Container-ed living

I just read an article that demonstrates twelve ways shipping containers can be converted into residential properties. Some are pie in the sky, others seem a bit more practical. Among the clever designs is a beach home that uses space with frugality. The article, Crate Expectations: 12 Shipping Container Housing Ideas, is posted by the website Treehugger.

My father has been talking for years about this concept as a neat way to use empty containers in areas with a container-traffic trade deficit.