Remember the overstuffed sofas? They were not made for a small single wide mobile home! My first home, outside of the college apartments I had been living in, was an older single wide right outside of Huntington, WV. I was attending Marshall University, working 2 jobs and had just married my […]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
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Tiny House Blog was one of the first blogs to feature mobile homes in a positive light. They were small by design and green by accident. Remodeling and updating them became the frugal shortcut to living well. Of all the things that could lift the trailer trash stereotype, being green and […]
Owning a top of the line vintage camper or mobile home, like a Spartan or AirStream, puts you in a very cool club. There’s a huge fan base driving online communities and blogs dedicated to them all. Restoring and decorating these wheeled wonders are all the rage. It’s a fad, a […]
This is a beautiful single wide makeover! Amy started her blog, Momma Hen’s Frugal Life, in 2010. It focuses on DIY, furniture, recipes and home decor within a budget. She has amassed a great little following and has had some of her work published in magazines and on some very popular blogs. She […]
What do you get when you combine an Airstream with an interior designer that had never been camping before? An Awesome Airstream, of course! Rachel Horn is a popular interior designer that co-owns Rachel Horn Interiors along with her husband and partner, Justin Kreizel. They were going to their first Burning […]
Cleopatra’s Trailer Sold at Auction! The 1963 film, Cleopatra, with Elizabeth Taylor, was a disaster by all measures. It was over budget, overproduced, and overacted and is considered one of the biggest flops in American film history and almost bankrupted 20th Century Fox. Still, it has its moments and can be […]
This French Country Double Wide Manufactured Home Makeover is a Treat! Former blogger and double wide domestic diva, Amanda Livenwell, is a pen name coined by this homeowner in her effort to chronicle when her family of 10 downsized from a 2200 square foot home in suburbia, complete with HOA, to […]
Beautiful Manufactured Home Decorating Ideas “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ― Leonardo da Vinci Manufactured home decorating can be difficult, especially if you are trying to give the home a modern look without a big budget. Giving the walls a neutral base to start with is always a good idea, in […]
We’re detouring from our usual and having a little fun! Through the months I have stumbled upon a few mobile home and camper themed cakes that look just like a mobile home or a travel camper. Of course, I saved them so I could share them with you once I had enough. […]
Roofs are the most important aspect of a mobile home. Roofs not only protect the home and its contents, it also holds 100% of a mobile home’s structural integrity. Therefore, a healthy mobile home roof is vital and must be maintained because water can do a lot of damage in a short […]
The manufactured homes of today are a direct descendant of the automobile era. The pulling power of a large engine made them possible. Before that our wheeled, moveable homes were limited to what a couple of strong animals could pull. When mass production of affordable cars with high towing capacity became […]