Brown walls are occasionally interrupted by posters of Hindu goddesses that have seen better days and the lighting is harsh, illuminating rows of wooden chairs tucked under small, utilitarian tables.
AS with many small, utilitarian wineries in California, barrels and tanks practically spill out of Tenbrink, home of Scholium Project, here in the Suisun Valley, just east of Napa Valley.
The cabins are small and utilitarian, with en-suite shower and toilet, but the food in the two dining rooms is good: dinner one night was scallops with hazelnut sauce, veal escalopes and chocolate fudge mousse.
But if you set aside the sheets of pegboard and the metal cabinets and the key-making machine, what is left are hundreds and hundreds of small, obscure utilitarian objects, many almost identical to the casual observer.
This was especially the case in the 1500's after the introduction of the tea ceremony; the small, rough utilitarian bowls produced by both government and rural kilns in Korea suddenly dovetailed with Japan's new ceremonial needs.
In the regions where the Roman population had been large, commonplace buildings continued for a long time to be built in much the same way as before, with increasing emphasis especially in the north on the use of timber construction in small or utilitarian structures.
For 132 years, the America's Cup was the proud domain of the New York Yacht Club, whose stewardship saw it through flush times and lean, through war and peace, and through competition in various classes of yachts ranging from the glorious, unbridled J-Class sloops to the smaller, more utilitarian 12-Meters.
The offices are relatively small, the furnishings utilitarian rather than rich, the secretaries notable for looking efficient rather than beautiful.
Both minerals have been carved into jewelry, ornaments, small sculptures, and utilitarian objects from earliest recorded times.
Although all-wheel-drive gave the FF sensational handling and an edge in safety, the idea was largely ignored until the early 1970s when Subaru began selling utilitarian small cars with all-wheel drive.
After decades of giving motorcyclists the Christmas gifts they begged for — crazy-fast superbikes, heavy-metal cruisers and Afrika Korps adventure bikes — Honda and its rivals are suggesting that lumps of coal — smaller, cheaper, more utilitarian bikes — might be what you need after all.
