# help naming a bed & breakfast **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846 "2013-12-08T20:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/21 "2013-12-08T23:25:11Z")
> [@DataX](#): > > I think it makes it sound cooler. I’m not sure if that term was used near the same time - might be more recent to call them that. They probably weren’t over here. We don’t call new builds over here ‘Elizabethan homes’, but they might have that name in the future… > [@](#): > > …Plus a Victorian era lasts a lot longer than say a “Lincoln era” style would. That’s true… the Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian styles covered the best part of 200 years. Building styles didn’t change with coronations, but the terms are a useful guide. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/22 "2013-12-08T23:38:04Z")
What about local nature? My cousin once had a b&b called The Blue Heron. It was for the birds at a pond nearby. Or some other bird name. Eagle’s Rest, Pheasant Run, etc, etc, and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/23 "2013-12-08T23:47:01Z")
**newhere** , I apologize for the unintentional hijack… Getting back to the OP, ‘The Berkshire Hunt Guest House’ might work… ---
**Author:** ![newhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@newhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newhere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/24 "2013-12-09T00:44:38Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Can you give us some insight into your bed and breakfast? > > Theme, attitude, color scheme, some of your interests? Help us find inspiration! 🙂 Thanks so much for helping out, everyone! My house is a fairly fancy Victorian. Not as in-your-face as San Francisco’s Painted Ladies but it has its fair share of gingerbread and other decorations. The color scheme interior and out is period-true and based on natural colors. I personally lean more towards Steampunk than true anachronism and I collect oddities and “interestings”. My town has a lot of antiques shops, but other than that no local attractions historical or natural. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/25 "2013-12-09T00:49:28Z")
Maybe your initials. C&C’s B&B. Something like that. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/26 "2013-12-09T00:51:23Z")
Telegraph Inn Vernal Inn (for Jules Verne) Tidewater Inn The Victorian House Inn ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/27 "2013-12-09T01:04:49Z")
> [@newhere](#): > > Thanks so much for helping out, everyone! > > My house is a fairly fancy Victorian. Not as in-your-face as San Francisco’s Painted Ladies but it has its fair share of gingerbread and other decorations. The color scheme interior and out is period-true and based on natural colors. > > I personally lean more towards Steampunk than true anachronism and I collect oddities and “interestings”. > > My town has a lot of antiques shops, but other than that no local attractions historical or natural. Is it on a lake? In the woods? In a hilly area? Give us _ **Something** _! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/28 "2013-12-09T01:26:05Z")
Simply by dint of its being in Michigan it’s near-ish to water; something like ‘never more than 9 miles from water in any direction’ was what I recall from growing up in Michigan. So it’s a western/southern/rural-themed B&B w/ oddities and ‘interestings’ in an area of antiques but no other note. Wow. Are you perhaps midway between places of note? What attracts people to that area in the first place that they’d need/be able to afford staying at your B&B? ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/29 "2013-12-09T01:29:54Z")
No Name Inn. Who Dat Bungalow. The LightHouse. Getaway Gates Stroker Inn. A Place to Stay. The Guest Room. The Family Nest. Ram Shack-El Inn Calm River b&b 5-finger lake Inn hearthStone b&b Mantel Place Inn ---
**Author:** ![newhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@newhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newhere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/30 "2013-12-09T01:32:32Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Is it on a lake? In the woods? In a hilly area? > Give us _ **Something** _! > 😃 lol there are no lakes, no woods, no hills, no mountains, no waterfalls, no rivers, no caves anywhere near. There are however corn fields just outside of town 😛 The town used to be a logging center (100+ years ago, it’s all gone now) so a lot of streets in town are named for trees. There is a lovely courthouse in the town square, but I am leery of naming myself after it because not many folks have positive associations with courthouses. The utter dearth of nearby features to name after has had me stumped for quite some time, which is why I am reaching out to all of you. And yes, I’ve realized this is not the best location. However it’s where I live and I do have the advantage of no other hotels for at least 15 miles in any direction. My clientele will, I think, be mostly the friends and family of locals and not so much the tourist trade. ---
**Author:** ![newhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@newhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newhere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/31 "2013-12-09T01:38:19Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Simply by dint of its being in Michigan it’s near-ish to water; something like ‘never more than 9 miles from water in any direction’ was what I recall from growing up in Michigan. So it’s a western/southern/rural-themed B&B w/ oddities and ‘interestings’ in an area of antiques but no other note. I just wanna clear this one up. The OTHER guy in the post I linked to was western/rural etc. My house is well-preserved victorian, with a lot of its original features. Stained glass windows, original 1880’s wallpaper, carved marble fireplace, etc. “A Step Back in Time” would be an accurate summation. (And yes I’ve already shot that down as a name for being too long and clunky). ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/32 "2013-12-09T01:38:39Z")
" a Place for friends to stay" Maize Mannor Night in the Country inn ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/33 "2013-12-09T01:42:18Z")
Ayatollah’s B&D B&B is already taken, hope that’s ok. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/34 "2013-12-09T01:44:09Z")
> [@newhere](#): > > The town used to be a logging center (100+ years ago, it’s all gone now). The answer is obvious… “Dude! How far is **The Old Log Inn**?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/35 "2013-12-09T01:46:04Z")
Weese Inn. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/36 "2013-12-09T02:08:32Z")
> [@newhere](#): > > lol there are no lakes, no woods, no hills, no mountains, no waterfalls, no rivers, no caves anywhere near. There are however corn fields just outside of town 😛 > > The town used to be a logging center (100+ years ago, it’s all gone now) so a lot of streets in town are named for trees. There is a lovely courthouse in the town square, but I am leery of naming myself after it because not many folks have positive associations with courthouses. > > The utter dearth of nearby features to name after has had me stumped for quite some time, which is why I am reaching out to all of you. > > And yes, I’ve realized this is not the best location. However it’s where I live and I do have the advantage of no other hotels for at least 15 miles in any direction. My clientele will, I think, be mostly the friends and family of locals and not so much the tourist trade. You could be quippy about your proximity to the courthouse - ‘The Ill Eagle Inn’, have a logo of an eagle w/ an old-fashioned icebag on its head as though hungover. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/37 "2013-12-09T02:32:38Z")
If you’re going for a 1750-1850 England vibe, you could pick out any famous name you like from that era, something like “Rhodes Manor”, “Imperial Manor”, “Austen House”, “Victoria House” etc. You could also name it after the “voyageurs” - the original French explorers of Michigan - or after an native Indian tribe. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/38 "2013-12-09T02:40:51Z")
The Wolver-Inne? God that’s bad ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/39 "2013-12-09T02:46:34Z")
Are you located on one of those tree-named streets? Something simple like “Elm Street Inn” (or whatever tree) will make it easy for locals to remember where you are when they refer their visitors to you. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/40 "2013-12-09T02:53:20Z")
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