Leave your shoes at the door, and make yourself at home!
Whenever I see a huge pile of shoes outside an open door, I feel like I could take mine off too, walk through the door, and be home. Especially when they’re varied types of shoes– expensive loafers, slippers, flip flops, Birkenstocks, and light up tennis shoes. That’s family, and family is home!
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You would be fine visiting most Filipino houses, then.
i agree
Indian and Chinese homes, too!
I love that it’s a multi-cultural tradition! 
it means respect to the home and to the family
and some Filipino homes prefer to have indoor slippers other than those used for going out 
Indonesian home too
Beautiful!
See? It’s like we’re all family!
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One of my friends’ place is like my home so I kick off my shoes when I get there, no questions asked
It just goes to show how comfortable a person can be in someone else’s place
Exactly! Any place is home if you feel accepted and welcomed there.
perfection – you captured home so well
We have our children and their friends kick off their shoes just inside the door so it always looks something like this. Cool photo. It definitely says home to me.
I’m glad someone else understands how that mess could mean home, haha!
Thank you!
perfect take on the theme.
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Love the photo. I have family take off their shoes but not friends but sometimes they see us all do so they do so too. It is a Dutch thing too.
Oh yes, my Dutch friends also go around barefoot,
I don’t make friends take off their shoes, but when they see a pile like that by the door, most people just go along with it. 
Thanks for your comments!
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Yes! I’ve never thought of it that way but it is true!
I love, love, love this! What a perfect depiction of community….
Yes, where you community is, your home is!
Thanks, Amy!
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I love this.
Our entryway sports quite the collection right now… Assorted shoes for a family of five- and boots for the weather as well. You could certainly lose your shoes in that pile and make yourself right at home!
It sounds wonderful!
There’s something so welcoming about a pile of different types of shoes– “everyone is welcome here”, it says. 
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What a fabulous picture for ‘home’! This is wonderful for the challenge
This is great!
That’s a great shot – I could never understand why people would want to wear their street shoes inside the house…
I never could either, but of course– I grew up walking around homes barefoot. Maybe if I always wore my shoes around I’d feel differently…. but as it is, it seems uncomfortable and dirty.
Dirty being the key word…
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Deep thoughts for such an innocent pic. …. Wanted to make sure I said Hi Rarasaur!
Hi Frank!
Yep, shoes are never just shoes. They’re one of the most complex simple objects in existence. 
Thanks for popping by!!
Come on over, no one wears shoes inside! there’s even a little tile sign at the door that says “Maholo for taking your shoes off”
That sounds lovely and welcoming!
It doesn’t surprise me to know our homes are so similar. 
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This is quite a common sight in Sydney – Chinese homes. It makes perfect sense to me.
Perfect.
Thank you!
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I grew up in Hawaii. THIS!
Well, this is fairly perfect! When we visit family in Spain, we follow the tradition of keeping shoes on in the house and it fairly well kills me to do so.
I didn’t know that you kept shoes on in Spain– how interesting!
Yes, it’d be hard for me to do as well– I’d probably end up tiptoeing everywhere, haha! 
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Good one! We have to feel at home to show off our socks!
Haha, well said!
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I have a very dear friend, who comes to visit us with her children. Her kids are as close to have children of our own as we will ever know, and we love them dearly. It’s always a happy sight for me to see all the shoes piled up at the downstairs door. And always a very sad moment when all the shoes have gone again. Yes, I would say that’s a good sign of family and a home, and family doesn’t always have to be related.
Oh exactly! In that picture, I was related by blood to maybe two of the shoe owners– but every one of them is family.
What a lovely point, thank for you for popping by to share it. 
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Its always good to see the people shoes by the door. It tells me that they are civilised and respectful. Why would anyone want to wear shoes in the house?
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Perfect!
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