Plastic laminate first came to prominence back in the 1940s and 50s as a popular kitchen countertop material. But by the late-1980s it was beginning to fall out of favor as homeowners began replacing ...

Getting ready to lay a new laminate floor can be intimidating – after all, it’s a big and pretty fiddly job. All the boards need to fit together perfectly, which means the task can start to look like ...

The installation of wood laminate flooring may seem basic or even alien to what we do as architectural designers, but that should not be the case. When we understand the characteristics of the ...

Laminate flooring enables homeowners to get the look of wood for less, and it's easy to install. In fact, tongue-and-groove or snap-and-click joinery makes the installation of laminate flooring ideal ...

If you’re building or renovating a home but don’t want to blow your budget on the floors, we have one word for you: laminates. Laminate flooring is a snazzy synthetic, usually designed to look like ...

Whether there is a worn out path or your pets have used it as their favorite pit stop, its time to ditch that old carpet. A carpet will collect dust, dander, and other allergens over time no matter ...

If you want to avoid paying someone for labor costs and you’d rather do all the work alone, check out the easiest cheapest laminate flooring to install yourself. There are no two places I hate more on ...

Laminate flooring was invented in the late ‘70s by Swedish flooring company Perstorp, but it wasn’t widely introduced to the European market until 1984 and it wasn’t available in the U.S. until a ...