What's In A Name

Every farm needs a name.  Every farm has a name, and ours needed one now too.  The home was built in 1895, and was previously known as Engle Switch Manor we believe, but it was time for the home to have a rebirth of sorts, and reflect us and all of the transformation that she had seen in the past two years before we purchase her.  Having remained in the same family for several decades, the home went in to decline with the previous owners, and needed a complete overhaul.  That's where the wonderful contractor came in to the picture and restored her to the beauty she is today.  I can't take credit for the remodel but I can tell you I would have done it the exactly the same way.  The contractor kept as many original characteristics to the house as possible, while bringing her in to the current century, and did a beautiful job.

We used to call our small rancher the Funny Farm because no one had as many animals as we did in our suburban neighborhood, but that name did not seem to fit the new place, so we decided to come up with a name of our own.  We decided to name out farm Engle Switch Farm, and the blog to be entitled Bright Yellow Farmhouse after the color of the house.

I believe that the exterior of the house was originally white, but was painted a bright, warm, yellow color during the restoration.  Honestly, because my husbands favorite color is yellow and this house and all of the out buildings are yellow helped seal this deal. I'm not really a yellow fan, but this color is so wonderfully happy that I love it.  There is nothing like pulling in to the driveway and seeing that inviting yellow drawing you back like a warm hug.

So that's the story behind the name of our new/old farmhouse.

Cheers!
Joanne