Innovation is what drives the manufactured home industry, one of the best innovations was fold up homes. While I wouldn’t classify these particular homes as true mobile homes (no axle is attached), I do consider them to be the pre-fab’s of yesterday. Related: Expandable Mobile Homes: The First Double Wides. The concept of folding the walls … Read more
Thankfully, the nation seems to be getting back to our roots. The trend of homesteading is growing more popular by the season. Homesteading with a manufactured home is a great way to practice self-sufficiency, frugal living as well as being green. Growing up in southern WV the majority of us had some level of a … Read more
The promise of modern green pre-fab homes has been at the forefront of home design. While their concept is great, no one has been able to offer the homes at an affordable price, yet. They are beautiful examples of what is possible though. Very few companies have been able to make an affordable, green home … Read more
Wall art is a great way to spruce up your home but it can be expensive. A large original piece of art can run thousands and reproductions can run hundreds. You don’t need an artist to give your walls some love. You can do it yourself! Here are 8 cheap DIY wall decor ideas for making … Read more
Vintage mobile home photos and stories aren’t the easiest topics to find. There were several magazines that catered to mobile home owners back in those good ole days but like all great things, they came to an end in the mid-1960’s. Trailer Life and Trailer & Mobile Home Living were 2 of the most popular. … Read more
We’ve talked a bit about Clayton’s iHouse so it’s only fair that we touch on Clayton’s eHouse that came out in 2009 with 3 different options, e1140, e990 and two bedroom e900 all being 16 foot wide. Each number represented the square footage. Costs were $45 to $49 per square foot with a baseline of … Read more
This weekend (September 28-30, 2012) is the 37th annual Knoxville Home Show presented by Clayton Homes. Clayton offers 19 models at the Home Show. It’s free, open to the public and has an on the spot financing company there to help anyone ready to purchase a home. They’ve also incorporated a classic car show, giving … Read more
Canadian prefabricated home manufacturer, Habitaflex, is a leader in pre-fab building. These homes are factory built and hauled in with a trailer, giving them the same basic design as our own manufactured homes. They do have great layouts and exterior embellishments which gives us a great way to get inspired and start planning our own … Read more
Developing an eclectic mobile home is bold and pleasant-looking, when done correctly. The first person who came up with the term “eclectic” is presumed to be Johan Joachim Winckelmann. He essentially painted paintings that combined classical tradition with elements from the Renaissance, creating an eclectic painting that coined the phrase today for modern eclectic interiors. … Read more
Living in a manufactured home has many great benefits. Yet, like any home, we need to take the steps to secure our home and its belongings. When most people think of security systems they think of a fairly expensive system with monitoring but you don’t have to go through a lot of money to secure … Read more