I love wood floors. We only have carpet in the living room now. I would change that if we didn't have a piano and a large wooden shrunk in there. Wood is so easy to keep clean and we have noticed our allergies are better since we switched to wood floors. You can hear pins drop and see threads easily. Just run the swifter through the rooms quickly and it's clean. Laminate would be the same. Congrats on your new room.