Recording at home can be a challenge when using a good quality, sensitive microphone that picks up all the nuances of your performance - and every noise you don't want heard! I don't have a sound-proof room, but one room is fairly quiet so that all household sounds aren't picked up, unless my cat Isabel decides to paw at the door, shove it open, and announce her presence. She's been lying on the bed listening quite a bit, sometimes licking herself. You'd be surprised how much noise that makes, so I've had to institute a "no licking while recording" policy, which she has not followed strictly, I must admit. She has been ejected a few times, sometimes with success, sometimes without (she just comes back). She's also taken to rubbing her face on the microphone stand until I pet her so she'll lie back down, and then I resume recording only to discover my fret hand is covered in white cat fur, which distracts me.
She's easier to deal with than outside noises, though. I expected to hear the occassional car go by, as the room is at the front of the house, but I'm still surprised that airplanes thousands of feet up are audible. Then there's the random car door slam, lawn mower, or leaf blower. Sometimes big trucks park outside and leave the engine running (quite loudly) for 10 minutes at a time. Early in the morning, it's birds chirping outside the window. Late afternoons, and it't rush hour and planes overhead. On the weekend, it's yard work.
All in all, it's not so bad. I just hope nothing's been immortalized forever behind my playing! You can see for yourself soon enough, as I'm expecting a Fall release.