What’s New in Flooring for 2026
See the latest wood and stone looks in engineered wood, laminate, luxury vinyl and porcelain debuting this year
When it comes to flooring, “warm” was the word at The International Surface Event held earlier this year in Las Vegas. The last few years have seen a warming up of colors in wood-look flooring, with midtones now dominating new collections of hardwood, laminate and luxury vinyl planks. The collections still have plenty of blonde choices, along with a few gray and dark brown options, but for the most part the grays that are showing up have brown undertones, replacing the cool hues of several years ago. And these days, plank surfaces tend to be more textured and rougher-hewn than shiny and super-smooth.
For those who prefer stone, there are plenty of new looks in natural stone as well as imitation marble, concrete, limestone and travertine, which are getting ever more realistic.
Here are flooring highlights from the Surfaces event, as the trade show for the tile, stone and floor coverings industries is known. Some of the new collections are available now and others will be rolling out through 2026.
For those who prefer stone, there are plenty of new looks in natural stone as well as imitation marble, concrete, limestone and travertine, which are getting ever more realistic.
Here are flooring highlights from the Surfaces event, as the trade show for the tile, stone and floor coverings industries is known. Some of the new collections are available now and others will be rolling out through 2026.
The new Artisan Oak from Anderson Tuftex comes in five tones, seen here on display at TISE.
Engineered wood consists of hardwood veneer atop layers of a high-density fiberboard or plywood core, which provides dimensional stability — the ability to maintain the original size, shape and volume despite changes in environmental conditions.
Engineered wood consists of hardwood veneer atop layers of a high-density fiberboard or plywood core, which provides dimensional stability — the ability to maintain the original size, shape and volume despite changes in environmental conditions.
Valencia Walnut, seen here in Sepia, is a new engineered wood collection with a smooth texture and high-variation tones from Anderson Tuftex.
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MSI displayed new colors from its McCarran engineered hardwood. Herringbone styles were also introduced.
Here’s the new herringbone pattern in the light-toned Bramlett color from MSI’s McCarran collection of engineered hardwood.
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Hallmark Floors had its Avenue collection of engineered hardwood on display at TISE, a handsome selection of light and midtone options. The collection of ultrawide (9½-inch) planks have natural oak, maple and hickory veneers.
First Press is the new hardwood collection of engineered white oak from California-based Cali.
The collection’s name refers to winemaking. Just as the first press of a wine brings out the finest expression of the grape, the new collection is designed to bring out wood’s finest expression, says Cali’s Mike Belprez.
First Press’ Fawn and Figure color is pictured.
The collection’s name refers to winemaking. Just as the first press of a wine brings out the finest expression of the grape, the new collection is designed to bring out wood’s finest expression, says Cali’s Mike Belprez.
First Press’ Fawn and Figure color is pictured.
There are 12 colors of engineered European white oak in the collection and the planks have micro bevels for a clean look.
Tarkett’s new L’Artisan wide-width engineered hardwood planks are pictured here in Umber. The planks measure 9½ inches wide with lengths varying up to 86 inches.
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Tarkett’s new L’Artisan flooring comes in 10 colors, each available in a 9½-inch or 3-inch width. Four of the colors are available in a herringbone pattern.
Hardwood Laminate
Cali’s Mavericks laminate oak hardwood-look flooring adds two new colors this year. The Sandalwood Surge color is shown here. The supersize planks are nearly 10 inches wide and a bit over 86 inches long.
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Cali’s Mavericks laminate oak hardwood-look flooring adds two new colors this year. The Sandalwood Surge color is shown here. The supersize planks are nearly 10 inches wide and a bit over 86 inches long.
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Mohawk displayed new styles from its laminate RevWood Plus collection, including two of the Madison Aisle chestnut tones.
“For this year, we’re really seeing tones warm up,” says Mohawk’s Michelle Dailey. “So even if people are staying with more of the natural tones — that warm undertone. A little bit more of the buttery yellow coming out underneath, and creams. Everything we’re doing is warming up our portfolio.”
“For this year, we’re really seeing tones warm up,” says Mohawk’s Michelle Dailey. “So even if people are staying with more of the natural tones — that warm undertone. A little bit more of the buttery yellow coming out underneath, and creams. Everything we’re doing is warming up our portfolio.”
Mohawk’s RevWood Plus new Madison Aisle laminate has six chestnut visuals that range from light to medium dark, like the Molasses Chestnut pictured.
Lacy Highlands is another new style added to Mohawk’s RevWood Plus tier of laminate flooring. There are three rustic hickory tones, including the White Pepper Hickory shown here. Planks measure 7½ by 54⅓ inches.
