Park Model Home Decorating Ideas – Beach Cottage Chic

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Park Model Home Decorating Ideas - Eclectic Industrial Chic

This park model home turned beach cottage is beautiful! Park model homes are best known for their second story, a design descending from the 2-story mobile homes that became so popular in the 1950s. Learn more about Cavco’s Park Model Home. Most park model homes are marketed as temporary or seasonal living structures and are not classified as a manufactured home. Park model … Read more

Beautiful Double Wide with Country Primitive Decor

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Double Wide Decor: From Sales Office to Beautiful Home Karyn Hamilton and her husband bought a bank foreclosed 28×72 double wide ten years ago. It had been used as a sales office so it took an extra touch to turn the manufactured home into a great space anyone would be proud to call home. They did it, though. … Read more

How to Throw an Awesome Birthday Party in an Airstream

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Airstream interior

What do you get when you combine a fun mom and an Airstream? If you’re blogger Sarah Schneider, you’ll probably create a beautiful space like this first: ……then you throw your daughter an outrageously awesome birthday party, like this: Sarah Schneider, a blogger at @lovesarahschneider, bought an Airstream and aptly nicknamed it the Wandering Star. She … Read more

Vintage Mobile Home Restoration: Sensational 1955 Smoker Aristocrat

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The owners, Steve Salatino, and Mike Richardson have done a great job on this vintage mobile home restoration. They brought it back to its former glory, taking great care to feature the home’s best elements. The wood paneling is beautiful, the exterior colors expertly chosen, and the cabinetry is magnificently mid-century! The couple found this … Read more

Cozy Vintage Camper Renovation

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Camper Renovation - After - Bedroom

Cozy Camper Renovation  Meseidy Rivera, of the great little blog The Noshery, and her husband decided to downsize and move into a small vintage camper for two years. They bought a vintage camper that had seen better days, but had lots of potential, and started renovating it. Their camper transformation turned out beautifully and is another great example of … Read more

Colorful RV Makeover

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Beautiful RV Makeover (12)

Owning a camper or RV is a lifelong goal for a lot of people and for good reason. The idea of loading up the family and taking to an exciting new place is a dream that has followed the modern man (and woman) for centuries. If we can do it in style that’s even better! That’s one of … Read more

Affordable DIY Backsplash – Mosaic Tile Paint Project

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Beautiful Painted Back Splash DIY Project (3)

Having a unique backsplash is a relatively new concept in home decor. Just a couple decades ago the idea of a backsplash was rarely a high priority, or even considered at all, in kitchens decor. My, how times have changed! These days a backsplash is a practically a must-have for modern kitchen design. It brings a bit of color … Read more

Mobile Mansions – A Vintage Mobile Home Video

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If you enjoy vintage mobile homes, RVs’s, and campers you’re going to love this video, ‘MOBILE MANSIONS: The History of RV’s and Trailers.”

Mobile Mansions Travels the Road of Mobile Home History

Mobile Mansions is a full one hour video by Douglas Keister. It travels the timeline of mobile homes with great historical accuracy.

The narrator walks through the decades and transformations of the mobile home industry and uses tons of beautiful visuals: photos, advertisements, and quotes. 

Mobile Mansions is a treat from beginning to end!

Mr. Keister has given all of us vintage mobile home fans a wonderful gift with this video. Those that aren’t familiar with the history of manufactured homes can learn so much in a short amount of time.

This video can introduce our younger generation to the homes and the relevance they have played in America such as their pivotal role during WWII. You can learn more about their role in our article A History of American Trailer Parks.

We’ve written a lot of vintage mobile homes over the years. You can find them all listed here.

As always, thank you for reading Mobile Home Living!

Embroidered Vintage Camper Art

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mobile home embroidered art

If you love vintage camper and mobile home art, you’re gonna love the beautiful embroidered artwork of Stephanie Kelly Clark! Her threaded artwork focuses on landscapes, specifically homes, but she didn’t forget the cute vintage campers or mobile homes! Related: Check out these Mobile Home Photos. Needle and Threat Artwork Makes Beautiful Vintage Camper Art  Her artwork has beautiful color … Read more

1959 Spartan Mobile Home

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1950 Spartan Mobile Home Carousel for sale kitchen

A Spartan Mobile Home is a favorite of most vintage mobile home fans and for good reason. The story of the company is as fascinating as the homes they produced.  It’s a true American tale of innovation and the ability to adapt during difficult times. Related:  Check out this Shabby-Chic Spartan. Did I mention how awesome Spartan … Read more