Before I bought my current house, I was shown and almost bought a different house where the previous occupant felt like you, just enhanced. Ceramic tile was on all the floors. It also covered most walls and about half the ceilings. I remember thinking "Just put a drain in the middle of the floor and you could clean house with a fire hose."I pulled every stitch of carpet out of my house and had ceramic tile installed everywhere. Tile is easy to keep clean and I love it that way.