Name for a Tiny House and a Purchase

So in my attempt to read everything Tiny House related in the last few months, I devoured Ella's Little Yellow Door blog. It was wonderfully inspiring and impressive--she built a house while wearing a skirt!--and the writing was engaging. Also, it was incredibly fun to see pictures of her tiny house going through my home town area of San Luis Obispo!

But the thing I loved most was that she named her house. I have always loved English Cottage names, the sense of a larger identity than just a number. Rivendell, Bag End, Brinkley Court...all evocative and interesting.

It made me want to name my own tiny house. But what? 

I do plan to paint my house. I have a local connection for cedar siding that is incredibly reasonable, but the color is not my favorite. And since I'm going to paint it anyway, I'm going to paint it my very favorite color combination of pale pink and chocolate brown. So the name could follow the color. But Rose Cottage is the most popular house name in the UK...and I just have to be different.

Or there are names based on animals. Wolf Den, Raven's Nest, Beehive. My initials spell Bee, so that one seemed obvious...but then I'd have to paint it yellow and I didn't want to do that.

I ended up downloading lists of animals, of trees, of colors, of gems...trying to find something that spoke to me. Rejected names were "The Tiny Pink Palace" (my roommate pointed out it sounds like a strip club, thank you, Chad), The Cosy Castle, Brownberrie Cottage and 221B Baker Street.

In the end, I decided on the name at the top of this blog. Bee's Rose Bramble. Light pink and brown, soft and tough, pretty but difficult to get rid of.

What do you think?



And the purchase!

It's going to be awhile before I'll be able to start building. I'm saving up now and my tax return definitely helped, but I have a lot of things to finalize first. Not the least of which is going through everything I own and getting rid of most of it!

That said, there are a few things I know I'll need, too. I want to make sure everything in the house is something I love, not just something that is "good enough". That said, I'll be getting rid of my mass produced plates and dishes, in favor of handmade ceramics. I might do some of those myself, if I can get access to the facilities here. But I imagine I'll be buying some of them, too!

And I started that this week. It's just a pitcher/mug, but I love it!