Build-It-Yourself Sears Homes

July 6th, 2021

Image copyright Sears Roebuck & Co If you were in the market for a new home between 1908 and 1940, you may have decided to build one yourself using a kit from Sears Roebuck & Co.  The company created well-made, stylish, affordable housing that became known as “the American dream in a box, or simply a “bungalow in a box Read More...

Happy or Not: Where You Live Matters.

April 1st, 2015

A study by a researcher at the University of British Columbia has identified the happiest and unhappiest metropolitan areas in the United States. The Philadelphia area made the list – coming in at number ten on the unhappiest list. Of course, the researchers didn’t interview people who lived in Sal Paone homes Read More...