I vote for hardwood!!!! Anyone from Pet Talk who knows me, also knows that I hate carpet and if I could pull up every stitch of it in this house, I'd do it in a heartbeat!!!!!!! The newer hardwood floors are so easy to maintain. If I had to wax them, then I might think differently, but my oak floors in my old house, which I had refinished after pulling up all the carpet were so easy to maintain!

In this house, I have Pergo in the kitchen and in the hallway (it was there when we bought it). It is much more slippery than my oak floors were, but my 4 big ones have mastered it and they do not slide around on it.

Remember, I have 4 shedding dogs and 2 cats, along with 3 "skin" kids. I think hardwood is much more easily maintained and I miss my old house that was completely hardwood floors, with tile in the bathrooms. Rugs are much easier to replace than carpeting!!!! And by the way, we never had any scratches on our floor that were there because of our animals.


Are you sorry you asked??? LOL!!