Warner, 26, politely endured the tour, as the landlord bragged about the clean, sleek spaces and the modern color palette. The gray laminate floors were actually luxury vinyl planks, the landlord ...

After the first time Anna Beagley saw gray floors, she couldn’t get them out of her mind. “It was love at first sight,” she said. “They’re a nice, neutral color but still give the room a ...

Flooring has come a long way from linoleum, invented by Frederick Walton in 1860, to colorful shag carpeting popular in the 1970s, to the upscale, high-end material used today.

In the case of vinyl flooring, the driving factor is cost; it’s cheaper than traditional hardwood floors. “It also looks like wood, but it doesn’t have the maintenance of wood,” says Ruth.

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