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IKEA Home Office Inspiration

IKEA Home Office Inspiration

When you first walk into an IKEA store, there are rooms to wander through for inspiration. This IKEA display demonstrates a home office with a sofa-bed living area. It is in the Jacksonville, Florida IKEA store. The office has a comfortable rolling chair, full-sized desk 

Compact Meadowridge Amish Built ADU Cabins

Compact Meadowridge Amish Built ADU Cabins

The Meadow Ridge Cabin ADU Series built by Amish Built Cabins are modular homes, built to residential building codes. From 240 to 832 square foot floor plans, they are livable homes with a compact footprint.  You can order them as a factory-finished cabin or as 

Buy a Shed Already Converted into a Home for Less

Buy a Shed Already Converted into a Home for Less

Have you considered buying a shed to turn into a home? A lot of people are using a shed as somewhere to stay temporarily after a natural disaster. Others are looking for a way to save money on rent or house payments. Whether your plan 

6 Tiny Houses in Mills River from only $70,000

6 Tiny Houses in Mills River from only $70,000

We went to the open house when they first launched Acony Bell Tiny Home Community. Since then the development has grown and matured into a real neighborhood with vacation homes and year-round residents.  It is unusual to find one of the best locations available to 

Nearly New Tiny Towable for Less Than It Would Cost to Build

Nearly New Tiny Towable for Less Than It Would Cost to Build

When tiny homes first came out, we calculated how much it would cost to build one ourselves. It came to more than we expected! And lumber and everything else has gone up a lot since then. This tiny house is finished, on a frame with 

How to Build a Folding Bed

How to Build a Folding Bed

Someone renovating a vintage camper told me he is going to make a murphy bed using the hardware from a sofa bed. A thrift store sofa bed costs less than murphy bed hardware. Huh! That might work! He asked for some photos of what the 

14×40 Lofted Barn Shed to Comfortable Home

14×40 Lofted Barn Shed to Comfortable Home

This 14×40 Lofted Barn has been finished inside to be a home with downstairs bedroom, a full kitchen with lots of counter space, washer and dryer, bath with high end features and an upstairs loft. From the outside you might not guess, but this shed 

The First Two Modular Homes are Delivered and Set

The First Two Modular Homes are Delivered and Set

Two of the new Modular Homes near us I talked about earlier were delivered. A crane moved them onto the foundation and they are in the process of completion. So if you want to be my neighbor, this is your opportunity. The two sections of 

Carolina Siding: Natural Edge Rustic Siding

Carolina Siding: Natural Edge Rustic Siding

Carolina Siding is pretty popular around here for rustic, cabin style houses. It might be the least expensive way to cover the outside of a house. Local lumberyards have a stack of it and will sell it pretty cheap. What is Carolina Siding and where 

Do I have to have a 20% down payment to buy a home?

Do I have to have a 20% down payment to buy a home?

No. You may not even have to have a down payment at all! You can borrow more than 80% of the price of the house you are buying. You can actually borrow a lot more.  If you are buying your first home, or haven’t owned