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 ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A Pinellas Park business is thinking outside the box when it comes to giving people the option of high-quality, inexpensive container builds and modifications. The container ...

Additional cost: Chula Vista invested $6.6 million to create a 65-unit village, bringing the cost-per-unit to about $101,538. The village is on city property, and recreating it elsewhere would include ...

Explore a cozy modern DIY shipping container home on a stunning waterfront in northern Washington state. Built by Matt & ...

Keith Henderson, with BOMA Properties, converts shipping containers into houses for rent or even for sale. They range in ...

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 ...

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 ...

BASTROP, Texas — Ellen and Gary Bearicks live in Sugarland, but they are frequently at their property in Bastrop, where they stay in their two shipping containers. “Isn't that a weird idea?” Ellen ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Flour Bluff and the South Side. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Shipping containers are typically made to transport items and goods, but now they have been converted into ...

Jette Sabiston was 22 when she bought two sea-cans to construct a house near Three Valley Gap — two years later, she's spent less than $35,000 ...