Double Wides

Desirée and Todd are the proud owners of this 1988 Fuqua double wide manufactured home in Venice, Florida. Desirée had never been around a mobile home before and admits to having a negative opinion of them. She can remember half-joking with her husband that she would live in a mobile home park if it meant they could have their boat on the water…

These 7 farmhouse double wides are fabulous! One reason the farmhouse style is popular because it’s so affordable, or attainable. Mid-century modern, beachy cottage and even modern traditional decor are expensive, even secondhand items. But you can easily find furniture that’s well-worn and within budget. If you can’t find what you want you can…

This eclectic farmhouse mobile home remodel is gorgeous! When Angela Chandler inherited an older double wide mobile home on 7 acres in Knoxville, TN she had no intention of keeping it. She had no intention to keep her own home either. Angela's initial plan was to sell the inherited property along with the small home she currently lived in…

Just a few short months after starting Mobile Home Living in 2011, I received a Facebook message from Heidi and Tara asking if I'd be interested in sharing their complete 1974 double wide remodel. Naturally, I wanted to share it - this is a gorgeous mobile home! Unfortunately, in 2012 my writing abilities were even more atrocious than they are…

Jim and Connie Fickel first became manufactured homeowners in 2010. Before that, they had only lived in site-built homes. And like so many other stories we've shared over the years, the 2008 recession hit the couple hard and forced them to find a less expensive housing choice. Connie explains, "As I was working the 2010 census, one of the…

Ashley James lives in a small town called Maryville, TN with her husband Austin, and their 8-month-old baby girl, Lainey Drew. The James family owns a 1997 Clayton double wide and Ashley has been busy …

Sally Roberts and her husband Glenn have a rather odd definition of retirement. For most, retiring means golfing and relaxing by the pool but that's not how this couple rolls. Glenn is a retired superintendent for a commercial construction company and Sally owns her own home decor and painted furniture store in their hometown of Howell,…

In 1984, Kevin and Steffani Lassila settled into a new 28' x 56' Van Dyke double wide manufactured home on his family farm in Great Falls Montana. It had been lovingly maintained and decorated for 35 years but it was time for a remodel. Steffani makes people beautiful every day as a cosmetologist so it's no surprise that she can do the same to…