Though it might not feel like it, we really don't need all the stuff we have around the house for it to feel like a proper home. Tiny houses and tiny living, in general, are proof of that, proposing a ...

It's hard to believe that something as mundane and unappealing as a shipping container can turn into a modern, stylish beach house that's not only easily movable but highly affordable. The idea of ...

HARVEY, La. (WGNO) – In Louisiana, with his West Bank crew, Josh Clark is in the business of building and rebuilding. His construction site is inside a cargo container, s big steel shipping box built ...

Joshua Clark is no stranger to the loss that comes from weather disasters. While he has overseen durable home construction ...

Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before ...

Building a home from a shipping container is much like a large-scale Lego project. You can have an entire room delivered in one giant rectangular piece. Or, you can stack the containers together to ...

At a typical home construction site, two-by-four beams build the skeleton of a home. Insulation and drywall complete the inner walls. A roof is placed on top; in Florida it’s usually made of shingles, ...

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Jen Sansosti says reading about shipping containers in the industrial port of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was, in part, what made her want to live in one. She resided across the river in Brooklyn in 2007, ...

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A record-breaking number of shipping containers are backlogged at LA ports as supply-chain woes continue. But after 15 to 20 years of carrying freight, some containers "retire" into a second life. See ...

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