Thinking about encouraging a shoes off policy - where do I buy the slippers for guests.

[theITgirl]

We are just finishing off laying the new floor in the dining room / living room. It looks beautiful and we are wary of the floor getting damaged (example my sister and her stilettos). So I would like to buy some slippers for guests if they want to use them.
I want something I can throw in the washing machine & tumble drier so they don't get manky between guests. Does anyine know where I can buy them, nice & cheaply.

Thanks
Debbie

I ask evryone to take their shoes off as do not want germs and dirt inside esp as dd crawls around everywhere. But generally do not think it is clean to have shoes inside.

But I do think it would be strange to offer guests slippers and I would never wear anyones slippers.

This thread isn't about whether it's rude or whatever to ask guests to go without their shoes in her lovely home with her lovely newly laid wooden floor!! It's about where she can get slippers for them (especially her stilletto wearing SIL) to wear.

Fluffy socks are more acceptable than re-usable slippers, as so many people have such manky, sweaty and fungus ridden feet from wearing shoes day in and say out.

I provide lovely non-slip fluffy socks for my house guests. Keeps their toes toasty, and they're washable so guests know they're not going to 'catch' athlete's foot or anything else from some previous manky footed 18/7 shoe wearing guest..

that should be "day in and 'day' out"!

Tnog, I think we should

thinking about it, I'm not sure if in my family and culture it is even the dirt/germs thing - it is just that not taking your shoes off is kind of equivalent to not taking your coat off when you go to someone's house. It is seen as a sign that you're not relaxed there.
And I know that 'just because' it's normal somewhere else doesn't mean it is in the UK, but that doesn't mean that it is a DREADFUL thing to do. Eating dog ain't that bad.

Just stumbled on this thread... I have recently moved and done up my house with lovely light coloured carpet...I often forget to ask but actually prefer my guests to remove their shoes before walking on the carpet particularly (and ideally in the bedrooms as a matter of course). If any guest gets offended if I ask them to remove shoes, then that's their problem. Besides, just think of all the sh*t and germs we walk on outside, why would you want to then walk that into your home, especially if you have little ones that play on the floor.

Re slippers, I dunno why some of you are getting so weird about it, what's the problem? How nice to be offered a fresh packet of slippers (like in a hotel) when visiting friends / family.

Lots of my guests automatically remove their shoes without me even thinking about it, that's called being polite and considerate in my opinion.

you are all nuts, get a doormat

What a very strange thread.

Where is Cod when you need her?

I would chew my legs off before I put on 'fluffy socks' FFS

doormat in place to leave your shoes on lol