So after a 2018 renovation, the couple decided it was time to upgrade their home’s stature with a little humor. Inspired by HGTV décor shows, home-rental websites and with plenty of time at home to think about how to upgrade houses and rental properties, even owners without estates are discovering the joy of naming their abodes. Though Ms. Howarth rents now, she named her prior home Biggletree for the “big old tree" in the front yard. In Cape Cod, Mass., Tudi Thiele, 48, bought a three-bedroom home with a yard and named it Bigger Britches to signify a major life upgrade 20 years ago. “A manor is a fancy house and flip flops are pretty down in the sand," says the 71-year-old investor-relations executive.

Source: Mint September 13, 2020 09:56 UTC