The surf-blue Lustron home restored to its midcentury shine by the father and son team of John Kennamann and Kaleb Higgins.

An advertisement for the Lustron promised: “The House America is talking about. The Lustron. The almost maintenance free, all-steel, porcelain-enameled home seems like the future. The house ...

The Chicago inventor Carl Strandlund came up with a solution. He designed prefabricated enameled steel houses known as Lustron Homes. The Columbus, Ohio-based Lustron Corporation, a division of ...

Chelsea the pink hippo in the front yard. At Home - 1955 Retro House made of Lustron Panels at 4848 Germania Street in St.

For many people, the American Dream has included owning a house. This month on Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner takes us to Great Bend, a place where futuristic, all-metal houses were part of that dream.