Many people dream of downsizing into a tiny house or off-grid cabin to reduce their expenses and simplify their lives. But the process of making that dream a reality can be both tricky and expensive, ...

From the forests of the Cascade Mountains outside Seattle to the countryside in Lille, France, these dwellings prove that ...

Shipping containers are being transformed to provide housing. Can they be affordable? We are used to seeing shipping containers as a mode of transporting goods by land or sea. We see them on the backs ...

In this economy, downsizing makes sense for a lot of reasons besides environmental concerns. That’s not to say, though, that the rich can’t put a very artsy spin on downsizing – and this is exactly ...

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI -- A local developer is building luxury-style homes out of shipping containers in Ypsilanti Township. Darius Smith, founder of ASJ Homes and the What’s Up Detroit show, is ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

With their proposal to build a dozen homes from shipping containers on the South Side stalled, a pair of developers now plan to build homes made from the metal containers in south suburban Ford ...

Your grandmother loves to take you walking downtown, pointing out her favorite architecture. She helped build this city, and still it’s always changing. In her childhood, she tells you, homes and ...