The carpet on our stairs is still mocking me 4 years later though ours is not green and we can easily go with wood stairs since we do not have to take our stair case apart to do it so a DIY project that we may or may not do by the end of the year.
But now I have my own little room at the bottom of the stairs in the basement: the carpet smells a bit musty, there's a hearth for a wood stove that doesn't work, and cedar paneling that has endured since 1983.