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A Home Is Not A House

Posted on August 26th, 2010
by Berit Griffin

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Wood, stucco, brick…just some of the regular materials that regular houses are made of. Of course, shelter and home can come in any number of forms. MSN Real Estate recently listed a few. Here are our favorites; would you consider living in any of these?

Converted churches: Soaring ceilings and gorgeous light (see this church tower conversion as well).

Airplanes: According to MSN, the owner of this airplane/home bought it for $2000, moved it for $4000 and renovated it for $24,000. Not too bad!

Shipping containers: Save the “living in a box” jokes. These homes, made out of old freight boxes, are stylish and comfortable.

Photos courtesy of MSN Real Estate.

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Christopher Harold (chris_harold)

August 26th, 2010 - 3:57 pm

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RT @MarvinWindows: A home is not house: Unusual things that aren’t houses turned into homes [link to post]

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Mandy Priest Arnold (mpriestarnold)

August 27th, 2010 - 11:20 am

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A house made from an old plane! They did it all for $30K [link to post]

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