Rammed Earth: Incredible Textured Walls
How many of you have explored rammed earth as a building style for walls? Although it is inexpensive and very sustainable, it is an uncommon building technology in the West. …
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Family Vacation House is a Traditional Design, But It’s Also a Modular Home
This prefab home was designed with tradition in mind. It was constructed decades ago by house designer (and furniture designer) Jens Risom, after renting for years on a small, undeveloped …
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Steel Frame Modular Uses Existing Building Components to Save Money
A big part of the prefab and modular home movement is an interest in using materials that are already being created — never mind the building block of prefab, the …
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Edgewood Log Home Builders
Some of the most talked-about log homes out there are built by this Idaho home building company called Edgewood. It’s a 30-year-old company founded by a fellow named Brian Schafer. …
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Modern Mountain Home
Taking a break from our pursuit on Building Homes and Living of finding inexpensive alternatives that will let us all get into a house situation — mostly we look at …
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Small Luxury Lodge Keeps With the Original 1930’s Architecture
One way to save money on a house is to buy a fixer-upper, right? But sometimes a fixer-upper can cost more than a new house, especially if the owner wants …
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This Prefab Isn’t Just a Prefab – It’s a Hybrid
This prefab (hybrid) house is sitting up in the mountains of California. So how was it built, and what do we mean by calling it a “hybrid”? The modular home …
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A Charming Little Prefab Cottage – Plans
When it comes to prefabs, there are those who like modern home designs and there are those who like the traditional layout. It’s funny. These types of dwellings have been …
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Unique Rustic Deck Chairs
Hello modular home builders (and those interested in learning more about prefab houses). We recently took a look at a company called BIO architects who had made a nice wooden-finish …
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Expandable Container Home – They’re Selling These Things for Only $10,000
So modular homes are inexpensive alternatives, in many cases, to traditional construction homes, but I came across this expandable modular container home, and they’re listing them for $10,000 (you still …
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