Two early retirees tired of suburban life decided to build a home out of two bare-bones Amish wooden sheds. Now they ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Remillard, 49, and his wife Jennifer Remillard, 55, who left the Chicago suburbs to retire on a Maine homestead. They built their dream ...

They turned two $12,000 Amish sheds into their home, connecting them with a custom-built hallway. My wife Jen and I lived in a small town called Wauconda just outside of Chicago. Jen was a ...