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 ...

The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

When the cost of a single-family home hewn from wood and traditional construction materials is out of reach for many low-income Phoenix residents, and hell, some middle-income earners too — the ...

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Building housing that families can afford has continued to be a challenge in Arizona, especially as the cost of construction ...

Adding a swimming pool to your backyard has never been easier, now that Mudpools came up with a very versatile and easy to implement concept. The innovation is the choice of materials which is quite ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids company that gives old shipping containers new life as pools, homes and other living concepts is expanding. Blox CEO Chris Van Doeselaar expects to open the ...

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 ...

Kristin is a lead editor at Forbes Home and has nearly a decade of professional experience as a writer and editor. She's previously worked at sites like Talking Points Memo, Insider, Delish, Angi and ...

A Malaysian former IT professional founded Singapore's only shipping container hotel chain. Seah Liang Chiang estimates that spent around $700,000 building his chain's first hotel complex. Seah ...

A six-story building in downtown Phoenix is made almost entirely of shipping containers on the outside. On the inside, visitors will find vacation rentals with all of the essentials, along with a ...