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Mohawk also added colors to its RevWood Select laminate lineup. Seen here is Charlotte Woods in Coconut Acacia, one of three new acacia wood tones in 7½ by 47-inch planks.
“We have consumers who like clean designs, customers who like rustic designs, and you have people who want more of an exotic feel,” Dailey says.
“We have consumers who like clean designs, customers who like rustic designs, and you have people who want more of an exotic feel,” Dailey says.
Luxury Vinyl Tile and Planks
MSI’s rigid-core luxury vinyl Laurel collection adds three new colors for this year, in a variety of blonde and light brown wood tones.
Pictured is the new color called Hatboro Hills, and the planks measure 9 by 48 inches, with a 20-mil wear layer.
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MSI’s rigid-core luxury vinyl Laurel collection adds three new colors for this year, in a variety of blonde and light brown wood tones.
Pictured is the new color called Hatboro Hills, and the planks measure 9 by 48 inches, with a 20-mil wear layer.
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This is Honey Hollow, a new color from MSI’s Laurel collection of luxury vinyl planks.
“There are blonde tones that are very modern, but also some blonde tones that have some texture and some variation to them,” MSI’s Fallon Crawford says. “And then, because medium browns are making a comeback, we brought in a medium brown and a greige-ish tone as well, to kind of round out the palette.”
“There are blonde tones that are very modern, but also some blonde tones that have some texture and some variation to them,” MSI’s Fallon Crawford says. “And then, because medium browns are making a comeback, we brought in a medium brown and a greige-ish tone as well, to kind of round out the palette.”
Armstrong’s display of rigid-core flooring shows the new range of light-to-midtone colors dominating wood-look flooring.
A word about wear layers: The clear outer surface of a luxury vinyl plank or tile wears away under foot traffic and furniture, so the thickness of that layer is an important consideration.
The thickness is measured in mils, with 1 mil equal to one-thousandth of an inch. (About 40 mils equals 1 millimeter.) The thicker the wear layer, the more durable and long-lasting the tile or plank. Most residential vinyl wear layers range from 8 to 12 mils. Experts recommend at least a 20-mil-thick wear layer for heavily used areas.
A word about wear layers: The clear outer surface of a luxury vinyl plank or tile wears away under foot traffic and furniture, so the thickness of that layer is an important consideration.
The thickness is measured in mils, with 1 mil equal to one-thousandth of an inch. (About 40 mils equals 1 millimeter.) The thicker the wear layer, the more durable and long-lasting the tile or plank. Most residential vinyl wear layers range from 8 to 12 mils. Experts recommend at least a 20-mil-thick wear layer for heavily used areas.
Karndean’s new Koa Kai from its LooseLay luxury vinyl collection has a wavy grain inspired by a native Hawaiian hardwood. It measures 10 by 59 inches and has a 20-mil wear layer. It’s one of three new wood designs in the collection, the other two inspired by elm.
“Koa is actually a natural material that is very delicate in its natural form. So we’re able to replicate it in LVP,” says Karndean’s Rachel Amundson. She says LooseLay is glued down only on the edges, making it easier to replace a tile. Koa Kai will be available in late spring.
“Koa is actually a natural material that is very delicate in its natural form. So we’re able to replicate it in LVP,” says Karndean’s Rachel Amundson. She says LooseLay is glued down only on the edges, making it easier to replace a tile. Koa Kai will be available in late spring.
Corsini Marble, measuring 24 inches square, is a new stone look in Karndean’s LooseLay collection and is named for a palace in Florence, Italy. New stone looks in the LooseLay luxury vinyl collection also include three travertine designs and three terrazzo designs, all with a 20-mil wear layer.
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Andean Travertine is one of three new luxury vinyl 18-by-36-inch travertine designs from Karndean’s LooseLay collection. The new stone-look luxury vinyls will be available in late spring.
Karndean’s Sable Apres Oak is a new color in the Van Gogh collection. The color has gray undertones, a trend that helps transition from the driftwood-gray planks of recent years.
“This is kind of like a smokier look. But it’s warmer than a true gray, which is where we see things moving,” Amundson says.
“This is kind of like a smokier look. But it’s warmer than a true gray, which is where we see things moving,” Amundson says.
Karndean’s Indy Urban Elm, a new color in its Van Gogh collection of luxury vinyl planks that will be available this summer, is at the lighter-toned end of the midtone trend. The planks were inspired by wood found at a lumberyard in Indianapolis, with distinctive grain, a few knots and natural imperfections.
