Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lexi and Diego Newkirk built a two-story shipping container home on their land in Texas. They invested about $100,000 in the home, ...

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 ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

What happens to shipping containers when they return to land after a trip across the ocean? Increasingly, they have become a place to live on both a short- and long-term basis. Eko Solutions offers ...

IT TOOK AWHILE for shipping-container homes to come to Indianapolis (insert landlocked joke here), but the first one that arrived is extra-special—it’s designed by Travis Price Architects in ...

Meet Teresa & Mike, who enjoy simple living in a cozy small home by the ocean. Initially interested in RV living, they ...