The Shoe Rule

[Jaylee53]

Do you have a rule in your home about guests and residents removing their shoes when they come in?  Is it a way to help them feel more relaxed and at home?
Some cultures regard it as a sign of respect....
Some homeowners are not inclined to run the vacuum anymore than necessary...(me).
Some don't care either way....
I live in a state where there is lots of snow and sidewalk salt in the winter and I don't care to have it tracked in to the house so I prefer winter wear comes off at the door.   During the summer I'm not too fussy....

I just wish I could figure out how to keep the kitties paws litter free after the visit to the box...

[Bob Stepp]

That was a good rule on the dairy farm. We took off shoes, boots and sometimes everything else in an enclosed back porch before stepping into the house.

[Stir Young]

My house looks like a dorm room. Most visitors take one look through the door, and then stay outside.

[P.A.]

no shoe rule here. I even keep mine on most of the time.

[Goldilocks46]

Same here, PA. George takes his shoes off as soon as we get home, but he likes to go barefoot.

[d's girl]

Jaylee, when my ex & I moved to Michigan neither of us had lived there, or anywhere like there, before. Taking one's shoes off when you entered a home was completely foreign to us, and that people expected it was - well, flabbergasting to us, honestly. Being at dinner parties & such at people's homes w/everyone in their stocking feet was uncomfortable to us, to say the least. It felt so ridiculous. We owned a beautiful American Four Square historic home, right downtown in a quaint little village (lemme know if you know anyone who would love to buy it right now!). We had an open house the first Christmas - made a deal about people NOT needing to remove their shoes when they entered. Some insisted. They were wise & considerate. OMG - the damage & mess that the snow & salt made, tracked all over our hundred year old hardwoods! I still don't care for the practice, but I see how necessary it is.

I tend to be barefoot almost all the time in my own home, but it feels different in someone else's home.
I'm back in Atlanta now, so ya'll come on down & walk on into my home w/your shoes on, now, y'hear? '-)

[Bob Stepp]

You got a cow lot I can wade through first???

[d's girl]

Well, no, Cowboy, I don't.

[Jaylee53]

Nice toes Tay...

[d's girl]

haha... tx, Jaylee. I like really bright, fun colors in the summer, even neon. '-) My stepsister says I have the taste of an 8 year old in nail polish. And SHE's the one w/tats & body piercings! ;-p

[d's girl]

Here's a more traditional pedicure. we took this on our awesome tbd girls' weekend a few months ago, to show off my new sexy shoes to mr. hottie before he'd had a chance to see them in person. '-)

[Chez moi]

When I moved from the city to the country, I was cleaning floors all the time. My husband didn't like to take his shoes off unless there was visible mud, so over the years I greatly relaxed my standards, and we put in antique terra-cotta tile floors that take all kinds of punishment without squealing.

I keep a pair of Birkies by the door to wear in the house, and the outdoor shoes stay there, but I don't demand that friends take off shoes unless they offer - many of them do the same thing at their homes. Bad weather visits to friends, I may carry clean shoes.

[larry kremis]

Please wipe your shoes and come on in, I'm going to vaccuum eventually anyway. My cousin's a stickler for removing shoes before entering her house. Every 4th of July they have a big party and she puts a sign on the door to remove your shoes before entering.