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A new pilot program by the city to add housing has yet to catch on—but that could soon change.

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Read this before you embark on a project working alongside a contractor and an architect.

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The appeal of a prefab house is clear, but the process of getting one is not.

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Prefab builders across the USA are striving for smarter, faster ways to make homes.

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Going prefab? These companies make it a snap.

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Designer Joyce Downing Pickens of JDP Interiors knows that a neutral palette can be boring when done wrong.

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Let there be light—a lot of it.

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Antique rug, meet postmodern chair.

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Find out how to determine whether a home has “good bones.”

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