sheet vinyl they have been coveting.
Coloured tiles or sheet vinyl are ideal for country flooring, or a wooden floor looks equally at home.
Congoleum now manufactures sheet vinyl and no longer has a linoleum line.
It makes more than 200 patterns and colors of sheet vinyl at $6.95 to $24.95 a square yard.
Compared with sheet vinyl, they are easier and less wasteful to lay in awkwardly-shaped rooms.
The latest of the cheaper ranges are also available in cushioned versions, like sheet vinyl, but generally not as thick.
Most sheet vinyl is available in widths of 6, 9 and 12 feet.
It is probably some type of sheet vinyl.