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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by ben1040 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:14PM (#18857232)
>If Sears had a lumber yard

In a way, they did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by 1123581321 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @03:19PM (#18859255)
I own one of these. It was built in 1935 and unlike Sears, it has a good chance of surviving another century because it’s made of solid brick. It’s a Craftsman-style Bungalow that apparently was build extra wide (or at least wider than other homes in our neighborhood), so the upper bedrooms are more spacious than it might appear from the outside.
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by i_feel_great on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:33AM (#18862769)
There are links at the bottom of the page to the catalogues. Looking at the 1908 catalogue - my goodness those houses are gorgeous.

I wonder if there is some sort of design trademark on them. I would love to build a house like these in Australia.