I too have laminate in my sewing room. I bought the "sale" laminate at Home Depot. I LOVE it. We have tongue in grove in the rest of the upstairs and the needles, pins and threads all got caught in the groves. The laminate is not noisy - AND it is super easy to clean up threads etc. The only problem I had was my foot peddle kept sliding on it (and I am too cheap to purchase the non slip pad that you can get for foot peddles). I went to Ocean State Job Lots (like a Big Lots) and bought a cute rubber backed half circle rug about 2' in diameter for $2. Works perfectly! Good Luck