Dena O'Neill, a home cleaning and organizing guru who boasts more than 33,000 Instagram followers, shared the vile reality of wearing shoes indoors after swabbing the bottom of her footwear.

When Mr. Rogers stepped through his front door, he would hang up his coat, slip off his shoes, and trade them for a cardigan and slippers. But chances are that not everyone in Mr. Rogers ...

Taking off shoes at the door may be the best way to limit germs and potentially toxic dust from coming inside, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t think of your guests’ comfort, Filippelli said.

Even if your scrub you house from top to bottom every day, there might be a jungle of germs waiting just outside. In a recent study, researchers from the University of Houston found that 40 percent… ...

Make them feel more at home by offering them a pair of slippers. ... A 2008 informal study from the University of Arizona found bacteria associated with fecal matter on the bottom of shoes.

hello pedestrian. Have you ever noticed that thin layer of felt on the bottom of a pair of Converse sneakers? It gets torn up almost immediately, of course, as you walk on the shoes.