What happens when your brilliant customer makes a hotel room out of one of your containers? Answer: You stay in it!! Geoffrey Warner, AIA, the founder of Alchemy and weeHouse created LightHotel as an ecotourism alternative. They started with a 20' container from Super Cubes. We added in the windows ...

What would you do with a one-trip 20' container? We have some great customers who have taken 20' (and in some cases 40') containers and created something much bigger than a box. We are showcasing some of the fun stuff we've been a part of or at least supplied containers today. Super Cubes worked ...

We have reported on how a Super Cubes customer has converted eight 40' high cube containers into their home. See our blog on putting the containers in place by clicking here. Now the house is almost done and Show Me St Louis has done a piece on the home. You can watch it below: Or you can go to ...

This virtual reality booth was made from a leftover "tube" of container.

Our shop in Chicago has put together this 2-story building made from 3 containers. They made it to show how a few of the modifications can work for their customers. The first floor is one large open room that spans two 40' containers wide. They used used containers to show how well they work for ...

Super Cubes LOVES container homes. That is no mystery to anyone who reads this blog. But most of the time we repost pictures and stories about container homes and buildings that we had no part in. Not today!!! We are SO excited that a Super Cubes customer is making an 8-container home using Super ...

Do you volunteer or work for a group that needs more storage? A youth sports team, a church group, or a community group that has stuff and nowhere to put it? Think about a container! Containers are a great way to provide storage where you need it and solve other space issues that may come up while ...

Super Cubes team volunteers at Matter in St Louis Park, MN Super Cubes has teamed up with Matter in their mission to expand access to health care, next door and around the world. Matter, formerly Hope for the City, is a St Louis, MN based non-profit that works locally and internationally on hunger ...

We often talk about how great containers are for hunting cabins. They are portable, secure, easy to modify, pretty much everything you could hope for when making your own hunting cabin. The head of our shop in Minneapolis passes this hunting cabin that is for sale in northern Minnesota whenever ...

Here is a video of #5. Today we're going to look at container homes. I get a lot of calls about these and I realized it is time for more inspirational ideas! Today we're going to look at 5 different container home projects that couldn't be more different! There aren't any pictures on this page, but ...

Roll-up doors go together with containers like peanut butter and jelly. Containers come with two swing doors on one short end of the container, but often that simply isn't enough. Many people need to access the container from multiple points or don't want to deal with tight container doors that can ...

Debbie Glassberg from Homecontained.com built this beautiful container home Container homes - and other buildings - are all the rage on the internet right now. If you need proof, check out this home (or this second one on it), or this one that is still in the planning stages for veterans. They are ...

Containers are often the target for graffiti, but in Slayton, MN, one container was the canvas for an award-winning graffiti design. Ecos Energy purchased a container from Super Cubes to put at their solar-panel field. They decided to have a design contest at the local high school to decorate the ...

If you are calling around to get pricing on containers, you have probably encountered rates based on if the container is an "A, B or C". But what does that mean? The short answer - no much. Ratings like A, B and C do not have any standards. They are not an industry classification. One person's "A" ...

We're so excited about a project that we started 2013. We provided 3 containers that we modified to our client's specs. A big concern for the containers was that they be insulated beyond anything we had done before because they were going to an extreme climate - the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at ...

Shipper-owned container at a dock to be loaded We recently added a new page to our website about shipper-owned containers and preparing your container for shipping. We provide containers for people to ship overseas. We work with freight forwarders, logistics providers, and individuals to provide ...

Are you in need of extra storage, a mobile office, an extra job site? Shipping containers offer so much versatility for commercial businesses and personal use. With their large sizing and high-quality materials, you can utilize them in so many ways, anywhere you need them. If you need a modified ...

Container projects come in many shapes and sizes, like this part of Container Park in Las Vegas Transforming a container into something new and cool is really getting popular right now. Recently Jetson Green, a website devoted to helping people find out more about sustainable and green projects, ...

Spring is finally here and it is that time of year when people start planning out their container projects. If you are looking to buy a container this year, here are 6 mistakes to avoid with your purchase. 1. Buying from a disreputable or unreliable source. Craigslist and eBay are great for some ...

Shipping container garages are a quick, easy and affordable way to increase your storage.

The Tin Can Cabin - see more pictures at www.tincancabin.com Container cabins are definitely in a boon right now. They are great because they can be moved out to remote areas and provide instant shelter that can expand as you do more to it. Today, we're going to look at the ups and downs of ...