Decorating with Pergo

Q: I have a decorating question. In 1998 i put Pergo laminate in my kitchen and laundry room. Let me back up a minute. I live in a mobile home. I now want to put pergo throughout the rest of the house. I now prefer the wider plank look and maybe a little darker than what I have. Have you ever seen it mixed. The fellow who is going to put it down for me suggested that if we did that we might pick up one of the colors that is in my floor now to blend and perhaps replace the molding in the tone of my new floor on my old floor. Have you ever seen anything like this done?
A: I have seen a few laminate floors in the past which were mixed between various patterns (though not specifically a Pergo laminate) and some have looked very good. Typically the better looking ones have a mixture of 3-4 colors so that the color shifts are well spread and the time taken to install the floor and sort the planks to make the floor look good is far more than a normal laminate floor.
This being said, since your Pergo is a bit older it is virtually impossible to marry up your original floor with new Pergo, as you will likely have a difference in locking system specs, dimensions of the planks and gloss level of the finish.
Now if you were buying multiple colors of all new flooring, all from the same collection, you could do a mixed floor, but your best bet would be to simply install the new floor Pergo where you want it and transition to the rooms with the current Pergo, or replace the old Pergo with the same new Pergo you intend to install.