Shipping containers reimagined as useful spaces. Original design concepts and practical editorial guides for studios, offices, workshops, cafes and more.
A used 20-foot container in Savannah, Georgia was listed for a median of $1,200 at the depot in early October 2026. The same kind of box in Las Vegas was listed for $2,887. Nothing about the steel explains a gap that size. Both are old cargo containers, both …
The most expensive design decision can happen before anyone draws a room. A buyer chooses a container from a few photographs, assumes the …
A container conversion loses space in more directions than its first floor plan suggests. Wall linings reduce width, the floor build-up …
A bicycle is an awkward thing to fit into a narrow room. It’s about as long as a person is tall and as wide as its handlebars, and when it’s …
The grill is usually the first thing people buy for an outdoor kitchen and the last thing they give enough space. It gets pushed against a …
A shipping container looks like the perfect home gym. It’s tough, it’s private, it sits apart from the house, and it locks. Then the first …
Draw a meeting room in a 40-foot container and the first sketch is always the same. A long table runs down the middle, with chairs on both …
Search for container music rooms and you’ll find plenty of promises that a steel box lined with foam becomes a soundproof studio. It …
People who own a lot of books tend to dream about a room just for them. Shelves from floor to ceiling, one good chair, a lamp and a door …
Paper and water don’t get along. Anyone who has painted at a kitchen table knows the moment: a jar tips, a brush flicks, and a sheet you …