It’s available in both glue-down and click-in rigid core, with a 20-mil wear layer. Like the rest of the Van Gogh collection, the planks measure 7 by 48 inches.
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It’s available in both glue-down and click-in rigid core, with a 20-mil wear layer. Like the rest of the Van Gogh collection, the planks measure 7 by 48 inches.
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Here’s a display showing Tarkett’s InStudio collection of glue-down luxury vinyl tile, including the new 12-inch hex tiles, seen here in marble-look Calacatta Imperial. The new large hexagons will be available later this year. The collection also includes wood-look planks.
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This is Tarkett’s new InStudio 12-inch LVT hex in the Sandstone Twilight color.
Tarkett’s new EverGen Stone was also on display at the show. The tile has an irregular pressed bevel feature Tarkett calls HeritEdge, with integrated grout, for easy installation and a more realistic look, says Tarkett’s Cristen Del Bove. There’ll be six designs of imitation marble and travertine luxury vinyl tiles available this summer.
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Tarkett’s new stone-look LVT EverGen Stone is pictured in the travertine-look Radiant Veil.
Karastan’s new Sandalwood Grove adds a bit of rustic design to its LuxeCraft Serenity collection of luxury vinyl with a WPC (wood-plastic composite) core. Pictured is Trinity, the darkest tone in the collection. The planks measure 9 by 72 inches.
Comparing it with last year’s launch of a clean-looking LuxeCraft style called Summerhill Chase, Sarah Duncan of Karastan parent Mohawk says: “We wanted to round it out with something just a little bit more rustic, with a little bit more character movement. So you’ve got things like these knots.”
Karastan’s Charlton Ivy is a new walnut-look WPC in the LuxeCraft Serenity line, shown in the Weston color.
Designers worked on the walnut design for about two years,
Duncan says. “We wanted to make sure we could achieve real natural coloration. Walnut is a hard wood to imitate, so we wanted to get that real wood-look visual,” she says.
The planks measure 7 by 72 inches and have a 20-mil wear layer.
Designers worked on the walnut design for about two years,
Duncan says. “We wanted to make sure we could achieve real natural coloration. Walnut is a hard wood to imitate, so we wanted to get that real wood-look visual,” she says.
The planks measure 7 by 72 inches and have a 20-mil wear layer.
Marquis Industries’ Platinum series of WPC vinyl flooring in the Tremont color shows how the reclaimed-wood look is still going strong. The plank has a 20-mil wear layer and is phthalate free.
Cali’s Longboard Icons is seen here in Sea Breeze Oak. The new WPC luxury vinyl collection is a continuation of its popular Longboards line. There are 12 colors for Icon, with the same Longboards coastal oak visuals but a beefier 22-mil wear layer. The planks have pressed bevels for a more realistic look, and they measure 9 by 72 inches.
Hazelwood Drift is one of two new WPC collections in Pergo’s Extreme Preferred line of luxury vinyl, with pressed bevels and embossed-in-register visuals for a real wood look.
Here’s Pergo’s new WPC luxury vinyl Hazelwood Drift in the Saylor color.
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Pergo’s other new WPC luxury tile in its Preferred tier is Sterling Cove. It has a more muted, softer color, seen here in Cornwall.
“Sterling Cove is going to be a little bit more rustic, so we’ve got some cracks and some knots in that design,” says Duncan of Mohawk, which owns Pergo. “We’re seeing that people are liking a little bit of movement in their floors. They don’t want it to be super, super clean anymore, because everyone went almost sterile with the gray.”
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“Sterling Cove is going to be a little bit more rustic, so we’ve got some cracks and some knots in that design,” says Duncan of Mohawk, which owns Pergo. “We’re seeing that people are liking a little bit of movement in their floors. They don’t want it to be super, super clean anymore, because everyone went almost sterile with the gray.”
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A few of the new colors from MSI’s Smithcliffs hybrid rigid-core luxury vinyl planks were on display at the show. The 20-mil wear layer planks are PVC-free.
Doverville is a new dark blonde tone in MSI’s hybrid rigid-core vinyl Smithcliffs collection.
Wayne Parc Reserve is a new collection of WPC luxury vinyl planks from MSI. There are six midtone colors, with an embossed-in-register surface and pressed micro bevels for a realistic wood look.
Planks in the Reserve collection have a sturdy 30-mil wear layer and measure 9 by 72 inches. There’s also a Wayne Parc collection of 9-by-60-inch planks with a 22-mil wear layer.
Planks in the Reserve collection have a sturdy 30-mil wear layer and measure 9 by 72 inches. There’s also a Wayne Parc collection of 9-by-60-inch planks with a 22-mil wear layer.
