that looks fabulous. I’ve been looking at striped black and white rugs for awhile. This looks great.

Oooooh…. that. is. awesome.
:)

this is genius.

So creative! Fab look, love stripes.

this is killer, and a great rental project!
might have to copy it :)

I really like that! Stripes are perfect everywhere ;-)

I love your website design, too!

What a great idea! and so easy for a small space and much easier to clean than a rug.

i’ve been thinking about doing a striped floor in my new shop, but can’t decide. i love them so. perhaps i should just stop thinking about it and do it!

Brilliant!

ooo i love the strip flooring!

stripe*

What a great idea, I love it! I have an affinity for stripes too so this totally rocks! Great job :D

Wow, that’s awesome. I’ve always thought of a black and white checkerboard pattern floor for my kitchen, but now I’m seriously considering these stripes.

i’m totally stealing this idea! i love “before & after” day at d*s. :)

jaw hit the floor. visionary use of cheap lino. the b&w is perfect here, but could be great with a third color every so often.

Wow, that looks really great!

it looks a lot cleaner and stylish!

If the kitchen tile in my next apartment is as ugly as it is in the current one, I am definitely stealing this idea. My only question–you literally just lay down the tile on the old flooring, with no adhesive or anything?

Gorgeous! It looks like a whole new kitchen!

This is seriously amazing! Love how chic the kitchen looks with those stripes!

xo

amazing! i love it!

Ooo – I love this! I’m totally stealing this idea. So simple, yet it looks so fancy. Awesome.

Stripes rule. Très chic!

This is the best idea I have seen in a long time. Way to go, Orlando!

This is the inspiration I needed to do a 1/2 bathroom, but I am going to take out the ugly linoleum and paint the floor.

wow, i love this so much.

Ooh la la! This looks great! I’d love to do this in my rental kitchen, but it would majorly clash with the 1940s peach and brown counter tile… Maybe I could try it in different colors. Thanks for the inspiration!

ohhh la la! I am currently LOVING stripes right now- this is a great punch for any room!

oh swooooon. I love that so much. I fantasize about a house full of stripes.

B&w stripes go so well with red! Love it.

So funky! It really looks expensive too!

i love that picture of the boy leaned on the floor. any details on the artist? so simple and yet so perfect for the space.

genius to cut them in half!
SO worth the time to do it, from looking at the result!

Oh amazing! I obsess over black and white stripes! Such a great project!

Love that! SO much more chic than the tiles. Will definitely file this away for a small space.

Love it with the red accents. Very bold and effective in this small space.

oh very creative idea, cutting them in half, never would have crossed my mind. Love it!

I love b*w floors, stripes or checks. Its has such a bistro feel to it.

I completely agree with “Lynn”. It is a absolutely a “visionary use of cheap lino.” We all want the fab design of a beautiful custom floor and do it using materials that anyone can get their hands on is genius! LOVELY and AMAZING floor!

This is really hip. A couple of things to be aware of: Make sure the floor is really clean before starting, or the adhesive won’t stick; and if the linoleum tiles underneath are also peel-n-stick, you might pull up more than expected when you get ready to move . . .

I love those tiles, so much you can do with them, but it really takes some work to keep them LOOKING clean. They need wax or they get really dull and look crappy.

I am SO all over this!! Thank you thank you thank you! You’ve saved my kitchen!

Lokos fantastic! :)

really, really nice! I love ideas that take utilitarian, economical materials and make something that looks downright “luxury”. It shows great taste, vision and ingenuity.

Great look.
Perfect exection.
Great idea for small space…pushes the room wider.

Great look.
Perfect execution.
Pushes a small space wider…

Love this! Such a nice take on the classic black and white kitchen floor.

I couldn’t love a floor more!! So well done.

HOT! Love this.

YA, I’m lovin’ it! Perfect floor…wishing I had thought of that before we did our floors.

Genius. Chic without the price tag. And it can take a beating! :)

This looks fantastic, great job and it’s super creative w/o breaking the bank.

Totally brilliant idea and so well-executed! Love it!

holy sh*t! That’s freaking gorgeous.

wow. i think i need to do this this weekend! grace, do you have to put anything inbetween the tiles (like grout), or just lay them down right next to each other? and can you just cut them with an exacto knife, or do you need something else? thanks!

A-mazing. much improved.

Wow. What a wonderful change!

this is my favorite before and after yet, i am determined to do this one of these days!

The results are fabulous.

These look like vinyl composite tiles to me… Are they really linoleum? I’ve never seen the real linoleum tiles for those kid of prices which is what makes me think they are VC.

They don’t look like the peel and stick vinyl to me. Vinyl composite get put down with glue. They are commercial grade flooring and are much more suitable for long term use than the stick down tiles.

I have been playing with black and white linoleum flooring ideas including stripes and chevron patterns for my kitchen that is mid-renovation. Its nice to see the finished product look so wonderful!

The BEST! I love this.

adorable.

How fantastic! I love it!

dude. awesome.

bud, did you ever live with a black and white floor in the kitchen?? it’s a logistic nightmare! every friggin’ crumb glares up at you – you’ll be on your hands and knees with damp paper towels ad infinitum!

I love it. Isn’t it amazing that something so simple and iconic looks so fresh and new?

I totally LOVE the after! Great work!

Already so jealous of people who can cut a straight line. This AMAZING transformation did not make me less jealous!

just wonderful

This is beautiful, but I’m with puddle- how did he cut those lines so straight and get every piece exactly the same size?

Fab floor! I am completely confused! Where did Orlando find the .59/sq. ft. linoleum? I’ve beend researching linoleum for awhile and can’t seem to get to the budget-friendly part.

wow… amazing!!

I absolutely love the striped floor! Gorgeous!

fabulous idea! i’m putting in on my list of kitchen floor ideas. thanks for sharing!

I loved this so much but prefer orlando’s original post on his blog because he is so funny:)

I’m a big black and white stripe fan. It catches my eye every time. congrats. I have polished floor boards so I have to do with a black and white stripe floor rug.

It is beautiful and I’m ok with any extra cleaning needs of a black and white floor, but I how did he get the cut lines so straight? I think mine would be wavy. His are perfect!

I love stripes, too.

Oh, LOVE this. So perfect!

It is beautiful but it is vinyl! My husband and I went to Linoleum City today and found that linoleum doesn’t come in plain white or black and is a lot more expensive than vinyl tiles. Anyway… that’s my 2 cents.

Wow! Too Cool! Good Job!