Barefoot in the summer, socks in the winter. Though I also have an old, worn-out, but very comfy pair of sneakers I sometimes use as slippers.
Depends. How warm is it? Am I having a hot flash? Am I trailing in and out fairly often? Have I been out in the dog and chicken lot and likely stepped in poo? (The dogs, for some reason, like to crap on the gravel and sawdust path to the coop, especially when it’s wet and muddy and footing outside the path is treacherous for the bipeds. And the chickens are far less discriminating than the dogs.) Did I just break another wine glass? Am I cooking and at risk for dropping a chef knife on my foot?
I might be barefoot, socked, slippered, in crocs or gum boots with or without socks, or wearing street shoes depending on the answers to those questions. We have hardwood almost exclusively. Our only footwear rule is don’t be a jerk–don’t knowingly track anything in, don’t make rude commentary about anybody else’s choices, don’t put your feet up on the upholstered furniture wearing shoes.
I don’t think there’s any point trying to explain a shoes-off culture to people who don’t live in it - we’ve tried over and over again, and they just don’t get it.
One week in the snow and slush would solve that forever. Oh hell, one day in the snow and slush. (And salt, and sand…)
I love being barefoot, but between being a Type II diabetic and my wife being a klutzy seamstress that can’t keep control of her sharp objects, I don’t dare. So, around the house I wear kung fu slippers. They are absolutely flat, which appeals to my attraction to being barefoot, but there’s still the protection from the needles in the carpet.
They are cheap, too. The one I have now cost about $8 a pair.
Not for me. I always wear shoes in the house and we literally have snow on the ground 6 months out of the year. Our driveway is gravel.
Our house is not a mess, we vacuum once a week or so and wipe the wood floors once in a while. It simply is not a big deal.
Admittedly, it’s ‘clean’ snow, but I have no problem taking a hike in the woods or taking the dogs down the gravel road and coming in the house with shoes on. As long as my shoes aren’t full of mud, they can stay on and it causes no problems.
Bare feet or socks anyplace that feels like “home” - my house, parents’ house, inlaws’ house, and many friends’ houses. Haven’t had anyone object yet.
Shearling slippers, unless it it is very hot.
Brian
Never went barefoot as a child (even had shoes to wear at/in the lake), so I have very tender feet. I wear slippers/socks/shoes at home. No rules for visitors at my house. I do have a photo of my entryway during my son’s high school Japanese club party-40 pairs of shoes in a big pile!
As part of my job, I go into people’s homes every day. If there are shoes in the entry way, I take my shoes off and put on the slippers I keep in my bag. If the person who answers the door is barefoot or in socks, I ask if they want me to take my shoes off. One episode of wearing socks in someone’s house and puncturing the bottom of my foot by stepping on the carpet tack strip cured me from going shoeless.
After seeing the stains and dirt on the backing of the carpets I pulled up, there is no carpeting in my house.
I’m in Canada. If your first act on crossing the threshold into a dwelling isn’t removing your shoes, you get shunned - and rightly so. So socks, here.
Week days, the alarm goes off and my wife hits the shower. I pull on my sweats and fuzzy lined boots. I feed the dogs and give each a short walk. The puppy needs the practice walking on lead and the older dog is never left loose due to an old ACL tear.
Note, every fall the puppy is replaced with a new one needing to be trained.
Some days the next task is shovel the driveway. Some days I get dressed and go out. Some days I stay in sweats and boots and waste all morning on the net. Most days I eventually get dressed and put on work shoes. I may even go outside and work. Weekends my wife gets up and tends the dogs and once the puppy is a little bigger, I loaf around in slippers. Small puppies require frequent trips outside to lavish praise on them.
I do sometimes take muddy shoes or boots off for slippers.
It started out just as a practical matter: if I don’t have to go anywhere, why bother putting anything on my feet? I’ll just wind up with stinkier shoes or dirty socks.
But as I’ve gotten used to being home, I find that shoes actually feel restrictive now, and I actually take them off as soon as I can. As long as I don’t have to worry about appearances, hurting the bottom of my feet, or excess cold, I don’t see any reason to not be barefoot.
I prefer barefoot, but no rules for others.
I have Dansko clogs that are especially for wearing at home. I almost always have socks and clogs on.
I used to be a barefoot/socks person but then I got plantar fasciitis.
Shoes. I can’t go barefoot (and wouldn’t choose to in any case) and rarely find slippers comfortable for walking around. I wear shoes at all times when I’m not in bed or showering.
Who the hell wears Depends on their feet? 
Socks in cold weather, barefoot in warm.