I plan to do tile in the floors of kitchens & bathrooms but that's a project for another day. I always planned to upgrade vinyl floors, counters as well as the tile the builders installed so that's going to happen too but may wait until next year or the year after since it looks good and has no issues yet. Right now I want to focus on this carpet situation as it's a pressing need. I'm looking at bamboo options right now and I've seen some options that look pretty cool. I still don't understand why it hasn't come down more in price since the materials to create it are so much more readily available. I had hoped that it would maybe come down more in cost by now but it seems it's still going to run around the cost of hard wood +/- depending on quality, shade, etc.