Are you looking for exciting interior decorating ideas that capture the style, feel, and overall essence of shipping containers? Shipping container furniture gives the perfect combination of style and functionality to your unique living space. If you’re already into alternative construction or shipping container buildings, this is a great way to continue with a cohesive […]| Discover Containers
The cooktop is arguably the simplest and most common cooking appliance in kitchens worldwide. A source of heat, a cooking container, and some food are all that’s needed. But there are a surprising amount of cooktop options available! Should you use gas or induction? Do you need a ventilation hood? Will your fancy copper pans […]| Discover Containers
If baking bread, roasting vegetables, and cooking pizzas are a few of your favorite things, then an oven has to be one of the necessary kitchen appliances in your container home. But do you need a different oven than what you’d normally put in a traditional house? And what kind of oven should you get? […]| Discover Containers
When it comes to designing and furnishing a bathroom in your container home, a sink is one of the most important pieces. It’s not obscured behind a cabinet or curtain but is out in the open for everyone to see. And essentially every person visiting the bathroom will use it! For a small container home, […]| Discover Containers
Moving into a new container home means thinking about the appliances you’ll use and where you’ll put them. And a water heater is certainly toward the top of that list, enabling you to take showers, wash dishes, and more. In many cases, a container home is designed to be smaller than a conventional home, which […]| Discover Containers
In many cases, a container home is synonymous with tiny house living. It’s about reducing clutter, reducing household expenses, and maximizing life enjoyment. People who have chosen this lifestyle or who are thinking about it understand how precious every inch of available space is. A tiny living area or bedroom can easily feel cramped if […]| Discover Containers
Everything is smaller in a tiny container home, even the bathrooms. But whether you’re building a modestly-sized home or not, learning how to use bathroom space efficiently and effectively is still crucial. Small showers don’t have to feel small, and cramped sinks and cabinets don’t have to be a fact of life. Have you ever […]| Discover Containers
One of the most important elements of a home’s livability is how it allows you to store your possessions. Your clothes and food have to go somewhere, and you might want some space for random items like your high school yearbook and gift wrapping paper too! For many people, thinking about shipping container home storage […]| Discover Containers
One of the reasons we most love shipping container buildings is their flexibility. Containers are often compared to Legos for obvious reasons: they can be stacked and combined in infinite ways to create entirely new shapes. But that’s not all. Thanks to the reusable fittings integral to almost all containers, there are a number of […]| Discover Containers
Living in a shipping container home is no longer seen as something totally unusual. More and more people are starting to see the benefits of shipping container homes and are figuring out ways to make the most of the living space. While container homes may have seemed quirky when they first came onto the scene […]| Discover Containers
Whether dictated by a limited budget, site constraints, part-time use, or other factors, many people gravitate toward smaller container homes. Even when you’re constrained to having a small shipping container home, no one wants to feel like they’re living in a shoebox. However, there are certain activities you need to accommodate (like cooking and sleeping) […]| Discover Containers
After a long day, nothing is more relaxing than coming home to sprawl out on a comfy sofa. But if you live in a smaller container home, you may think that you don’t have space for a sectional couch. While most sectional couches in furniture stores are well over 100 inches long, there are some […]| Discover Containers
One of the many benefits of shipping containers is their strength and durability, whether used for storage or for building a home. These qualities are useful for enduring inclement weather, resisting environmental decay, and keeping animals and pests at bay, but there is another reason why many people gravitate toward containers: Security. Whether concerned about […]| Discover Containers
Shipping container homes can be as big or small as you’d like to make them. Did you know that Todd Miller’s Graceville Container home has 6,000 square feet of living area? Of course, not all shipping container homes are this big. Recently, we featured Brenda Kelly’s tiny shipping container home which was made out of a single […]| Discover Containers
We already know that using shipping containers for constructing buildings is environmentally friendly. While we’ve debunked the myth that EVERY container home is eco-friendly, there are steps you can take to make sure yours is one of the ones that does fit in the category. In this article, we’re excited to share a few options you […]| Discover Containers