Looking for some really creative ways to ask your guess to “remove the shoes!” I was asked over on the Tip Junkie Facebook page by Noralyn if, “I had any ideas for a sign that politely or comically request that my house guest remove their shoes at her front door.”
Asking guests to Take Off Shoes can be easier than you think with these fun ideas. Please note, that none of these are actual tutorials, they are links to ideas and Etsy shops! Sadly, I searched and searched so if you have a tutorial on your site – I’d love to see it. {wink}
Remove The Shoes
1. Here’s a cute block that you can decorate or embellish any way that you like and pop in a darling black and white photo of your kiddies piggies. {scroll down to bottom-middle on that post}
2. Take Off Shoes lettering by the baseboards is such a fun idea. I love how the letters get progressively larger but the same color as the wall. {snicker}
3. Removing Shoes Before Entering {True} – This Print Is A Digital Reproduction Of An Original BirdAve Illustration and completely whimsical and fun.
4. Mahalo for taking off your shoes! This sign is a whimsical and colorful reminder for your guests to remove their shoes before entering your home created by Rusti Lee.
5. his is a great idea to cross stitch something into a beautiful frame like this, “Abandon Shoes All Ye Who Enter”.
6. Please Remove Your Shoes painted rectangle door hanger. It’s hand painted with several fun shoe types on it.
7. “Please Remove Your Shoes ~ Don’t take better ones on your way out!” sign is hysterical!
8. Since I’m from Texas I really appreciate this sign, “If you’re not George Strait, Take your boots off!”
9. Here’s another funny one, “Life is made of choices, Remove your shoes or scrub the floor”.
10. On Facebook Heather suggested this sign, ” We are military stationed in Japan… I see signs all the time that say “This is an American home, run Japanese style (since they take their shoes off at the door).” I thought that was such a cool idea, I found one.
Wondering what to do with the shoes that people are taking off all the time? I LOVE the idea behind this shoe rack that floats off the floor. Seriously cool.
Be sure to let me know if you make any of these Remove The Shoes signs or a different one of your own. Simply leave the link to your blog post in the comments, or upload a photo to the Tip Junkie Facebook page. I adore hearing from you. {{wink}}
Creating Memories that Endure,
Laurie
We dont have a sign, we are lucky to have a closet next the entrance hall, so I just ask people to leave their shoes in the closet. Regular guests and family have a pair of their own slippers to change into, so when they come they automatically leave their shoes in the closet and put their slippers on
Cute! I saw a sign once that said, “Welcome friends, please bare your soles”. I thought that was warm and welcoming while getting the message across! And I have a friend who just has a cute little basket of slippers by a bench with a sign that says, “Welcome friends…please have a seat…we love to pamper our guests and their feet.” ….which I thought, again, put a nice positive spin on the basic message of “take off your shoes”. 🙂
I think that’s the exact reason for the sign – because there are so many different cultures and society rules that it can really be confusing. I live in Ft. Worth and we all take off our shoes when we enter a home. It’s more like a habit at this point than anything else.
So I say that if you’d prefer to have your guests take off their shoes then create a fun sign or cute shoe rack. If you don’t – then I wouldn’t worry about it. ;). Does that answer your question?
Laurie {Tip Junkie}
Oh man I have been wanting to find something like this. I never know how to ask people nicely so I have just given up!
The custom of asking (or expecting) a guest (a guest, not family) to remove his shoes is so funny to me. In my home growing up, it would never be expected. In fact, a friend of mine came over and removed his shoes and my dad was flabbergasted. He felt like it was much to casual for some one to do on his first visit to our home. I tried to explain that it was a sign of respect, to not dirty the floors. Of course, my dad doesn’t clean the floors. My mom does, so perhaps that’s why such reasoning would escape him! ;o)
I moved to Alaska where NOT removing your shoes would be rude – no sign required. Putting up such a sign in AK would be live putting up a sign that says “Please cover your mouth when your cough” or “Please breathe”. So, my question – when no sign is present – what is the proper etiquette? To remove or not to remove, that is the question.