Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whichever name you choose for it, there’s no denying ...

If you've ever considered going down the prefabricated cottage home kit road, you may have found yourself overwhelmed by a mountain of information. What's a prefab home, after all? Is it the same ...

Despite seemingly endless interest in decorating, landscaping, buying, staging and selling houses, actually building a house is a mysterious process that is mostly left to professionals. But for some ...

When Richard and Terry Jeng bought their tiny bungalow in South Arlington in 2001, they kept their clothes in the attic since the closets in their first-floor bedroom were practically nonexistent. "We ...

Set on a vineyard in California’s Napa Valley, a compound intended to entertain a large family is in the early stages of design. In addition to the main residence—in what Oakland, California-based ...

Adding two income-producing rentals or self-contained guest homes next to an existing house on a city lot continues to get easier in Oregon. Factory-made compact dwellings, complete with windows and ...

Buying all the parts and pieces for furniture and assembling it at home is part of normal shopping at places like IKEA. But what if you’re buying all the parts and pieces to build an actual home? A ...