Sears home plans

Standing squarely in the living room of his new home in downtown Pleasanton, Emil Oxsen...

The Sears Crafton was possibly Sears best-selling kit home. It was offered for more than two decades in the Sears Modern Homes catalogs, and remained popular

While these days we don't think twice about ordering all kinds of things online, with giants like Amazon offering pretty much anything you could possibly imagine shipped to your doorstep, the mail-order concept goes back much further than you might think, and you could even get an entire house delivered by mail.

How about a light-hearted happy post amongst the stories of a declining economy and too much theft and aches and pains? Here are picture of the top five...

Competing with other kit home builders in the first quarter of the 20th century, Sears offered an assortment of home plans and kits that had appeal to a broad spectrum of home buyers. Small bungalows, large farmhouses, four squares, and lightly decorated Queen Anne styles provided something for nearly everyone. All were available by order

There was dramatic and transformative change in the design of US homes in the 1910s to 1930s. The biggest innovation was the expansion of the US electrical grid to rural areas in the 1910s and 20s.…

The Sears Modern Homes 118 aka Clyde, Why was it so popular?

Sears Kit House - The Belmont. From the 1931 catalog. Available from 1931 to 1933. An English Cottage. Sears Roebuck Kit Homes

It’s officially the ’20s again, and we’re throwing it back to the Roaring 1920s all week. Whether you love Jazz Age decor, historic homes, or just learning how people lived 100 years ago, we’ve got you covered. Cheers, old chap!Our house was built in 1920, and it’s funny to think that the people who bought it a century ago probably took some of the same steps we did—even if they were buying a brand-new house rather than a battered old fixer-upper.