tile is very cold and echoey unless your rooms are well furnished with lots of stuff. Even so I can tell the difference in my kids' room when I pulled up their rug recently - it sounded like I was walking into a totally empty house.

our tiles are kind of pale grey and white with an inner square of mottled grey and a slightly lighter border - they don't really show the dirt that much, and I rarely bother mopping. I have noticed that they're beginning to get some pretty bad chips now though, but they are about 10yrs old.

for me personally I'd choose Pergo any day, but I haven't had direct experience of it. I'd stick wtih tiles for the kitchen floor though and make sure they're glazed and non-stick. I'd also have to keep tiles in bathrooms because my lots are extremely messy with a variety of nasty liquids and solids. Having tile rather than carpet has made a huge difference to how I respond to kids peeing on the floor or dropping toothpaste, or DH doing the washing up! I'd probably be slightly less relaxed wih Pergo, and downright freaky if we had carpet!

I'm thinking of carpet tiles for the kids' room though...

Kerri.