What makes a house feel like a home?
The memories made there?
The feeling of it’s aesthetics?
I believe that the feeling of home relies on a temporal component. They are spaces we’ve poured time or energy into.
Project Place Personification / Turnbull: the power of naming spaces
Simple hack for making a house feel like a home: Name it.
Silicon Valley evokes innovation.
Sailers name their ships.
Motorheads name their cars.
Research suggests we value & appreciate objects more when we name them.
Names are our tool for encapsulating value into our spaces.
How to Name a Home
How do places get their names
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- After people
- After events
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A rose by any other name may still smell as sweet. But tell me that a rose-scented candle is actually lavender and I might believe you.
Names have power.
Toy Story had a deep impact on me. It gave life to a lot of the world around me. Based off of the company label etched into its flooring, I named my childhood elevator Turnbull and thanked it every time escorted me across floors.
Try naming your home based off of its personality. Breathe some life into it. Befriend it. For the next week, say “hey ___” every time you walk through your front door or “good morning ____” when you wake up.
Name idea: some combination of your own name and the name of your street.