Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For better or for worse, you're probably familiar with the process of assembling furniture. You're sent the pieces and the tools, ...

Considering Sears, Roebuck & Co. was founded in Chicago back in 1893, it’s no surprise Illinois boasts many of the company’s ready-to-assemble kit homes (second only to Ohio). The Sears Modern Homes ...

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 ...

Sears is no longer the retailer it once was, having been beaten to the brink of irrelevance by outlet closures and online competition. But just about anyone over 40 remembers the company’s trusty, ...

What’s old is new again, real estate agents are discovering as buyers lay down millions in order to own vintage houses known as kit homes. Before these homes became sought-after relics, they were ...

Over the decades, the kit homes ranged in price from $3,000 to $10,000 depending on the size, design and scope. The companies also sold garages, boilers, chicken coops, bathtubs and built-in shelving.

Michigan-based Hygge Supply is known as a leader in the world of sustainable home design thanks to its customizable kit homes. Now, the company has unveiled the Birch Le Collaboration House — an ...

When Chris Affer and his wife, Laura, were house hunting in Berkley last year, Laura saw that the home where her mother used to get her hair done in the basement was for sale. “She was like, ‘Oh my ...