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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...

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 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?

There's Monster Palace, too...

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

I am thinking I have been to that one!

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".

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And we can't forget this 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 wanna know!

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

GREEN GABLES, MOTHERFUCKERS.

you know we'd proudly put it up.

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

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

HA! I totally guessed that in my head.

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

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 have only been by it. Its on 39th.

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