Sentences with phrase «mcmansions with»

Now there are people living in McMansions with one kid and a Chihuahua, LOL.

«We already have a situation where wealthy people live in huge McMansions with any number of cars and a whole number of resources.

Kevin Kline plays her «ex» living in a bloated McMansion with his just - this - side - of - smug second wife Maureen well - played by Tony Award - winning singer / actress Audra McDonald who unfortunately doesn't sing here.

Do you think they have any interest in Obama or Romney telling them to take the harsh steps required to even begin to address the problem: e.g., trade in your large gas - guzzling SUV for a Citroen Deux Cheval, replace your 6,000 ft ^ 2 McMansion with a 1000 ft ^ 2 condo, pare back your six annual Asian vacation flights to zero, etc..

My home is an unfortunate suburban Nashville 90s McMansion with a 2 - story living room that I'm trying to make interesting.

Not exact matches

The big boys like Naked Brands boasted monstrous McMansions in the form of customized booths that rose floor to ceiling with meeting rooms on the second floor where dealmakers could escape the sea of people flooding the floor.

And currently he's arriving in front of a large McMansion on the outskirts of town with $ 125 in Mexican food they just ordered.

Otherwise, it seems we BOHEMIANS are pretty close to agreement about having more natural and loving lives, which are even possible in McMansions and megachurches in the suburbs of our South (or at a university with a bizarre name in Malibu with a stunning view of the ocean and fit California girls).

Ready for another Dreamy Dwelling Home Tour!?! We've had a two story McMansion, a 1950s rancher, and this time we are on the hunt for a newish, one story, traditional home (in a sweet little town we've fallen in love with).

In the garishly lit living room of an abandoned McMansion ready for squatters, James stands cocky, with wild hair and a leather jacket.

Brooks eventually offers his rental McMansion for the following week's game night, with the winner getting the keys to the Stingray.

Furthermore, the coveted asset manager, who couldn't be more in love with his beautiful wife, Sharon (Beyonce»), and adorable young son, Kyle (Nathan and Nicolas Myers), has just purchased a sprawling, suburban McMansion for his picture - perfect family.

It includes a diverse cross-section of industrial zones, rich neighborhoods littered with tacky McMansions, and ranch land right out of the Old West.»

In subdivisions with names like The Summit at Navajo Orchards, miniature people can now enjoy the McMansions of their dreams while feeling they've done something for the planet.

I think of that book surprisingly often as something about the giant's house left its mark on me so that whenever I drive past one of the many «McMansions» that are springing up around us with their ridiculously huge front door I always get a flashback to Eustace, Jill and Puddleglum standing outside the house of the «gentle giants»» dwarfed by the huge doorway!

Also, if you are trying to purchase a McMansion or a second or vacation home, traditional lenders will be more able to negotiate this with you.

We are not interested in trying to keep up with the Joneses in their McMansions.

Local realty listings are littered with McMansions.

Rather than a sign of the artist's modesty, I see Ray's intimately scaled paintings as an implicit rebuke of the art world's current obsession with McMansion scale.

corporate interests and our own narcissistic infatuation with gas guzzling suvs and unheatable mcmansions will continue unabated.

Humankind's obsession with appearances has spawned McMansions and Cadillacs.

They will still travel around the world to lavish conferences, work in well lit, comfortable shrines to themselves, be chauffeured around town in armored limos and SUV's, along with their armed guards, fly first class or via private jet, live in McMansions whose «smart meters» are NEVER turned off to save power because the demand exceeds the supply, and in general live happily ever after.

Lots of former McMansion dwellers are doubled up with friends and family on the sofa and in the basement, et cetera, and are finding it tough to find part - time low pay work.

And I take issue with being told that if I'm not plunging into 200 sqft I'm in a McMansion.

The winner, a concept called Frog Dream, turns oversized McMansions into multi-stage, water - purifying ecosystems, complete with clam beds in the garage and freshwater shrimp in the living room.

We can't moan about people not buying cleaner vehicles, or falling back in love with the McMansion.

Dan Durica grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, dissatisfied with its McMansions and manicured monoculture lawns.

As if a zoning violation involving BDSM and lawyers isn't sufficiently interesting to make the Land Use Prof blog, an additional aspect of this story is that Pickthorne rents a «castlelike 3,600 - square - foot McMansion» that likely does not fit in well with the surrounding brick ranchers.

But the blog's use of the photos — annotating them with humorous and critical commentary about McMansions — was a clear fair use (Zillow also didn't own the photos).

This gives us a visual for the lack of interest Gen X has in Baby Boomer style managment: McMansions for sale with no buyers.

«We continue to move away from the «McMansion» chapter of residential design, with more demand for practicality throughout the home,» says AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker.

However, by 2013, the McMansion was back, with square footage blooming to 2,598 square feet, as more builders looked to cater to luxury home buyers.

The big closets that came along with the McMansion trend were often outfitted with shelves, rods, cabinets, and even storage islands and seating space.

Cook says many sellers struggle with high ceilings in McMansions and what to do with those two - story walls.

Explains what is wrong with so much «McMansion» construction as far a feel, and why cottages can be so inviting.

I stumbled upon this while investigating how in the world my husband & I and our 2 young boys can downsize from our 5000 sq ft McMansion into a cute as can be little cottage with a FANTASTIC water view & small private beach.

The rest of my childhood was spent in a neighborhood of yuppie McMansions where everyone decorated their front porches with tasteful Autumn leaf wreaths, pumpkins, and the occasional «Boo!»

Her ideas make me look at a lot of those Florida McMansions that I see on Realtor.com with a whole new set of spectacles.