Hooray!
My husband met the inspector out at the Farmhouse today, and to his delight and my relief, he passed! I tell ya' he's a regular DIY-handyman-genius and thank goodness, because if he had been given a huge list of fix-it's, I may have very well broken down into a psychotic state....
My husband met the inspector out at the Farmhouse today, and to his delight and my relief, he passed! I tell ya' he's a regular DIY-handyman-genius and thank goodness, because if he had been given a huge list of fix-it's, I may have very well broken down into a psychotic state....
...seriously, padded walls and jackets with padlocks may have been called in...
Luckily none of those precautions were needed and now we have insulation scheduled for Thursday and drywall to follow the middle of next week! So, that's all I have on that right now. Once the men with the big spray insulation guns show up, I'll inform you all.
I know you won't be able to sleep until then...
With the promise of interior walls on the near future horizon, it has got me really thinking about the final product. There are still so many features of the house that we have yet to decide on, like the tile for the master bathroom floor, the fireplace mantel, stair runners, bedroom carpet and I still haven't decided which route to go on the kitchen countertops...
...I've lost a lot of hair as of late....
...seriously, my ponytail is the width of a my pinky finger.
Anyways, I picture myself standing in the entry of the house with all these decisions flying through the air, around my head and through the house waiting for me to call out and point my finger at the ones that are to stay and to shout and wave my hand at the features that are to go. It's a lot of stress. So, as I picture this tornado of tile, mantels, carpet, light fixtures, trimwork, etc flying at my head like angry seagulls, I begin to get a wee bit overwhelmed, and I then picture myself slowly backing out of the entry way, out the front doors and all the way up the driveway to the safety of the calm dirt road outside the gates.
Ahhh, sanctuary from the madness.
So, anyways, crazy interior decisions aside, as I picture myself outside the gates looking in, I notice another detail that needs addressing...
...this house needs a name.
We will have poured countless hours of hard work and brainpower into creating this home, not to mention the usual blood, sweat and tears. A lot of love is going into building this home, just like a lot of love goes into making a family, and all those family members get names... so why not this member of the family? It's practically the most important member really. Afterall, it keeps us warm in the winter, cool in the summer. It hold all our things, give us a place to rest, and protects us from wind, rain, blizzards and a possible zombie apocalypse.
So, yeah, I think it deserves a name.
As I pondered the idea of giving our home a name, a sign from above was dropped directly into my lap. The movie "The Holiday" was playing on TV and in case you haven't seen it, Kate Winslet's character owns a small home in Surrey, UK that is the quintessential adorable little English cottage, and of course, it has a name....
Rosehill Cottage.
How stinkin' cute?!
So needless to say, it got my brain wheels crankin' and I wondered what other homes in movies or in real life that I'd seen or heard of that had names.
Instantly, I was reminded of quite possibly my favorite movie house that has a name...
I know you won't be able to sleep until then...
With the promise of interior walls on the near future horizon, it has got me really thinking about the final product. There are still so many features of the house that we have yet to decide on, like the tile for the master bathroom floor, the fireplace mantel, stair runners, bedroom carpet and I still haven't decided which route to go on the kitchen countertops...
...I've lost a lot of hair as of late....
...seriously, my ponytail is the width of a my pinky finger.
Anyways, I picture myself standing in the entry of the house with all these decisions flying through the air, around my head and through the house waiting for me to call out and point my finger at the ones that are to stay and to shout and wave my hand at the features that are to go. It's a lot of stress. So, as I picture this tornado of tile, mantels, carpet, light fixtures, trimwork, etc flying at my head like angry seagulls, I begin to get a wee bit overwhelmed, and I then picture myself slowly backing out of the entry way, out the front doors and all the way up the driveway to the safety of the calm dirt road outside the gates.
Ahhh, sanctuary from the madness.
So, anyways, crazy interior decisions aside, as I picture myself outside the gates looking in, I notice another detail that needs addressing...
...this house needs a name.
We will have poured countless hours of hard work and brainpower into creating this home, not to mention the usual blood, sweat and tears. A lot of love is going into building this home, just like a lot of love goes into making a family, and all those family members get names... so why not this member of the family? It's practically the most important member really. Afterall, it keeps us warm in the winter, cool in the summer. It hold all our things, give us a place to rest, and protects us from wind, rain, blizzards and a possible zombie apocalypse.
So, yeah, I think it deserves a name.
As I pondered the idea of giving our home a name, a sign from above was dropped directly into my lap. The movie "The Holiday" was playing on TV and in case you haven't seen it, Kate Winslet's character owns a small home in Surrey, UK that is the quintessential adorable little English cottage, and of course, it has a name....
Rosehill Cottage.
How stinkin' cute?!
So needless to say, it got my brain wheels crankin' and I wondered what other homes in movies or in real life that I'd seen or heard of that had names.
Instantly, I was reminded of quite possibly my favorite movie house that has a name...
"Bramasole" from Under the Tuscan Sun.
It's so, so cute and makes me want to pack up the family, a copy of Italian Rosetta Stone, and head to Cortona.
I couldn't think of anymore movie houses with names off the top of my head, and could only think of one real house/property that was given a name...
Perhaps you've heard of Graceland?
You get the idea. Got a pretty house? Give it a name.
So, the question now is, What shall I name our home? Do I go cute and cozy, or cool and bold? Or practical, or foreign, or obscure, or grand, or modest or a little scary to deter burglars??
Here are some ideas:
1.Welch Ranch
2.Sycamore Farm
3.The Shire
4. Silent Hill
5. Fort Knox
6.Crabapple Manor
7.Alcatraz
8. Bramasole II
9.Westhighland
10. Little Salt Farm
11. Green Acres
12. Starship Enterprise
13. Overlook Hotel
14. Narnia
15. District 12
See? It's really hard to pick.. So many obvious choices!
argh.
Any suggestions?
:) Ashley