Sentences with phrase «what ordinary homes»

In The Making of Home, Judith Flanders argues that it can be difficult to know what ordinary homes throughout history looked and felt like, in part because museums with «period rooms» tend to devote precious space to recreating the opulent homes of wealthy figures from the past.

Not exact matches

Thus, alongside the lofty and otherworldly flights of Indian mysticism, stands the Zen emphasis upon «nothing special» and «everyday - mindedness» and «just being ordinary,» as in Yun - men's spiritual path described as «pulling a plough in the morning, and carrying a rake home in the evening,» or in Pao - fu's response to the question, «What is the language of the Buddha?»

You can't match that flavor and texture in any ordinary home oven, but that's exactly what you get when you bake in a steel Fontana Forni outdoor oven.

What became dangerous for the security of this country was the impunity with which some people were doing it (abusing their office), but however beautiful the policies are, until you are able to translate all of those to food and jobs in the homes of the ordinary man and woman, it is still at the theoretical stage.

The team was digging what they thought was an ordinary home this summer when they came across something much more.

So much of what I am grateful for is ordinary but its these little pieces (in conjunction with Jordan and Pierre) that make my little space feel like home.

The SmartPlug is a simple device that plugs right into any outlet, transforming any appliance - from lights to fans - into an iPhone - controlled Siri - compatible smart product using WiFi.We tested out three of iHome's SmartPlugs, simulating what it might be like to control lights and fans across multiple rooms to turn an ordinary home with ordinary outlets into a smart home with a reasonable monetary investment and a bit of time.As with the Elgato Eve review I did earlier this summer, using the iHome SmartPlugs makes it clear that there are still a lot of issues that need to

Providing ordinary homes for ordinary working families We use the term «ordinary» because that's in fact what we produce: opportunities which are normal, stable, and focus on fundamentals.

Just about every practitioner has had to deal with unusual circumstances when helping people buy or sell a home, but what do you do if something truly out of the ordinary — and possibly out of this world — pops up?

What most of us ordinary people must deal with is either older homes in dreadful rundown condition, that need EVERYTHING — paint, new siding, totally redone kitchens, new bathrooms, repairs to everything, new furnace, water heater, roof, etc. — OR cost a fortune (because someone else did the remodeling for you)-- OR more likely we have something much more modern, without any character or architectural detail to begin with.