This chapter focuses on translations of home arrays. The ethnographic case studies in this chapter have in common as the underlying fact that material objects and arrangements are vital in gaining a sense of security, familiarity and control in asylum reception situations as conceptually laid out in section “ Translations of Home Arrangements ” in Chap. 2 . The first case study centers around the homing attempts of an Iraqi family in an improvised emergency shelter where the assembled makeshift materials provide a minimal domestic normalcy. Second, the beautifying and artistic engagements of a young Gülen member from Turkey in decentralized reception are discussed, which are an instance of defiance and processing in the face of impending deportation. Third, I examine the case of an Iranian family and their adaption of unfamiliar domestic items in reception. In the last part I look into how things of home serve as a means to negotiate the paradox between prestige and refugeehood and tension in reception.