Harris Homes were kit houses available after WWI. You could order your entire house, even the furnishings and have it delivered by train. Here is a model bungalow of the charming California type. Viewed from any direction a passing glace is invariably turned to a …
My cousin and her husband renovated this charming tiny cottage in Glenville, North Carolina. This charming tiny cottage is very small, but an open floor plan and lots of windows make it feel spacious. The stairs lead to the loft bedroom. The house is cozy, …
When I bought the log cabin, it had sculptured white carpeting. I had files of photos torn out of magazines. I looked through those and did a lot of research. I wanted solid flooring. Not a veneer or a synthetic. Flooring Choices: Species: What kind …
My cousin and her husband renovated this charming tiny cabin in Glenville, North Carolina. It is only 450 square feet, but using full sized appliances and fixtures means it doesn’t feel cramped. They put in hardwood floors and whitewashed shiplap walls. The house is cozy, …
Some of the older homes around me here in Western North Carolina have a Little House on their land. When people first bought the land, they built a Little House to live in while they built their house. Later, when their kids get married, they …
When I bought the log cabin, the yard was completely full of thorns and kudzu. The first year, I started clearing it myself. It grew faster than I could cut it. I was covered in cuts and scratches. And it still looked as bad as …
When I first bought the log cabin, it had two bedrooms. One was small and the other was even smaller. The wall between them had each room’s closets. The only place you could put a bed was under a window. The other walls had doorways …
When I bought the log cabin, it had a completely unfinished crawlspace attic. Just insulation and stuff the previous owners had abandoned laying over the roof trusses. There was access from the ceiling in the second bedroom. Roof trusses or roof rafters are not the …
A modular home is built in a factory, then delivered complete or nearly complete. A kit house is delivered as materials on a truck. Advantage A big advantage of Kit Houses is; you know what your costs are up front. Depending on the company, for …
This is the 2017 version of the kitchen. It fits into about 8’ x 10’ of my open floor plan. There is 42” of walk space from the front of the fridge to the facing cabinets. This is plenty of room to open the fridge, …
