Yeah, my mom and I had laminate flooring put in our living room a long time ago as well as had our bedrooms replaced with newer carpet and our bathroom and kitchen replaced with tiles, though we're kind of regretting that one as the ones in the kitchen have been cracking.
The bedrooms and living room used to have this ugly carpet and it was always dirty (the carpet in the bedrooms now is of a different kind where it's pretty much impossible for things to get stuck in it as it's all flat), and the kitchen and bathroom had this fake flooring or whatever it's called.
We put in laminate a few months ago, I didn't do it myself, not that talented. Glad I got it rather than real wood. Need some rugs and curtains to deaden the echo