Oh, the picture that 'Randy Frog' brings to mind. ;)

We have ponds, too, and gooseberries, so Gooseberry Pond. It used to be Mulberry Pond, but our lovely Morus nigra was leaning, and had to come down last year.

We have named our house "The Linoleum Palace" because, in it's current unrenovated state, there is so, so, SO much linoleum. SO MUCH. More than I think anyone has ever seen. 8 layers in some rooms, in fact.

After the renovation I think the name will remain as an homage to what it once was. Why not?

Right now, I would have to sigh and call it Mess-Mess House, alas.

Well I live in the country on an acre and a half in a large ranch house surrounded by yucca and mesquite so I'll go with YM ranch. Or I guess I could call it MY ranch, ha!!

I think "the Treehouse". I'm a Minnesota girl, in love with the woods. We bought our house (in North Dakota) brand new - no trees, no grass, nothing. We plated trees, then grass, and have been planting trees ever since.

Now, 26 years later, we have a lot more shade than sun in our yard, and the view out most windows is a lovely tree. When the leaves are out, you can't see our house from the street.

"Señora Bungalow, Taker of my Cash"

paradise found

I am trying to get a set of moose antlers for my house at the ranch. My wife is like, "why would you call it the Moose Lodge? We don't have any moose"

I am like, "aaahh you just have not SEEN one yet!" lol

We have all sorts of exotics there, Axis, Aoudad, Mouflon, Corsika, Sika, Red Stag, etc.. even a bear has been seen once :P So.. I think the Moose Lodge would work.

The new house, not sure as it is not built yet. Ask me in 6 months :P

Russ

The Love Shack.

I leased a condo when I made a cross country move and lovingly referred to it as "The Hovel". It was really a good place to get started, but the name stuck. When I bought a house I was desperate for a pool after having lived in the cold part of the country for too long. I bought less house than I wanted to get the pool and yard and trees. I call this one "the pool house" as in, the little house out by the pool that usually has a grand house in front of it - we are just lacking the grand house part.

Joseph.. I was just thinking someone was going to say that.. lol

Russ- I was just waiting for Joseph to say it!

Lol, isn't that true for all pet owners? We like to pretend that we own them but really, we just serve them. :)

Since we're the Halls, it would have to be "Hall Hall."

We have a long driveway, very unusual in our suburban area. So I'd call it the Winding Way.

I'm going to say Yin and Yang House. My husband and I are polar opposites, and looking around you can see two very different sets of priorities and tastes at work. Like the lovely big window currently covered with a sheet because it was casting a glare on the world's most enormous TV. That example notwithstanding, our opposite influences do balance each other out and usually produce something that works well and has broad appeal (by necessity).

There's also a fair amount of black and white in the decor.

P.S. My first thought initially was "cat house," but that means something else...

When I was growing up, my mom jokingly called our house "Work Your A** Off Lodge." We lived in an old farm house on 2 acres in a suburb.

We have been talking about names for our vacation house in Florida. My kids think it is a dumb idea, but we did say we like "Ocean Breeze." We have also said "Happy Place," because my daughter said it is her happy place. Of course, right now, during construction, it isn't my happy place--more of "stress producer."

For fun, we talk about what we would name a boat if we had one (never will--not boat people--but it is a fun conversation).

Hooligan Ranch is our farm name, so maybe The Hooligan House. ;) Hooligan has significance to my husband's job, and we have went back and forth on ranch. I want to call it a farm or plantation.. Technically we'll have cattle and horses someday, but 45 acres is hardly a ranch... ;P

We also have three hooligan sons, sooo....

The Money Pit.

Loon Lake Labor Camp says it all!

Oh my goodness! So many wonderful names! I knew it was only a matter of time before someone came out with "Love Shack" and "Money Pit", lol. Those names are fitting for quite a few houses, I suspect!

ManaGoose, no need to conjure up pictures in your mind of randy frogs... I take pictures of them in the act! But, I won't post them here. LOVE that you have Gooseberries! The only berry that I can keep around here are invasive wineberries (which are growing around the edges of the forest behind my house). And when I find them, I yank them because they are a problem in our forests around here. I don't even know what they taste like because the squirrels and birds always beat me to them. Jerks!

Dayglosoright, a Linoleum palace is still a palace! Good golly, though... 8 layers?!?!?

Writersblock, Mess-mess house... hmmm... that would also be fitting for me, I think! Can a house have multiple names?

Texas_Gem, MY ranch -- LOVE IT! Except then it isn't my ranch, it's your ranch, so i'm confused now. Whose ranch is it? =)

AnnKH, your "Treehouse" sounds lovely! Kudos to you for helping to restore the tree canopy. But 26 years... dang, that's testament to how gardening is not an instant gratification sort of hobby. But now you get to enjoy all you've accomplished!

1929Spanish, do you think your house has named you "Giver of Cash"? It's so nice that you two have that give and take relationship, lol!

Vossner, paradise found indeed! I wouldn't trade my teeny tiny slice of heaven for anything! (but ask me again after i've lived here for 20 years...)

