Divorce forces Georgia man to move out of his house, into his corn bin

PARROTT - One man&#39;s corn bin has become another man&#39;s castle. <br> <br> Needing a new home in the midst of a divorce, Gary Buford transformed a galvanized steel grain bin into a cozy, comfortable one-bedroom house with sparkling white kitchen cabinets, modern appliances and a king-size bed. <br> <br> Buford&#39;s bin, a steel cylinder measuring 27 feet wide and 21 feet high, is topped by a cone-shaped metal roof. Except for the white front door, the new windows on the first and second floor and the satellite dish bolted to the side, his house resembles all the other grain bins that dot the skyline of rural south Georgia. <br> <br> He got the bin when he bought some farm property, but he never used it until he needed to move because of a divorce. <br> <br> The 47-year-old carpenter and welder said ``In any divorce, the man gets his underwear and toothbrush and hits the road. There was no doubt I would need a place to live. I thought, &#39;It might as well be here.&#39; I never liked to rent anything.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Some of Buford&#39;s neighbors in Parrott, about 50 miles southeast of Columbus, were skeptical when he started the project. <br> <br> Buford said neighbors thought he was crazy, then saw what he was doing and were then highly impressed. <br> <br> Now they bring visitors by to tour his unusual domicile. <br> <br> Buford plans to add two bedrooms in an adjoining grain bin. Then he&#39;ll connect the two bins with a passageway and build a carport out front, topped by a porch and hot tub.