There’s one sector of the homebuilding market that seems to be weathering the recent economic storm better than the rest of its industry — kit homes. Kit homes are houses built from packages of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A father and son team, owners of Pioneer's Pride in Hartville, makes do-it-yourself kits for pavilions. What They Make: Pioneer's Pride, founded in 2017, by Todd Schlabach and his ...

FabCab has a line of four different models ranging in size from a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom home at 550 sq ft up to a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home at 1,337 sq ft. The homes are built from renewable and ...

Lifetime Outdoor Arrangements rebrands as Premier Timber Frame Builders, expanding into national timber frame kits while ...

In Colonial times, they did it the old-fashioned way. They built houses with massive skeletons of wooden beams–and no nails. This type of construction–called timber framing–was an import from the Old ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Kit homes, also called catalog or mail-order homes, come shipped to your door in ...

Heading up Frank and Brenda Baker's driveway in Blissfield, Mich., the first thing you notice about their bungalow-styled house is the timber truss supporting the front porch. With its weathered wood ...

For third generation carpenter Russ Brotnov and his tight-knit Carpentry Plus Inc. team, it’s long been a family affair. His father Lyle founded Carpentry Plus in 1991. Russ joined two years later and ...

TAKES A VILLAGE: Barron Brown directs a crew at a barn raising near Marshall. Photo by Storms Reback It’s not every day you get invited to a barn raising, so when I did, I jumped at the opportunity.