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Debt-Free and Dreamy 1985 Liberty Single Wide Mobile Home Remodel

It’s rare to have so many before and after images to show the clear progression of this 1985 Liberty Single Wide Mobile Home Remodel so I’m especially excited. Justin and Sarah Wartick lives in Oklahoma and purchased a 1985 Liberty single wide that had seen better days. The Warticks saw Read more

By Crystal Adkins, published on 02/28/19, updated on 02/22/26
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Resident-Owned Manufactured Home Communities Could be the Answer

I’m thrilled to introduce Bill, our guest writer that is sharing his experience as a co-owner and manager of a resident-owned manufactured housing community. You can read much more about Bill and the community at his new blog, Living in a Resident-Owned Community. I’ve lived in a sixty-unit mobile home Read more

By Crystal Adkins, published on 01/17/19, updated on 06/05/26
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This French Cottage Mobile Home Renovation is Fantastic!

  Jeff and Felicia French are no strangers to remodeling. As owners of a construction company in Southeast Louisiana, they’ve done many home improvements for others but this was the first time they’d conquered their own mobile home renovation. Their experience shows in this mobile home renovation. Every room in Read more

By Crystal Adkins, published on 11/19/18, updated on 02/22/26
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Clayton Manufactured Home Helps Couple Rebuild After Flood

Elizabeth and Dale are no strangers to manufactured home living or DIY projects. The Texas couple was in their fifth year of transforming their first manufactured home, a 1987 Bonnell single wide, into their dream home when a flood destroyed it in May of 2016. They didn’t let the flood Read more

By Kim Alley, published on 09/30/18, updated on 06/05/26
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How to Install a Wood Stove in a Mobile Home

A warm fire snapping and crackling while I reading a good book all snuggled on the sofa is my idea of a perfect winter evening. Is your heating bill increasing each year? Have you considered a coal or wood stove for your mobile home? People have been heating with wood Read more

By Crystal Adkins, published on 12/03/14, updated on 06/26/26
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Immobile Dreams: How did trailers come to be a symbol of failure?

How did ‘trailers‘ or mobile homes become associated with failure? Why did it happen and what can we do to remedy the stereotype? These are all questions I’ve wondered and written about here on Mobile Home Living. I find the subject fascinating. I found ‘Immobile Dreams; How did the Trailer Read more

By Crystal Adkins, published on 05/12/12, updated on 08/13/26

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