Yup, high on our list is to remove carpet from every room but the bed rooms. I like carpet in there because I don't like cold floors in winter. Otherwise we will be putting laminate or tile in the dining room, kitchen, living, halls, bathroom. I have no freaking clue why a builder put carpet in a formal dining room, it is silly. And even sillier I only have one because the one thing my Nanny wanted to leave me was her china. I have had it 5 months and still have no plans at all to use it, maybe Christmas but then I realized my cousins rambunctious kids will be there and a piece would probably be broken.