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Container Homes: ContainerWerk

By Sharon Villines on 15 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Small yellow shipping container house

Container homes, along with school bus homes, became fashionable a few decades ago. Dedicated businesses now provide easy access to discarded container cars— you no longer have to scour shipping docks or… Read More

Renting and Owning Both

By Sharon Villines on 12 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Public Housing being destroyed by implosion.

Renting and owning both bring joys and sorrows. Renting allows flexibility and doesn’t require accumulated wealth. When your life changes, you can move closer to a new job or move to a… Read More

Best Green Builders of Tiny Houses

By Sharon Villines on 8 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The best green builders of Tiny Houses were reviewed by Treehugger in November for 2121 and five listed as the greenest, most, and best builders in specific categories: Greenest Full-Service Option: 84 Tiny… Read More

Tiny House Construction Costs

By Sharon Villines on 5 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Ryan Mitchell's 150 SF house.

Tiny House Construction Costs: The Real Numbers Tiny house construction costs are at the heart of the first question asked about a tiny house. Well, maybe the second, the first being how… Read More

Retrofitting Old Buildings with Prefab Facades

By Sharon Villines on 5 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Exterior insulating panels for old buildings

Retrofitting old buildings has become faster and less disruptive with a prefab, modular facade installed on top of an existing facade to instantly help the building save energy. And doing it while… Read More

My Grandmother’s House

By Sharon Villines on 3 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
My grandmother's house in 2021

My grandmother’s house was a white frame cottage, very neat and tidy, on the corner of two unpaved roads and with an outhouse in the backyard next to an apple tree. A… Read More

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