Do you live in an urban area and want to reap the benefits of growing your own vegetables and plants? Have you thought about the benefits of growing those veggies and plants in a greenhouse shipping container? It can be done! Growing your own food or tending to some of your favorite plants can be…
Shipping Container Home Windows We could go on and on about shipping container windows here at the Container Stop blog. Experience has shown us that clients possess a near-limitless ability to imagine windows of many shapes, sizes, placements, opacity, and more. It’s one of the things that make our line of work so interesting and…
We’ve written all about the good reasons to score a shipping container. We’ve examined the many ways in which a shipping container can be converted into a living space. We’ve talked at length about people just like you who have turned shipping containers into super excellent, creative spaces. But what are some other creative uses…
There are many advantages to building with shipping containers. Although originally conceived for reasons much different than housing or business space, shipping containers are nevertheless easy to work with and to reconfigure into something new. This is true in no small part to their ingenious modularity, which allows for creative combinations of just about any…
Container Stop has so many ways to personalize shipping container homes that it’s difficult if not impossible to describe them all in one blog post. Actually, scrap that. It actually is impossible to describe them all in one post. That’s because we’re always thinking of new ways to customize shipping containers in order to transform…
So-called “granny flats” — or, as they’re usually called in most municipalities, an accessory dwelling unit — are a hot ticket item in today’s competitive housing market. As more and more families look to consolidate their living spaces while saving money, it’s likely that we’ll see more and more homes with ADUs entering the market….
Wondering how much it will cost to DIY a shipping container house? This is a good question! After all, there’s a lot to think about. Doing it yourself — or DIYing it — will save money on the hiring of professionals. But could that decision cost you in the end? A pro may be able…
Can you live in a shipping container? What things do you need to think about when considering this particular living arrangement? There are generally two overarching concerns before one decides to make the move into shipping container living: the personal and the legal. The personal: What does one need in a living space in order…
If you’ve spent any amount of time perusing the Container Stop blog — and we hope you have! — you’ve no doubt noticed our enthusiasm for shipping container homes. That enthusiasm for the shipping container business was there from the get-go. It’s one of the reasons we got into this line of work in the…
What are the environmentally-friendly aspects of a shipping container home? There are quite a few — from the use of fewer materials and resources in their construction to the fact that they’re incredibly long-lasting. There’s also the fact that shipping containers can be relocated quickly to places where people are in desperate need of housing….
We’ve built cabins, garden sheds, and tack rooms with our containers. Have an idea for your shipping container? Let us know!
