For better or for worse, you're probably familiar with the process of assembling furniture. You're sent the pieces and the tools, and hopefully, you can take it from there. But what if you could do ...

Does It Come With Free Shipping? Did you know you can buy a new house online? For as little as $500 you can buy the plans for a DIY kit home that you can finish to your own specs. If you've got more ...

The Virginian-Pilot, January 12, 2006 "Suffolk Sun" Section, p. SU8 (posted with permission from The Virginian-Pilot) It's a house that may have arrived by boxcar, complete with thousands of parts, a ...

Last week, I featured a gallery of photos of Alabama kit homes bought from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogs. While some readers were surprised to learn Sears sold kits for everything from outhouses to ...

If you think houses built from kits during the early 20th century were shoddy and cheap, think again. “These homes were solid and have stood the test of time,” said author and historian Rosemary ...

FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog. The retail giant's catalog, printed from 1892 to 1993, featured any product an American consumer could ever need ...

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