We Bought a New Carpet Remnant

We found a great deal on a carpet remnant for the unfinished basement area where all the kids toys are. It was huge 12' x 23' piece at a great price so I'm really happy about it. What I wasn't so happy about was the need to move everything to put the carpet down and then re-organize it to put it back. It had to be done. We were able to put all of the baby stuff away in the process too, so that was nice. Anyway, it looks nice, but I'm dreading the fact that it will only look like this for, what, 12 hours?