Here’s MSI’s new Wayne Parc WPC luxury vinyl in the Elwood color.
This is MSI’s Trecento stone-look 12-by-24-inch rigid-core LVT in the new color Ivorelle. It’s also available in the larger-format 18-by-36-inch XL Trecento collection.
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Linoleum. Here’s Forbo’s Marmoleum Modular tile in Silt, from Linear, one of three new subcollections that can be mixed and matched. The other two are Neutral and Accent.
Forbo’s eco-friendly Marmoleum Modular tiles make for a lively layout in Linseed and Tiger’s Eye, from the Accent subcollection.
Forbo’s Marmoleum Cinch Loc Seal collection has 13 new colors, in 12-by-12-inch and 12-by-36-inch tiles that are waterproof and have a tongue-in-groove locking system, for glue-free installation.
Here are examples on the show floor from Forbo’s Marmoleum Cinch Loc Seal collection. Made from natural raw materials largely harvested from annual crops, Marmoleum tiles and planks are dimensionally stable, don’t contain PVC or phthalates and are hypoallergenic, the company says.
Porcelain Tile
Wood look. Arizona Tile’s Haru is a new wood-look porcelain collection, shown here in Tan. The planks measure 8 by 48 inches and there’s a nonslip R11 version for exterior use.
Wood look. Arizona Tile’s Haru is a new wood-look porcelain collection, shown here in Tan. The planks measure 8 by 48 inches and there’s a nonslip R11 version for exterior use.
MSI’s Placero is a new wood-look porcelain collection that debuted at TISE, pictured here in Timber. Placero comes in three light tones of 10-by-60-inch planks.
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At TISE, MSI demonstrated how its new matte-finish Placero porcelain wood-look tile pairs with its new UrbanSlat ceramic Flute Oak color wall tile.
Here’s Crossville’s display of its Rural Retreat oak-look porcelain collection, showing all five colors. Planks measure 8 by 48 inches.
Natural marble and marble-look. Averni is a new natural marble collection from E by Emser. There’s one color, Sky, and two sizes: 12 by 24 inches and 18 by 36 inches.
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Calacata Giallo, with its gold veining set against a white backdrop, is a new addition to E by Emser’s natural marble collection.
Daltile’s marble-look Vanserra porcelain comes in 33-inch-square tiles for an elegant, expansive look, shown here in Opal, one of three colors.
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Daltile’s Panoramic Duet has the look of marble in a porcelain tile that varies in size, up to 48 inches square. There are four colors and the collection is meant to coordinate with the company’s Panoramic Porcelain Slabs. Pictured is Calacatta Topaz.
Here’s Daltile’s Panoramic Duet marble-look porcelain tile in Anthracite.
Concrete look. MSI’s Cementique, shown here in Silver, is a new collection of concrete-look porcelain tiles, with a mixed glossy-matte lappato finish. They’re available in 24-by-48-inch and 40-inch square tiles, plus 2-by-2-inch mosaics. There are coordinating exterior pavers in 24-inch square and 24-by-48-inch sizes.
Arizona Tile’s Industrial, shown in Sage, is new concrete-look porcelain available in five colors. It comes in 12-by-24-inch and 24-by-48-inch sizes, as well as 2-inch-square mosaics. There’s also a 12-by-24-inch exterior version.
Stone look. New Silque stone-look porcelain tile is shown here in the Classic color, from E by Emser.
New Silque porcelain tile from E by Emser imitates concrete and other stone. Pictured here in Ice, one of three colors, it’s available in seven sizes, including large-format, and two patterns, one a coordinating ribbed wall tile in the same colors, along with an outdoor R11 anti-slip version.
Claytone is a new porcelain from E by Emser that has a variety of patterns, including terra-cotta and terrazzo looks for the floor that can be combined with patterned-surface wall tiles in coordinating colors. There are six colors and multiple sizes, up to 47 inches square.
Claytone porcelain tile in the terrazzo-look Blend Pure style and color, new from E by Emser.
Persona is a new tile collection with marble and limestone looks from E by Emser. This is the Whisper marble-look tile, measuring 15 by 30 inches.
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The trend toward midtone, natural-looking wood is evident in several new collections from Anderson Tuftex. The company debuted its new Artisan Oak engineered hardwood collection at the Jan. 26-29 TISE show, shown here in the Linseed color.
Anderson Tuftex’s new Artisan Oak is 7½-inch wide engineered white oak with a hand-hewn texture. The company says the planks were inspired by oak beams and heirloom pieces.
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