LOVE the linoleum! Keep it!! And a nice area rug would really soften the room and warm it up a bit.

I would add a rug, both for stepping out of bed on and a softer place to play, but I would keep it! Its fun, and different, and you can always change it later.

I would maybe consider a complimentary paint, instead of wallpaper, avoid pattern overload.

It's so unique I would definitely keep it, and I might add accent rugs but nothing huge to cover it up. I think it's cool!

I thought she was asking if there are any health reasons not to keep the old lino in a kid's room. I don't know the answer to that, but I love the look of it! As for comfort and warmth underfoot, I'd get something like an off-white shag area rug, and/or maybe a faux sheepskin for the floor by the bed. And yes, I do think the faux bois would be too much pattern and clashing if it were the standard brown that I'm imagining, but I think it could work if it were a tone on tone grey, or some other color that will work with the floor (blue? green?).

If you have dogs, they will pee. I put traverteen (spelling?) all over our house and am very happy. As an exchange student in Spain, (where, as in Italy and other countries, marble must be inexpensive,) the mothers were always appalled at photos of our American homes with wall to wall carpet, as there was no way to ever get them clean. These were people who didn't have pets! I really enjoy knowing my floors are clean; and I would like that kitschy original color and pattern of yours, too. I think bright red would be fun for a young boy, as far as a little rug or painted table and chair for legos. Maybe a bright red book case. I would like to see your wallpaper and the bedding before I say anything else. He will love racing his cars across the floor!

The bedding is cute...but I don't think it goes with the style of the floor.

Oooh… I love the linoleum! Keep it.

Our house is entirely hardwood. We have an area rug in the living room for playtime, but the bedrooms are rug-free. No problems. I know some people prefer the feel of carpet, but it’s not necessary.

And I don’t understand the dog pee comment. We have a dog… I don’t know why he would pee on linoleum.

Love the floor but i'd be careful with the wall paper. But that is just me. You see some people use many patterns and it looks fantastic but for some reason when I do it - it never looks right. But yeah - keep the floor :)

I'd also keep the floor, it's pretty cool. What a fun thing to find under there. But agree with adding an area rug.

I also don't think I would do the faux bois now with that floor, but I think you could still get a cabin feel just by using a darker, rich, wall color on the walls. Maybe a really dark navy or chocolate brown? You could also always add other wood/natural/cabin-y elements in smaller doses w/accessories to get the feel without going overboard and getting pattern clash.

keep it! its super cute. a rug might be nice...one with out a pattern :D

The floor is cool and the bedding is cool. I agree that a nice neutral rug would be good and I would maybe paint the wall behind the headboard orange.

I also don't undertand the "dogs will pee" comment. Unless they are puppies or have health problems, dogs do not pee in their house. And most Americans I know don't have wall-to-wall carpet, at least not since 1992 or so.

Super cute lino! Keep it! But avoid pattern overload. Get a nice little rug and you're set.

Yes! Keep the floors! Like everyone else has said, get a rug, I'd shoot for 5x7 given what I think the dimensions of the room are (maybe a cream-colored, or a darker brown?). I'd skip the wallpaper, it doesn't go with the floors, and you get the pattern you want from them.

I had the green version of that bedding as a little girl in the 70s. You must keep the floor...with the addition of a funky soft area rug for the tootsies.

What a great find!

since the floor has pattern, work with it. I think wallpaper would be too much as is. If you laid a rug over some of the floor it might soften it enough for wallpaper...One more thought, consider a solid duvet and fold the quilt on the end of the bed

Actually it might be safer to leave the linoleum. A lot of old linoleum tile has asbestos which woulb be released into the air if you pulled it up. And beside that, the pattern is fantastic!

Ditto fundaddio - 70's lino would likely have asbestos, so better to leave as is rather than pull up.

I would play off the color with a complimentary color on the walls - a pumpkin, perhaps? Very 70s and would go with your sweet quilt.

I definitely would keep that lino! What a cool fun color.

I'd probably skip the wallpaper though. I do think it would be a bit of a pattern overload.

And yeah, add a rug near his bed. :)

We had those sheets when I was growing up! Love the floor too. I say keep it and put a rug down.

Hi, I am the one who said, "dogs will pee." I didn't mean on linoleum specifically. I have always had at least one dog, and they do, on occasion, pee or vomit. I prefer to have no carpets, because they think they are doing me a favor by having an accident on carpet, which to them must seem like grass, as it soaks in. they are all good dogs; over the years, they have an accident here or there. I have a sensitive nose. I like solid floors. Come on, guys! Relax. I also live in the deep South, where most houses have some rooms hardwood and still have most bedrooms wall to wall carpet. Really. I'm not lying on Ohdeedoh!

I'd agree with everyone else - a neutral rug extending into the room from under the bed would eliminate some of the pattern clash and add some warmth. The cabin feel could be brought in with faux-bois accents and darker rough-cut wood frames, but wallpaper would be a bit too much. I'd stick with a neutral to warm-toned wall.

Someone already pointed this out, but you have a room with elements from the same era but from different styles. I think you can continue to blend them together, but they don't automatically "match" each other. For example, the dresser and narrow lighter wood picture frames are a much more "mod" touch than the darker wood headboard and table. The flooring ties to the mod elements, while the bedding ties to the cabin elements. Be careful how you group things and use neutral elements to tie them together (like the rug) so you don't have different "zones" within the same room.

Okay, I didn't know what faux-bois wallpaper was. Honestly, I think it would be better to skip the cabin theme if you are going to keep the linoleum, which you Should! Paint the walls a color that is mostly white with just a hint of the blue in the floor. Use frames, book shelves and table/chairs in colors like the "e" on the dresser, or brighter. Previously, I didn't understand that the bedding you had sewn was in the photo, because for me, it doesn't work with the floor. Buy a Wal-mart ($20.00) double-bed size comforter that hangs over the sides of the bed,(don't mess w/ bedskirt) in a solid, bright color like the rug and other accessories, either reddish orange or true red. People have mentioned a white rug. I've tried that in a boy's room and can't recommend it. You'll have another chance to use the bedding you made! Time to switch directions and run with the treasure you found under the carpet!