How to Replace Subflooring in a Mobile Home: Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to replace the subfloor in a mobile home step-by-step in this informative article. Discover the materials and tools needed for a successful DIY project.
Floors Walls and Ceilings
Our collection of remodeling ideas, repair tips, and decorating inspiration for your mobile home floors, walls, and ceilings.
Wall Painting Ideas to Transform Your Room Into A Work of Art
Your room is your sanctuary, a place where you can express your personality and creativity. One way to elevate your room’s aesthetics is through wall paintings. In this blog post, we will curate a collection of inspiring wall painting ideas to help unleash your inner artist and create a unique ambiance in your room. Whether … Read more
Guide to Removing Walls in a Mobile Home
One of the most popular questions we get in our Facebook group, Mobile Home Living: Remodels and Repairs, is whether you can remove walls in a mobile home. Many manufactured homes have half-pony walls, weirdly designed built-ins, and oddly angled walls that separate living areas. Open floor plans are the most popular floor plans, so … Read more
How to Paint Mobile Home Ceilings and Cover Water Stains for Good
I recommend that you paint mobile home ceilings as soon as you can. Make it your first project because the results are honestly amazing. A fresh coat of paint on a ceiling can change your entire home. Unfortunately, painting a mobile home ceiling isn’t so easy. Older mobile home ceilings tend to be yellow over … Read more
10 Most Popular Materials to Replace Your Mobile Home Ceilings
We’ve seen homeowners use a variety of materials to replace their mobile home ceilings like beadboard, shiplap, pallets, and even sheet metal and tin. Here are the 10 most popular mobile home ceiling replacement ideas for mobile homes. Beadboard Pros: Beadboard comes in a variety of materials and sizes. There are complete kits like the … Read more
Flooring Options for Mobile Homes
The teenage flooring guy at Home Depot once told me I could never use tile in a manufactured home because they ‘couldn’t handle the weight.’ I restrained from going into a 5-minute speech about the various flooring options for mobile homes and why he was so very wrong. I could’ve pulled up images and spreadsheets … Read more
How to Paint Wood Paneling in Mobile Homes
Apartment Therapy, one of the most popular home decorating blogs in America, boldly proclaims that wood paneling is cool again. We hate to brag but we’ve been dealing with wood paneling in mobile homes for decades so we’re way ahead of the game! One of the biggest complaints from manufactured homeowners is our limited wall … Read more
How to Replace Your Mobile Home Ceiling with Drywall
I’ve noticed homeowners are especially intimidated when it comes to mobile home ceilings. If you know your way around a toolbox and have had a few construction projects under your belt you should be able to replace your mobile home ceiling with drywall as long as you have some help and/or the right tools. Replacing … Read more
5 Common Questions about Painting Vinyl Mobile Home Walls
This week’s Ask a Mobile Home Expert article answers our 5 most common questions about painting vinyl mobile home walls. Let’s face it, the popular vinyl-coated wallboards used in manufactured homes are a pain to update. Paint doesn’t like to stick to the vinyl coating very well. And the battens, oh, those battens! Luckily, many … Read more
Top 3 Methods to Insulate Under a Mobile Home
If you insulate under a mobile home you can save money. Over the last 3 decades, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has partnered with the US Department of Energy to test various methods of energy efficiency for old and new manufactured homes. Adding better insulation to the walls reduced heat loss by 13%. Coming … Read more
Affordable DIY Plywood Flooring Project
The Beseda’s farmhouse style manufactured home just keeps getting more beautiful with every passing weekend. The couple’s most recent weekend remodeling adventure was an affordable DIY plywood flooring project and Ashley was kind enough to share every detail with us. Ashley’s double wide manufactured home is a perfect example of modern farmhouse inspired decor. White shiplap walls … Read more
Load-Bearing Walls in Mobile Homes
This week we are looking at questions about removing walls in a mobile home. These questions cover questions about marriage walls, load-bearing walls, and removing closets. Questions about Removing Walls in a Mobile Home Is The Marriage Wall Necessary? I have the dreadful marriage wall running right through the center of my house. Family room … Read more
Mobile Home Ceilings Guide: Gypsum Ceiling Panels
Mobile home ceilings are a popular topic amongst homeowners. They play a major impact in every room so it’s important that they look great. We’ve already covered how to paint mobile home ceilings so in this article we cover the different designs of gypsum ceiling panels and how to buy replacement panels. Most mobile homes … Read more
7 Tips to Reduce Moisture Problems in Manufactured Homes
Water is one of the most damaging forces on earth and can destroy a home quickly or slowly. Repairing water damage in homes is a multimillion dollar industry in the US. Instead of having to repair water damage after it occurs, this article will help you understand moisture problems in manufactured homes. HUD produces some … Read more
Budget-Friendly Mobile Home Kitchen Makeover
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
