The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally ...

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 ...

A tiny house will never go out of style, which makes it a good investment. However, building one from scratch can be prohibitively expensive (unless you ordered a unit from Wayfair or Lowe's). Instead ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Worried they would never be able to afford to build their own home in Brooklyn, architect Michelle Bertomen and contractor David Boyle constructed one out ...

Fort Wayne City Council has taken the first step toward using recycled shipping containers to build smaller, inexpensive dwellings. It’s a concept that has existed since at least the turn of the ...

Thinking of turning your backyard into an income source? You might have already looked at shipping container houses on HGTV, and be mulling them over as a self-contained, more private alternative to a ...

This post originally appeared on The Wayward Home. Click through the gallery above to see nine model home styles currently on the market. Shipping container homes are an affordable and eco-friendly ...