Five Popular Laminate Flooring Trends

Laminate flooring is one of the most popular choices for homeowners across the country, owing both to its versatility in style and useful durability. Laminate is made by pressing layers of synthetic flooring material together with a top layer that is nearly identical to actual wood flooring. Because of this process, your flooring can take on any look you want. Due to the fact that laminate can be made in almost in style you want, design trends  are constantly shifting, sometime making it hard for you to keep up. If you’re thinking about installing laminate flooring in your home, here are five of the most cutting edge laminate design trends you need to know about.

A Weathered Look

There’s just something about a home that feels like it’s been lived in, and this is a touch that you can add to your laminate flooring by choosing a weathered look. Imagine driftwood that has washed up along the shore of your favorite beach. You can incorporate this look into your living space. This weathered look brings out all of those textures while keeping the colors toned down. This works well for a casual living space or a formal dining space, and looks great with wide planks.

Exotic Hardwoods

One of the most expensive types of flooring that you can get is an exotic hardwood floor, which are tropical woods that have beautiful colors and interesting textures. However, as you’d expect, exotic hardwood floors can get a little pricey, making laminate flooring designed to look like exotic flooring a great choice for cost conscious homeowners. Any type of tropical species you can imagine can be had in laminate, with laminates created in different, random lengths to resemble what real exotic hardwoods look like. They can also be hand-scraped to add extra texture and form, providing an extra touch of authenticity.

Classic American Chestnut

Head into almost any American home and you might just find American chestnut flooring. American chestnut was prized for its unique knots and mineral streaks. Unfortunately, now the species is very rare, it can usually only be found as reclaimed lumber. If you want that classic American Chestnut look but don’t want to go through the hassle of searching for the wood, laminate flooring is the choice for you. You’ll be amazed at the look you can build for your home by using a realistic recreation of this classic American flooring.

Country Rustic

Do you feel more at home in a log cabin out in the woods than in suburbia? Why not have flooring that reflects this country charm? A popular trend in hardwoods is rustic flooring. With this kind of flooring, the boards have saw marks, large knots and dark mineral streaks—a look that can easily be recreated with laminates.

Reclaimed Flooring

Flooring can tell the story of a home, which is one reason why reclaimed flooring is becoming so popular in new homes. You can add depth and history to your home simply by putting in flooring that reminds you of an old church, barn or warehouse. Use laminates to recreate that reclaimed look—but at a much lower cost. You can bring all of that history into your home without breaking the bank.

Choose Laminate Flooring to Give Your Home a Unique Look

For homeowners looking to give their home a signature touch at a much reduced cost, there is almost no better choice than laminate. As we have seen, laminate can be constructed to mirror a wide variety of more expensive floor types, making it the economical option for upgrading your home’s flooring. Install laminate flooring and transform your home to reflect your unique style.