However, lest you think you need to go the route of hiring a professional, you should know that some do-it-yourself designers like Keith Dewey are making do with their own shipping container home ...

According to the company's website, the Rising Sun shipping container house is for sale, starting at a base price of $85,000 and ranging up to $120,000 with upgrades.

Shipping container diehards also love their durability and, ... And while there are plenty of DIY plans out there, ... shiplap walls, barn doors, and options with a queen-sized Murphy bed. ...

A COUPLE spent £48k building their dream home - out of two 40ft shipping containers. Lexi Newkirk, 24, and her husband, Diego, 25, wanted to escape the city and bought 12-and-a-half acres of land ...