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My friends are into naming their houses. Usually with shared houses. Ends up being convenient to refer to a house by name when three or four of your friends live there.

The Kitten Shack: the first one I knew of, so-called because the local outdoor cats loved their yard, IIRC.

Madison Mansion: it was on SE Madison.

Chris's Wayward Home for Boys and Girls: Chris owns the house and rents out the bedrooms to an ever-changing bunch of friends.

Little Pink: There's a building downtown that's a bank headquarters, and it's frequently called Big Pink because it's, well, big...and pink. Little Pink is also pink but just a house.

The Crow's Nest: The guy who owns the house just really likes crows. Poor guy made the mistake of ordering a custom messenger bag with a crow on it...just as that Portlandia sketch about "put a bird on it" came out. Oops.

So when I knew that

pearlzenith and Kate were moving in, I wanted to name the place. I tossed around a bunch of variations that included the word "fangirl" in it somewhere, but on a silly whim a few nights after they moved in, we decided on Casa de Fancy Pants instead. We even started a tumblr.

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I still want to get you guys a brass 221B plaque for the door...

you know we'd proudly put it up.

I can't believe you left out the Holgate House! Not that it's a terribly creative name, but you know... We even had a room with a name, which I will not mention to avoid triggering anyone or sounding like an asshole.

I knew I'd forget at least one!

(I've delivered mail to it a few times now, BTW.)

Ahahahaha I had to think about what room you meant. Didn't Nicole name it that?

Me or Nicole - I'm not sure which one of us. I definitely was the one who inspired the name either way, because I was always nervous about the unlockable ground floor windows...

I wanna know!

iirc we called it the rape room. Because it was on the ground floor, so if your windows were open in the night....

HA! I totally guessed that in my head.

I lived in the basement of a place where 4 people intermarried. They dubbed the place "greyhaven." guess what book series they were a fan of?

I'm guessing Tolkien, let me know if I'm wrong!

There's Monster Palace, too...

I am thinking I have been to that one!

I wouldn't be surprised. :) how long ago? I've been dating one of the residents for the last 3 or so years.

Wasn't that on 39th? Somewhere around Division?

Edited 2013-09-24 20:18 (UTC)

Used to be 39th and Ainsworth, but they bought a house a couple years ago and now are near Prescott and MLK.

I lived in a house called Dwarf Fortress for a while. I was the tallest of the inhabitants at 5'4".

I actually haven't named my house yet, until

qousqous and his wife came to visit. I figured I needed to Portland it up, so I think I am going to call it "The Quiet House".

Edited 2013-09-24 20:07 (UTC)

And we can't forget this one!

I almost listed this one, even though I've never been in it!

I have only been by it. Its on 39th.

Someday I'm going to buy a Victorian house and paint it green.

GREEN GABLES, MOTHERFUCKERS.

I APPROVE

Come to think of it... I don't believe that I ever have been in a named house. Save for Fancy Pants, that is.

As a kid, we had a clubhouse/fort/hollowed out blackberry bramble that we called Falconshurst (Yes, I had been reading Swiss Family...)

I lived in a house name The Pineapple Palace. It was very yellow inside.