Today, most peo­ple think of vinyl lam­i­nate floor­ing when they hear the term “linoleum.” But before the use of petro­chem­i­cal prod­ucts to pro­duce inex­pen­sive plastics-based, floor cov­er­ings, also known as vinyl lam­i­nate floor­ing, old-fashioned linoleum was a healthy, nat­ural way to add easy-care, attrac­tive floors to your home.