For instance, light gray laminate in a hallway can make the area feel less narrow and more welcoming.

Gray flooring in apartments is also often laminate — a synthetic material that gives the appearance of wood and is cheaper than real hardwood flooring.

Consumer Reports highlights the most durable flooring for your kitchen, halls, bathrooms, and other high-traffic areas in the home.

Learn about flooring types and features, plus how to save on the best flooring for your home. And learn how CR tests flooring in its not-for-profit labs.

For developers, landlords and house flippers looking to turn a profit, gray vinyl and laminate floors have become a go-to choice. They’re also cheaper than hardwood, and easier to keep clean.

Minimalist interiors with gray laminate flooring, shiny silver fixtures, and aggressively neutral paint colors that dominated interior design in the 2010s and early 2020s are no longer drawing in ...

The video shows the couple peeling back panels of grey laminate flooring, revealing oak hardwood floors underneath.