I remember moving into a house in 1957 with my parents and the living room was all carpet. The bedrooms were hardwood, the kitchen and dining room were asphalt tile. I remember something happened and my dad just tore all the carpet up one night and started refinishing the floor immediately. . The house was built in 1940 so it was carpeted sometime between 1940 and 1957.

My first house was built in 1962 and we bought it in 1973. It had carpet over the beautiful oak flooring.