My husband and son are allergic to the entire world. When we moved into this house there was carpeting in all ten rooms. Only the downstairs bathroom had linoleum. We are down to two carpeted rooms left to do and I absolutely love the wooden floor in my sewing room. Pins can get stuck in carpeting and they are hard to find. You can also step on them if you are barefoot like I often am. The wooden floors in my house were all covered with ugly old carpeting and I was happy to see it go.