Good lawd, Russ. I'm a self-proclaimed animal nerd and I haven't heard of half of the things you've listed out! Are those all Mooses? (Meese?) The bear I get. Keep hoping to see one out in the forest but so far it's just a plethora of deer and foxes. Maybe one day...

Joseph, there's one in every crowd! Not at all surprised it's you, actually ;-)

Highendredneck, Love the poolhouse!!! Every great house deserves a poolhouse, it just so happens that in your case, they are both under the same roof. Very clever!

LWO - As it should be! Don't tell my three gray chats or my 2 chiens that I dissed them in the house naming...i'd never hear the end of it.

Ginny20, Hall Hall! OMG! Can you put that on a mailbox or something? Love it!!!

Kimberly N, very appropriate -- It reads right out of a storybook!

Jillius, yin and yang, I like it! I sometimes worry that i've decorated the house in a very much "me" style, and then one day the hubs came home with "our new shower curtain" (see this link) and I realized that there's a reason he has a man cave. Said shower curtain now hangs proudly in it as a closet door, so it all worked out. ^.^

Kelleg69, Work Your A** Off Lodge is a hoot! You've got some great contenders going for your florida home -- except for Stress Producer! Hopefully that won't last and you'll be enjoying the new digs in no time!

Oh Amber, if my little quarter acre can be called a ranch, then yours can certainly be called a farm, plantation, ranch, or whatever! No rules, just go with it! ;-) In any case, Hooligan something-or-other!

Weedmeister, remember what I said to Joseph above about how there's one in every crowd? Yeah, apparently there's 2 (or 3 if you count 1929Spanish). Y'all crack me up!

Whoah, LoonLake! You've got a labor camp going? Did you have to get a permit for that?

We just call it our ranch. We have horses, kitties and lots of gardens. Always more work to do, never enough money...but it's fun :)

Around here several of the farms have "Fox" in their name: "Hidden Fox" "Fox Ridge" etc. So when we bought this place I said we couldn't name it something containing the word "Fox". She thought about it for a while and came up with the suggestion of "Foxy Fox Farm"

A friend's place was called "Last Nickle Farm"

We have a lake home. Normally, that means guests all summer goofing off, wanting to be entertained. The Loon Lake Labor Camp sign keeps them at bay! (Hubby and I spend many relaxing evenings sipping the fruits of our labor -- Rhubarb, plum, and cherry wines. We bottle them under the "Fruit of the Loon" label!

We call our house "The Oxford Street Bank" as some of our relatives think this is the place where they can get money.

The name we've tossed around is "Further Inn." It's a reference to Aslan calling to the children as they run through paradise at the end of The Last Battle "Further in! Further in!"

Also because the house we are building is not where you expect it to be based on our address. If you want to find us you have to go "further in." :-)

Our acre is bordered by a conservancy in the rear and a deer path along a creek on one side. I'm forever pulling toads out of a basement egress window well. (Did you know that a ceiling light bulb changer is ideal for this? You lower the little bulb 'cage' around them and they wiggle right into it for lifting out. ) In our front garden we have a small metal sculpture of a toad waving his hat in welcome. He's Mr. Toad, so this must be Toad Hall.

Right now, I've nicknamed our place the Hillbilly Homestead. When we moved, we downsized from 3 generous outbuildings, to...none. So everything is under tarps until DH gets the garage built. Gah. It's quite a sight. The house is in desperate need of siding, Tyvek flapping in the breeze and all. Freezers on the front porch. Yikes. Our poor neighbors.

It'll be pretty when it's done, though, and the views of the rolling fields, old stone fences, and sunsets over the wetlands are marvelous. So, I just stay inside and enjoy the view over the piles to the wildness beyond. ; )

chisue- I love that book. I used to get toads in the window wells, too, until I put a board in as a ramp. They must use it, because they're never stuck there anymore. But we must be kindred spirits - not everyone saves toads.

Beannachd Cottage, a nod to my husband's Scottish heritage and which translates to Blessings Cottage.

Anyone get the literary reference?

Mrspete- I hate it when I don't get literary references! Tell! Tell!

Mine is called River's Edge, for the one that forms my property line. I had the sign (between my garage doors) made over 25 years ago by a man I met at a craft show.

Nuthaven. We have lots of oak trees, and the year we moved in there was a bumper crop of acorns. Seriously. Walking to school I wanted to wear a helmet, we did get plonked a couple of times.

I love the name Further Inn!

mrspete? I don't get it either :( do tell!

Ha! Bpath.......if I lived there, I would call it Nut House, because of the nuts and all......

Our last house was Weedy Acres (hence my handle here) because when we bought it it was 7 acres of overgrown brush.

Current house is Little Beau, a play on words because it's got bowing basement walls (that we got shored up) and we're making it "beau-tiful" with our own four hands.

We've got our eyes on the house around the corner from us, and are hoping to buy it when the owner dies. It's another fixer, of course. And we've already named it Brick Beauty.