jenbrdsly Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Have you ever thought about naming your house? If so, what name would it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 We named our property "Woodridge Heath", including our subdivision name & the fact that we live a Heath-type terrain. :-) Love Anne Shirley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Michelle* Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 "Our Last Name's" Home for the Mildly Insane :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I've wanted to name our farm for years, but nothing has ever stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deacongirl Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 My dd is a huge fan of hers. We recently moved and are debating this very topic. Her latest is Hydrangea Hill House--we are on a hill but we only have one hydrangea so we would have to plant more to make sense (we love hydrangeas so good excuse). She also insists on "Last name's" End--despite the fact that we don't live at the end of anything, haha! My parents first home was named "Mon Caprice" with a sweet painted sign. So far no consensus. She wishes we had a green roof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakim Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Not because of LM Montgomery, but we've always named our houses. We actually have one name that is our home, whichever house we live in. This is "Lastname Gates" because dh is Jamaican and your "gates" is your home. Then each house we live in has a name, so we're "Lastname Gates at 'current house name' ". The house we're in now is "Shady Fifth" because it's, well, shady and a fifth of an acre. To complicate things, we registered a herd name for our vast herd of two goats ;). Our herd name is "Herb of Grace" so I suppose they'd be "Herb of Grace at Shady Fifth" until such bright day when we move to something with more than 0.20 acres. Our school name is our family home name plus the word "academy" until high school, then family home name plus "High School". Sounds complicated, but we were a military family until dh retired, and we moved a lot. So our family-home-name went with us and we use it for email addresses, stationery, etc. Edited May 25, 2012 by mamakim not enough caffeine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Ours has a name--We live in a rectory, the head priest's house in the Episcopal tradition. My son nicknamed it "The Resurrectory." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenbrdsly Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Sounds complicated, but we were a military family until dh retired, and we moved a lot. So our family-home-name went with us and we use it for email addresses, stationery, etc. That probably gives your kids a sense of continuity. What a great idea! When I was little I named our house in San Diego "The Palms". I've never come up with anything good for our house now, but you guys are giving me some ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Ours has a name--We live in a rectory, the head priest's house in the Episcopal tradition. My son nicknamed it "The Resurrectory." :lol:I adore this! What a great name!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Our lastname is Arn, and our farm is called Arnworks farm. Now to get it, you have to say iron works with a southern drawl, which is common here with Ky just a stones throw away. My husband's cousin's name growing up was Rusty Arn. That got giggles in Maysville, Ky on a Saturday night trying to talk to girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 We haven't named our house, but we just went to look at one called "Whitsende Farm." :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I had thought of it, but couldn't ever come up with something. I'm not very imaginative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 My dd is a huge fan of hers. We recently moved and are debating this very topic. Her latest is Hydrangea Hill House--we are on a hill but we only have one hydrangea so we would have to plant more to make sense (we love hydrangeas so good excuse). She also insists on "Last name's" End--despite the fact that we don't live at the end of anything, haha! My parents first home was named "Mon Caprice" with a sweet painted sign. So far no consensus. She wishes we had a green roof! I like Hydrangea Hill. :) It sounds like something my family would come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deacongirl Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I like it too! We just have to be patient I guess until the hydrangeas grow! It would be beautiful if the hill was covered with them though. (must work on my black thumb) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 We jokingly named ours Tree Rat Ranch, since we have a very large population of squirrels living here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I go back and forth calling ours Meadowview (obvious reason) and Holly House (we have 2 HUGE holly trees in the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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