Posts Tagged ‘shipping container home’
Retiree’s Container Home on Wheels Life, a Healing Journey
Meet Sally, a retiree living in a container home on wheels. She downsized into her 20-foot tiny home to turn a fresh leaf and achieve her own independent affordable housing. Although Sally had no debt, she has little income, which makes obtaining a loan challenging. But thanks to Operation Tiny Home & Sutter Home, she…
Read MoreIs This the Most Livable 40-ft Container Home?!
40′ Shipping Container Tiny Home Conversion Meet Dan, an architect who designed, built, and now lives in a high-cube 40-ft container home with his wife, dog, and cat. During the design phase, he focused on not sacrificing comfort while optimizing function. The result is an exceptionally livable, light & airy tiny home. Impressively, Dan did…
Read MoreContainer Homes vs Tiny Houses on Wheels: A Comparison
Which is better a shipping container conversion or a tiny house on wheels? More importantly, which is better for you? We compare container homes vs tiny houses on wheels and sharing similarities, as well as pros & cons. Comparison Video Breakdown: 0:00 – Tiny Home Comparison 0:07 – Intro 0:57 – Tiny House on Wheels…
Read MoreImpressive Modern Shipping Container Home Build
A Modern Container Home Build by Relevant Buildings Relevant Buildings owner Carl Coffman shows us his modern shipping container home in New Era, Oregon. At 900 square feet, it’s created with two off-set 40-foot used containers and a site-built 8-foot bridge. The “bridge” creates significant extra width and height. As a result, ample room is…
Read MoreInnovative Container Homes with Conversion Insights
Converting shipping containers into homes is full of amazing design possibilities and is remarkably sustainable. Reusing something in surplus for a dwelling that requires less precious resources, like lumber, makes container homes ideal for our climate change reality. That’s precisely what appealed to Relevant Buildings, a container house manufacturer in Oregon City, Oregon. Owner Carl…
Read More$20k Container Home: Couple’s Clever Build
In our latest tiny home tour, we share a cozy modern DIY container home on a dreamy waterfront location in northern Washington. After living in a rustic school bus conversion, Matt and Paiton were looking for affordable homeownership opportunities to put down roots. So they searched for land and researched alternative dwellings, like yurts and…
Read MoreUse These Tiny House Basics to Turn a Shipping Container Into a Home
Do you want build and live in a tiny home? These tiny house basics will help you turn a shipping container into a home you can be proud of. You’ve seen them on TV. Cute tiny homes, from those on wheels to container homes, are all the rage right now. And why not? Living simply…
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