No plaque with an estate name has yet settled to the left of my front door just above the mailbox. For 100 years the bare brick has patiently waited for a pewter plate to light upon it and change the face of the house, to elevate it to the status shared by all properties known not by street numbers, but by descriptive words.
After thorough research, I've compiled a list of rules for naming a house. One guideline that is absent, but bears mentioning, is to never ask your close friends for brainstorming help, particularly if they've imbibed alcoholic beverages at the time of the asking. Everything they suggest will violate rule #1 below. If you plan to continue peaceably living in your neighborhood, do not violate rule #1 below.
1) One must act as a responsible citizen when naming his or her house/property. In other words, if the name is to be posted or used on mail, avoid tawdry, racy, suggestive titles, as well as expletives, even though you may not be able to talk about your old bag of nails without including them.
2) A house name makes a statement about the property or the occupants.
3) Make sure no other properties/homes in the local vicinity already have the name with which you want to christen your house.
4) House/property names can be historic, sentimental, descriptive, humorous or simple. Distinguishing features of the house, plants and/or animals within the bounds of the property, or the view from the property/house can be included in the name.
5) Choose a distinctive moniker, something memorable that sets the house apart from others nearby.
6) Remember, your house will be there far longer than you. Make the name about the house/property and not about the people.
After thorough research, I've compiled a list of rules for naming a house. One guideline that is absent, but bears mentioning, is to never ask your close friends for brainstorming help, particularly if they've imbibed alcoholic beverages at the time of the asking. Everything they suggest will violate rule #1 below. If you plan to continue peaceably living in your neighborhood, do not violate rule #1 below.
1) One must act as a responsible citizen when naming his or her house/property. In other words, if the name is to be posted or used on mail, avoid tawdry, racy, suggestive titles, as well as expletives, even though you may not be able to talk about your old bag of nails without including them.
2) A house name makes a statement about the property or the occupants.
3) Make sure no other properties/homes in the local vicinity already have the name with which you want to christen your house.
4) House/property names can be historic, sentimental, descriptive, humorous or simple. Distinguishing features of the house, plants and/or animals within the bounds of the property, or the view from the property/house can be included in the name.
5) Choose a distinctive moniker, something memorable that sets the house apart from others nearby.
6) Remember, your house will be there far longer than you. Make the name about the house/property and not about the people.
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I'll keep the rules in mind for when I buy my next mansion. lol
All righty then.
Hugs,
Shelly
Only house I ever named I called Borogoves from The Jabberwocky by Lewis Carrol
Obviously Cheech And Chong's Winter Quarters is out. That'll draw in the wrong crowd.
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