This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. For better or for worse, you’re probably ...

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 ...

A home in McCandless that was ordered from a Sears catalog in 1922 is now on the market. The house at 8828 Memorial Drive was one of the many home kits sold in the United States through the mail-order ...

On Saturday, Nov. 6, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society will present "The Story of Sears Roebuck Kit Homes." In the early 20th century, Sears, Roebuck & Co. used to sell "kit homes" that were delivered ...

The Holyoke Mall Sears is set to close this month but there was a time when people purchased nearly everything they owned from Sears, including their home. This month, the Sears inside the Holyoke ...

Onetime retail giant Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. Here’s a look back at a story from 2017 about how the kit homes it sold and shipped are still valued today. (October 22 ...

The original 1926 Sears & Roebuck label identifying the house at 115 Belleclaire Avenue in Longmeadow as a Sears kit house. The label includes the name of the recipient of the Sears kit house, the ...

Sears is one of America's most iconic companies, but after losing billions of dollars in recent years, the company said it may not survive much longer. Sears is one of America's most iconic companies, ...

What is a Sears kit home? Sears, Roebuck and Co. was one of several companies that sold complete home-building kits by mail order between 1906 and 1946. Sears was not the first; "Sears didn't even ...

Southern California was just beginning to develop a taste for suburban sprawl in 1923 when an enterprising Venice property owner built a charming Craftsman home using plans and materials purchased ...

Years ago while making some routine repairs, George Lugeanbeal removed a baseboard in the kitchen of his home at 4327 Hiawatha St. and made a discovery: the remains of an old label. Most of the ...

Thanks to the Internet, you can buy just about anything online and have it shipped to you in a few days or less. The process is reminiscent of the early 1900s, when people turned to mail-order ...