Despite seemingly endless interest in decorating, landscaping, buying, staging and selling houses, actually building a house is a mysterious process that is mostly left to professionals. But for some ...

Kit houses were America's first mass-produced, prefab homes, sold by Sears, Montgomery Ward, Gordon Van Tine, Aladdin and a few others. The materials for these homes, ordered straight from a catalog, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiny homes have been popular for years now, particularly among those seeking a cheaper path to homeownership. But for those who ...

The JF-Kit House, by Spanish-based Elii Architecture, is an off-grid home concept which envisions occupants using exercise to offset their energy needs. To its credit, Elii Architecture makes it clear ...

There’s one sector of the homebuilding market that seems to be weathering the recent economic storm better than the rest of its industry — kit homes. Kit homes are houses built from packages of ...

The arrival of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog was a much-anticipated event in most local households in the early 20th century. Dad got to see the latest in tools and machinery, Mom marveled at the ...

Buying all the parts and pieces for furniture and assembling it at home is part of normal shopping at places like IKEA. But what if you’re buying all the parts and pieces to build an actual home? A ...