I have nasty 70's shag carpet in my sewing room and as soon as I can afford to get laminate, it's coming out! I hate it, hate it, hate it! If I drop a pin, I can't find it until I step on it, I have to drag out the vacuum to clean up....way to difficult as opposed to cleaning up wood or tile floors (get out the swiffer and in 3 minutes the floor is clean). I will never buy carpet for anywhere in my house.....ever!