Sentences with phrase «as mcmansions»

Living fully and within one's means may not look as flashy as a McMansion lifestyle, but many are finding a more minimalist way of life to be much more rewarding than they thought.

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In my church context, it was an age of believing the gospel could be connected to prosperity, that in the name of Jesus we could not only find love and peace, but also Benzes, McMansions, future husbands (also known as Boaz), future wives (also known as Proverbs 31 women), land, larger paychecks, and awesome shoes.

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!

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.

Skeptics even escalate the conversation in classifying Tiny House RV owners as «hipsters foregoing McMansions.»

I consider myself as the quintessential example of the McMansion owner who daily braves the Atlanta commute to work so I can live outside the perimeter in my 20 room mini-mansion.

People will still insist on living luxuriously, but if those of us willing to make big changes do it, while those who insist on a McMansion at least use responsibly created materials and produce some of their own energy, we as communities and a nation will see big differences.

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.

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.

RISMEDIA, August 2, 2010 --(MCT)-- As we exit the era of the McMansion and begin to embrace the concept of the «big - enough» home, we need to rethink some of our interior - design ideas.

In 2011, the average home size actually increased slightly, but overall, it appears as if the McMansion movement is in decline.

Bigger is definately not always better, as we knew we didn't want cookie cutter or a McMansion, but we were able to incorporate a lot of vintage, classic features in our new home that will work for our family for many years to come.

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.