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October 29, 2011
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Mobile Home Moisture- It’s Never Good News When It Rains Inside

“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!” ”It never rains, it only pours!” If I had a nickel for every time I said these things this year, I’d be a rich woman. The amount of moisture in the air since the Spring has just overwhelmed our home and our ground and our community. The purpose of this post is to share a few ideas we’re toying with regarding moisture control, but also to offer some great resources we’ve found in our search for ways to secure our home from the horrors of moisture damage. But! Let me take a breather before I get into this post. It will be full of information about moisture in our mobile homes, but it involves hard work, observation, preventative measures, and cleaning methods. I always like to think of something I like before I tackle things I’m not fond of, and in keeping with the theme of moisture, I had an urge to watch one of my favorite movie clips of all time. Please excuse us while we pause for this brief break… Okay, now, back to business! As I was saying, moisture can be a big issue for mobile homes. … Continue reading →

March 31, 2011
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From Dé-bore to Décor In One Afternoon

Do you have a space…that space…one that just screams “Do something with me!” in your home? Well, we do. And I have been eying that little nook for about 2 years wishing I could think of what to do with it to make it useful, attractive, and maybe even functional in the process. It’s just a little corner. You step out of the kitchen, there it is. Step out of our bedroom, there it is. But it’s too small to put anything there. We’ve tried putting a bookcase there, but it just looks awkward and is just a repository for a bunch of old books we never read anymore, and pictures, and knick knacks that collect dust. We tried putting various chairs there, but it’s just not really big enough for that and we would always round the corner coming out of our bedroom and stub our toe. Then we just started putting the vacuum there because we have two large dogs who shed a lot and we vacuum incessantly and we’re just too lazy to put it away. But, alas, that doesn’t really add to the “look” we are trying to achieve. Recently, while completing our kitchen remodel, we … Continue reading →

August 24, 2010
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Mobile Home Bathroom-Redux!

Did your mobile home come with ugly wall board covered in flowers or thin, pale stripes? How about carpet in the bathroom, was that part of the stunning package you’ve been blessed with? We’ve never made it a secret that we’re perturbed by the crappy quality of our home’s construction and the miserable taste of those who decorated it. But, do we sit and complain about it? No, we change it! A couple of years ago we decided to stick with our mobile home rather than building a “stick-built” home. We aren’t made of money and remodeling this joint has to be an economical venture or it just isn’t going to happen. Our first serious endeavor was our master bathroom. This project was a total rebuild from the subfloor up and we did all of the work ourselves. We’ll try to be as specific about brands and products as we can in this post, so here goes! Continue reading →

June 29, 2010
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We Love Compression Fittings!

If we had to choose one thing that annoyed us most during our mobile home makeover projects, plumbing has got to be it. While we’re not sure what they are like in newer homes, water lines in older (pre-2000) mobile homes tend to be oddly configured, plastic tubing, with no shut off valves at the source. No shut off valves at the source? Why does this make sense? Especially when so many mobile home bathrooms have carpet in them! (Oh wait, maybe THIS is our #1 annoyance now that I think about it!) We’re still scratching our heads over why you would put carpet in a room where there are water sources when you are going to use wafer board for sub-flooring. If you have carpeting in your mobile home bathroom, we have two things to say: ”Good luck!” and “Get it out, NOW!” Maybe you have an opinion about this, which you are welcome to share in the comments section of this post.

But we digress…Now back to plumbing!

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