In September we brought you Tiny Houses. In keeping with the art of simple and creative living, how about living in a metal box – a shipping container to be more exact? This recent piece from TreeHugger (Crate Expectations) highlights the many creative ways people are turning these mundane and inexpensive boxes into stylish and comfortable homes. If you are dying to get started, here’s an article from BobVila.com that goes a little more in-depth (note it takes place in North Charleston!).

 

  

As we are faced with evermore complex economic and social realities, many will seek a simpler path. And while living inside a shipping container may not be our individual routes to peace and serenity, these creations speak to one sure thing that humans have always proved excellent at – adaptation.

Filed under: Charleston SC Green Living, I'On Group, Mixson, Urban Sustainability on November 4th, 2008