One of our previous featured homeowners changed the look of her interior doors and I was inspired to find more mobile home door repairs and makeover ideas. In this article, we cover a few different mobile home door repairs to fix noisy hinges, broken doorknobs, and sticking doors. We also show you how to repair …
Admittedly, I’m not a big fan of mobile home skylights. While they are nice to have, the disadvantages have far outweighed the advantages in my experience. However, I understand that skylights are getting better with modern technology so I’m not ready to write them off completely. In this article, we’ll cover mobile home skylights. We’ll …
New doors add a lot to any home but especially a mobile home. A larger decorative door has the highest return on investment plus it makes a mobile home look terrific. That’s why A new door is easily one of our favorite DIY home improvement projects for mobile homes. Smart Home Improvement Project As with …
Manufactured homes are affordable and can have all the same great qualities of a site-built home. But let’s be honest, it’s pretty easy to distinguish a standard factory-built home from a site-built home – not that this is a bad thing. However, if you’d like to make your manufactured home look more like a site-built …
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Awnings are becoming a necessity for mobile homes rather than a luxury. Not only do they add some visual interest to your home but they also provide shade for your doorway or entrance. Different installation systems, including braces and roller blinds, make the process of setting up mobile home doorway awnings that much easier. There …
Mobile Home Doorway Awnings: Cooling Your Home in Style Read More »
Replacing mobile home windows will save on energy costs and give your home a whole new look. If you want to spend your remodeling dollars wisely you cannot go wrong with new windows. You get better heating and cooling control and update the appearance of both your interior and exterior. That’s a decent bang for …
Recently, I have received a couple of emails asking about mobile home steps and smaller porches or platforms. While we do have a couple of popular articles titled 45 Great Manufactured Home Porch Designs and 9 Beautiful Manufactured Home Porch Ideas, they cover larger decks and porches. This article will focus on mobile home steps or stairs with small platforms only. …
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Mobile Home Storm Safety Mobile home living on the coast can cause apprehension and fear. Especially, as hurricane season poses threats of severe damage to homes. For higher category storms, depending on how far from the coast your home is, you may have to evacuate and risk for damage may be high for all homes …
When it comes to home remodeling most of us don’t have a professional designer helping us through every step. We have to decide on the right materials and colors ourselves. An exterior home makeover or remodel is the most intimidating for me. I can tell you exactly what I want to be changed inside my …
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The Making of “The Whim” What do you call a lovely single wide remodeled with cedar shake siding, a smooth stone foundation and a wrap around deck? “The Whim” of course! The Whim is a gorgeous single wide sitting on the edge of a Wisconsin lake that’s being transformed by a talented DIY couple. We …
The Whim; A Single Wide Remodeled with Cedar Shake Siding, Part 2 Read More »
Mobile Home Living® was created by Crystal Adkins in 2011 after buying a 1978 single wide in Southern West Virginia. There are over 675 articles about mobile and manufactured homes decorating, remodeling, repair, and buying a home. She wholeheartedly believes that living beautifully doesn’t have to mean living large or expensively.
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