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Shoes or No Shoes?

By DIY Maven

Do you have a ‘No Shoes Allowed’ rule in your house? If so, how about this rather erudite welcome mat demanding compliance to your decree?

'No Shoes' mat available at Signals for $39.95.

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August 16, 2007
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jasimar

August 29, 2007

ditto bacon.  i've never allowed shoes, but somehow when my husband asks people to remove their shoes it's okay.  'cos he's asian', explain friends.  weird!  

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DIY Maven

August 22, 2007

We have a pretty strict no-shoes rule in our house. I can't get over what people step in and subsequently bring into the house. Ish.

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baconthecat

August 22, 2007
Everyone who comes over is subjected to the no-shoes rule, which I told hubby he HAS to enforce for his friends (but he does only sometimes). The most common reply is, "Oh, it's cos you're Asian. Ok." ...!!! Excuse us for being clean, ok! lol Our house mat right now is in the design of an old-fashioned ice-cream sale ad, which makes me cheerful whenever I see it. On the subject of shoes in the house, tho, it riles me up to see dirty shoes clomping all over the carpet! Not to mention disgusted.
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megrockstar

August 18, 2007
Now that i have my gorgeous new wood floors I think I will incorporate the no shoes policy in the winter at least, or until th bad weather passes. I dont want that mess trucked around my house
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Chrisjob

August 16, 2007

My mother-in-law was a 'closet' smoker: she didn't tell my father-in-law until he found a butt in the toilet on their honeymoon...she was afraid he'd annul the marriage.

She never admitted it to her kids: she used to 'steal' smokes from visiting family members, and no one in the family would talk about...

My father-in-law wouldn't admit it to my wife until after my mother-in-law died two years ago...Then they laughed about it at the funeral dinner. :) 

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DIY Maven

August 16, 2007
OH...LISTEN TO THIS! My mother is a 'closet' smoker. Literally. She PRETENDS she doesn't do it even though we all know she does--smoke I mean. So when she visits people, she'll lock herself in the bathroom and light up. Like what? Nobody can smell it???
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badbadivy

August 16, 2007

Bahaha! My mom gave me grief about the no-shoes-in-the-house rule too! Until she came into my house one day with mud on her feet and muddied my brand new carpeting in my brand new house. I hadn't even lived here a month yet.

Oddly, the rule in my house that I've gotten the MOST grief about is the "no smoking in the house" rule.  Everyone in my family has acted like I'm really snotty about it. Helllooooo! I have kids and a cat with asthma, no way is anyone smoking in my house! Jeez. 

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DIY Maven

August 16, 2007
Okay, SOME people (my mother) used to make me feel like something was wrong with me because I ask people to remove their shoes upon entering my house, BUT a couple of years ago, after leaving a Twins game, I was walking with a friend, chatting away while my husband was a few feet ahead of us, oblivious to just about everything except the conversation. I noticed hubby step in about a day old puddle of vomit, while my friend and I, not letting up on our conversation, stepped around the yuck. This story is now the basis of my argument when people give me grief about my no shoe policy. P.S. Hubby only realized later what he stepped in when I asked, hey did you notice you stepped in vomit? I did? was his reply. Enough said. ;)
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badbadivy

August 16, 2007
I used to have a "no shoes" rule in my house before I installed laminate flooring. Now, shoes are helpful for traction, ha!

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