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1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Kelly Dawson

   This Backyard Home Builder Wants to Help Keep Families Close With a €100K Prefab (opens the original)

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   Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar? Get in touch! As part of a large family, Cormac Carville understands the importance of having somewhere to get away—he grew up with seven siblings, and has four kids of his own. When he and his b

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2. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Kelly Dawson

   Budget Breakdown: With $94K, They Turned Their Cracked Concrete L.A. Backyard Into a Serene Meadow (opens the original)

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   René Petersson grew up in Silver Lake. He remembers a time when the Los Angeles enclave was a secluded and tight-knit community, long before it became synonymous with trendsetting cool. When René and his husband, Michael Castagnetto, started looking at homes to buy on the east side, they both hoped to find a place that had retained its original character and felt tied to the past. Subscribe to Dwell+ to get unlimited access to the very best of Dwell, including a steady stream of subscriber exclu

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