Two years ago I pulled up all the carpet in my house and put down laminate wood. Love it. ( Easier to clean up cat hairs.) I keep a dust broom in my sewing room and when finished sewing for the day, I just run the dust broom over the area and get rid of all the strings, threads, small pieces etc and the room is neat and clean for the next day of sewing. And as for the cold feet in winter....I wear sox.