etiquette at family homes

Alpha58

Rule in Force

1. No shoes in the house;

2. No sitting on the furniture;

3. No eating except over a one square metre spot of the patio which has a protective waterproof covering of thick rubber and is jet-washed thrice daily;

4. No speaking. Hand signals preferred provided that they are tasteful;

5. No smoking within 100m of the house;

6. No drinking (see "eating" above) in the house;

7. All guests requested to use the adapted stanna stair lift attached to the walls which will propel them around the house with minimal impact. Special commode seat available with 24 hours' written notice. Must be sterilised after use.

8. No animals, children or Police officers (except with Magistrates' warrant);

9. No breathing expect by prior written application;

10. No movement except between 12.30 and 12.35 daily.

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Never really tested the practicality as nobody visits us. Can't work out why...

MrsE_2

pollypenny wrote: »

How can anyone relax and enjoy life in their own home when everything is so easily marked?

A home is for living in, relaxing, doing some things that are messy, as simple as eating a jam sandwich.

Bet no one has a relaxing glass of red in your living room.

Calm, pale, spacious, light colours are what I find relaxing & soothing. I relax in my lovely surroundings.

I find dark colours & clutter jarring & unrelaxing.

pollypenny

Those who mention using coasters on table are sensible.

A glass or cup is highly likely to leave a permanent mark on wood.

My little size 5s will leave no trace,( unless you are looking for CSI traces, of course )

tayforth

Pixiechic wrote: »

I used to know of a family who wrapped their sofa in plastic, I think so as not to spoil it? :eek: I'd never seen anything like it, they sat on it with the plastic on it!

Really???? :eek:

Alpha58 wrote: »

Rule in Force

1. No shoes in the house;

2. No sitting on the furniture;

3. No eating except over a one square metre spot of the patio which has a protective waterproof covering of thick rubber and is jet-washed thrice daily;

4. No speaking. Hand signals preferred provided that they are tasteful;

5. No smoking within 100m of the house;

6. No drinking (see "eating" above) in the house;

7. All guests requested to use the adapted stanna stair lift attached to the walls which will propel them around the house with minimal impact. Special commode seat available with 24 hours' written notice. Must be sterilised after use.

8. No animals, children or Police officers (except with Magistrates' warrant);

9. No breathing expect by prior written application;

10. No movement except between 12.30 and 12.35 daily.

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Never really tested the practicality as nobody visits us. Can't work out why...

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Gra76

We don't have very many rules, we expect our visitors to apply common sense.

For instance, we don't smoke, therefore we expect our guests not to smoke in the house.

We don't mind people wearing shoes in the house, as long as they're not trampling mud everywhere. The ground floor is all laminate anyway, but the bedrooms are all carpetted. As we're selling the house at the moment we're trying to make sure the new carpets in those bedrooms are kept clean. A family of 4 came for a 2nd viewing yesterday and trampled mud into all the bedrooms. To say I wasn't best pleased was an understatement but as they're currently working out their finances in preparation to make an offer I'm letting it slide...

My parents always said while I was under their roof I had to live by their rules, and I've carried that philosophy into my own house, just glad I don't have many rules!

zaxdog

When I first moved in with my OH his Mum had nicely bought him a new living room carpet. Sadly it was cream :eek: First purchase I made was a HUGE rug that covered loads of the floor space. In lots of rich reds etc as I find the whole cream/pale/sterile thing very unwelcoming and uncomfortable.

Rules of our house:

The animals are part of the family, if you don't like them there's the door.

Always compliment the cook

Don't open the upstairs windows wide as one of the cats has suicidal urges

Shoe-wise: who cares that much???? Leave them on, take them off, put them on your head and do a dance I really don't mind :rotfl::rotfl:

vroombroom

zaxdog wrote: »

When I first moved in with my OH his Mum had nicely bought him a new living room carpet. Sadly it was cream :eek: First purchase I made was a HUGE rug that covered loads of the floor space. In lots of rich reds etc as I find the whole cream/pale/sterile thing very unwelcoming and uncomfortable.

Rules of our house:

The animals are part of the family, if you don't like them there's the door.

Always compliment the cook

Don't open the upstairs windows wide as one of the cats has suicidal urges

Shoe-wise: who cares that much???? Leave them on, take them off, put them on your head and do a dance I really don't mind :rotfl::rotfl:

Lol I agree with the pets ones x

StressedOutMummy

When I split from my ex, I bought my own home and I spent a bit of money on cream carpets, nice neutral colours on walls from a pro because that is what I like.I did ask people to take their shoes off when visisting until my niece walked in with wet socks that were black and left the dye on my carpet! I was very houseproud.

I now have a 3 year old and the carpet is ruined, the walls have been drawn upon and frankly I don't care. I love having friends and family round and I have no rules really apart from please smoke outside and leave the toilet seat down after using!But I would not get too bothered about it! And wipe up any mess made in kitchen.
Apart from that people could really do what they wished in my home (apart from doing drugs and having sex in my bed) as long as they were happy and relaxed.Carpets, I can always replace them and I can always paint the walls!

MrsE_2

Person_one wrote: »

Its not a working class thing, more an aspirational lower middle class thing in my experience, very 'Keeping Up Appearances'.

Can I clarify? Are you saying that middle class or aspirational middle class people care more about their decor & cleanliness than working class people?

Pixiechic

tayforth wrote: »

Really???? :eek:

Yes :rotfl:, maybe the ones on here who like shoes being removed could consider protecting their carpet in this way, problem solved