For better or for worse, you're probably familiar with the process of assembling furniture. You're sent the pieces and the tools, and hopefully, you can take it from there. But what if you could do ...

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...

I can’t remember when I first learned of Sears Roebuck homes, but it must have been decades ago. There are several in the county and one was on Greene County’s Tour of Homes when it was in Durham in ...

This 1908 advertisement from when Sears offered a house for $2,300 but you had to build it yourself. from the book “The Houses That Sears Built” by Rosemary Thornton. Over the years, I’ve spent some ...

Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. Minnie Kendall’s Roseville house was said to ...

Sometimes kitchen renovations really come down to the need for a better layout. That was the case for Carli Otero and her family, the proud owners of a charming 1924 Sears kit home in the D.C. metro ...

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