Clean carpet is lovely, but there is nothing worse than spotty, smelly carpet, and with 4 dogs and 2 cats, we would have the latter, if I allowed them access to that part of the house. I absolutely hate carpet and I have a lot of it to deal with in this house.

The Pergo in my kitchen has held up beautifully, but if I had my way, I would have tile in the kitchen/den and Oak flooring everywhere else. The Pergo was poorly installed (before we bought the house) and although it is ok, I would prefer the Oak, like I had in my old house.

I would do anything to avoid wall to wall carpeting and just get rugs to accent and "warm" the room.

Logan