Using Accent Walls in Your Mobile Home

colorful wood as accent walls

Accent Walls 101 Accent walls are a great way to add a little punch to your home! They narrow the visitor’s focus and states what the room is all about in single glance.   What is an Accent Wall? First things first, an accent wall is a wall that is different from the other walls in a room. … Read more

Budget-Friendly Mobile Home Kitchen Makeover

Mobile Home Kitchen Makeover - New sink and Faucet

Pam, our wonderful new MHL contributor and fellow mobile homeowner, shares her beautiful budget-friendly mobile home kitchen makeover. You can see her kitchen backsplash tile board makeover here and her kitchen ceiling fan makeover here.  When we moved into our 1975 Single Wide Marshfield Mobile Home, the previous owners had already made some upgrades in the kitchen. … Read more

A Second Chance at Home Ownership – How One Family Weathered the Housing Collapse

1989 single wide sitting on 20 acres in Wisconsin - how one family survived the housing collapse - second chance at homeownership

Our new contributor, Pam Willis, writes how her family weathered the economic collapse. Choosing to buy a manufactured home on several beautiful acres has allowed them a second chance at home ownership. The housing crash affected millions of families in the US. By the end of 2010, almost a quarter of all homeowners with a mortgage (23.1%) owed more … Read more

Complete DIY Mobile Home Transformation: Spectacular Shiplap

complete 1968 mobile transformation - exterior

We’re so proud to share another great DIY mobile home transformation! Judy and Michael Gutierrez wanted to be closer to their son and granddaughter in Santa Rosa, California. They found a 1968 International Newport Single Wide (12’ X 16’), with an addition, in an older mobile home park in Santa Rosa and began a complete … Read more

Wood Paneling Makeover: Aged Plaster Treatment

aged plaster treatment over wood paneling in a mobile home

Pam Willis, Mobile Home Living’s newest contributor, has been busy remodeling her 1975 single wide mobile home in rural Wisconsin. You can see her ceiling fan face lift project here, and her creative tile board back splash makeover here, and her experience with Federal Pacific electric panels. This time she is tackling her wood paneling. There are … Read more

Cheap Backsplash Ideas: Painting Tileboard

Need cheap backsplash ideas? Have laminated tileboard paneling in your home that you’d like to update? Here’s how painting tileboard panels can give your room a fresh new look! What is Tileboard?   Tileboard is an affordable and widely available in most home improvement stores. It’s made of high-density fiberboard with a shiny plastic-like coating (laminated). … Read more

Federal Pacific Electric Panels – An Accident Waiting to Happen?

Federsl Pacific Panel Circuit Breaker Box

Meet Pam Willis, a fellow homeowner in the process of updating her vintage mobile home. We are honored to have her contribute to MHL! Today, she discusses her experience with a Federal Pacific Electric Panels (breaker box). These panels were used extensively between 1950 and 1990.  Federal Pacific Electric Panels Little did we know when we moved into … Read more