Cork flooring is a lovely, resilient and environmentally sound flooring option. It is often cheaper than equally sustainable bamboo, comparable in price to traditional hardwood and can be as easy to ...

Flooring is easy to forget for all the same reasons it’s essential. It’s always there, it’s the part of your house you probably touch the most, and you don’t look at it very often. But high-quality ...

An underlay is the layer of floor between the subfloor and top floor covering. It is a thin material that allows for the easy installation of floor materials like laminate, hardwood, vinyl, tiles, and ...

After 10 years in print journalism, Nick transitioned to the home improvement space. He has specialized in maintenance, mortgages, home warranties, moving, car shipping, home security and more for 7 ...

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 ...