Small living may seem like a recent trend, but hundreds of great minds across history have long mused on the possibility of small living – be it in a tiny house, a container home, or even a hobbit-hole. Here are…
Shipping container homes: 5 things to consider before owning one
Have you ever wanted to live in a cube? You might get your chance as container houses sweep the world, a response to increasingly congested cities, clogged apartments, and rising housing costs. Part innovation, part conservation, and perhaps, part desperation,…
Shipping container homes: 5 things to consider before owning one
Have you ever wanted to live in a cube? You might get your chance as shipping container homes sweep the world, a response to increasingly congested cities, clogged apartments, and rising housing costs. Part innovation, part conservation, and perhaps, part…
29-year-old builds a house using shipping containers and now his biggest expense is his phone plan
BY: MATTHEW CHIN PHOTOS BY: Japhet Alvarez/ S7vn Photography In a forest on the outskirts of Ottawa, Canada, Joseph Dupuis built a home out of three shipping containers. They cost $3,400 each. Dupuis’ home is a 355 square foot single-storey…
Freight Farms are the portable, weather-proof future of food supply
BY: ZOE MELNYK Typically, when you think of a farm you see acres and acres of open fields filled with some kind of wheat or corn and when you see a farmer, it’s generally someone driving a tractor with plaid…
You could build a luxury tiny house with shipping containers for $2,000 (PHOTOS)
Living in luxury doesn’t always necessarily mean having a home with thousands of square feet, crystal chandeliers, and golden-plated toilets. With a little imagination a shipping container becomes a building block that you can use to design your own house.…