| Having a mobile home these days is a good economic | | | | A less expensive way is to change it to textured |
| sense in this time of global crisis. With a proper plan | | | | wallpaper as follows: Leave the strips and taped |
| and a careful study you can transform it to look just | | | | them. Tape your walls with duct tape and select the |
| like any other stick built home and worthy of your | | | | thickest wallpaper you can, so it will cover uneven |
| investment. | | | | portion of the wall panel. A textured wallpaper |
| A minor change that could make a lot of difference is | | | | covering is the best option because it is easier and |
| modifying your mobile home wall. A mobile home wall | | | | less dusty to install. Choose an appropriate smoothing |
| is usually structured with divider strips. There are lots | | | | tool to eliminate the bubbles to make it visually |
| of cool things you can do with these walls to make it | | | | appealing. |
| look incredible. | | | | Wood Paneling |
| There are three popular ways of modifying your | | | | One big advantage of wood paneling is that if there |
| mobile home walls having a faded vinyl print face. | | | | is some damage, you can readily replace it with new |
| Remove the Strips and Paint it | | | | ones. It is easier to find similar wood paneling sheets |
| One way is to remove the tack strips. Fill the seams | | | | that match the walls. Further, when you want a |
| with flexible caulk and then with a joint compound. | | | | notable change but you do not want to remove |
| This could be a dusty and messy job but the results | | | | them and replace with drywall, you can paint them. |
| would be worth it. Sand the walls. Then coat them | | | | The grooves in the paneling could be filled in with |
| with a solvent based primer. Vinyl drywall is usually | | | | drywall compound. Once the compound is dry, it is |
| bonded to a substrate usually plywood. It can be | | | | sanded smooth and then cleaned. A layer of primer is |
| primed out with a quality acrylic primer. This will hold | | | | needed to cover the dark wood paneling before your |
| and stick very well making the latex paint hold on | | | | preferred paint color is applied. Many people have had |
| better. Use small roller for painting and leave some | | | | success with mobile home remodeling of the walls |
| strips on the corner for protection. You can further | | | | using this method. |
| change the moldings to white to include your kitchen | | | | Consider carefully what option you would take in |
| cabinets and fireplace for a feeling of spaciousness in | | | | modifying your mobile home to fit your style. Decide |
| your room. | | | | on a choice that will make you enjoy living within it |
| Use Textured Wallpaper | | | | not only now but also for the coming years. |