Do you wear shoes or slippers at home.Or do you go bare foot or walk around in socks.Do you have a shoes off at the door house rule just for your family or does everyone have to remove their shoes in your house.Perhaps you are flexible and let people choose for themselves. If you have a shoes off rule,do you provide slippers for guests to wear or do they bring their own.It is increasingly popular nowadays to have a shoes off rule and also more socially acceptable. Why is that?Vogue magazine said that slippers were now the number one household accessory.Why has there been a sudden seachange to wearing slippers and also having shoes off house rules.But ultimately is it not just about personal choice to have a shoes off rule in the house.
Is it not down to the each homeowner to make thier own house etiquette rules.However,some people feel can uncomfortable in walking around the house in just socks or bare foot especially in colder climate swhere feet can get very cold without slippers or shoes.
So should visitors be warned in advance that you dont allow shoes in the house so they can bring their own slippers, and/or should a good host provide a selection a clean slippers for the visitors to put on.People on boths side of the debate can get very uptight about this whole subject
when basically its pretty harmless thing to just slip your shoes off at the door.Unless there is a medical reason for wearing shoes in the house i cant imagine why anyone would actually choose to wear them
All of my family automatically kick our shoes off in our entrance hall. And if we staying in for the rest of the day we remove our socks and put them in a basket that i leave by the door and get straight into our comfy slippers.And yes the basket is emptied at least once a day and the contents put straight in the washer. So theres no nasty lingering smells.And i must say it just seems to be the customary thing to do in all the homes in our area.I have lived in many different parts of Britain and Canada and i must say its been just been the thing to automatically do before going into the house. And yes with the British and Canadian cold and wet weather it definately a case of wearing your slippers in the house.

I do but I have a pair that are only for inside the house. (We don't wear our outside shoes inside the house.) I started doing it when following flylady years ago and it became a habit. It makes me feel more 'professional' when I work from home if I'm wearing shoes.

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We don't have a rule to take shoes off at the door, but we usually do. I don't make guests take their shoes off.

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My kids and dh knows it's take your shoes off at the door and put them in the closet and go wash your hands. I would never ask a guest to remove their shoes. If they notice we take our off and ask if they should take theirs off I simply say "Sure, make yourself comfortable."

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all shoes/boots/ sandals off at the door...and if socks are wet those too..either slippers, socks or barefeet in my house.

We have a shoes off rule - but we live on a farm and 99% of the time there is icky stuff (mud, gook, etc) caked to the bottom. Depending on the season I do ask guests to take off their shoes ~ but then again most anyone who lives down here takes them off automatically anyway.

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We don't wear our outside shoes indoors. I however do wear a pair of inside croc like shoes all the time due to foot problems

We don't have a definate rule about shoes, but we normally take them off. We then either go barefoot, wear socks or slippers. As far as guests we don't make them, they just normally ask if they should take them off or just automatically take them off.

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I just wanted to add this rather practical footnote to my discussion topic. I have a large family, and our carpets are only a few months old and perhaps i made a mistake when i chose the color, but our carpets are beige.And as we live in a coastal town the roads and paths are quite dirty, so the only way i can keep my carpets clean is that I have no choice but to insist that, unless somebody has a medical problem or disibility, that all shoes come off at the door.No-body has ever got upset or offended by this , and our friends all bring their carpet slippers with them. In fact i bought all my four lovely childrens best friends their own pair of comfy slippers to put on when they visit. And they are left on their own special shelf by the door so they slip them straight on when they arrive and just so they feel especially welcome and comfortable in our house.And yes lots of their mums have done the same for us.A little kindness goes a long way.

I guess it all depends. If there is mud and yuck than yes we take our shoes off at the door. If not, the kids will take their shoes off in their room and put them in the closet. I usually run around in slippers and flip flops all year long. I do not expect guests to take off their shoes when they walk in, although everyone seems too.

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