Looking to update the look and feel of your mobile home? Are you worried that no matter what you do, your home will always have that stereotypical mobile home “boxiness” that most aesthetic-conscious owners dread? Do you want to know what problems you will face redesigning your home? Most importantly, do you want real-life examples of how others redesigned their mobile home interiors?
If you answered yes to one, or all, of the previous questions, you’re in luck! You would be blown away by the creative as well as relatively easy and inexpensive ways people have found to transform their homes.
MOBILE HOME BEDROOM IDEAS:
Space-Saving Furniture: Opt for multifunctional furniture pieces like beds with built-in storage drawers or pull-out trundle beds for guest accommodations.
Wall-Mounted Shelves: Install wall-mounted shelves to maximize vertical storage and display items such as books, plants, and decorative pieces.
Creative Headboards: Use a unique headboard design to add character to your bedroom. Consider repurposing materials like reclaimed wood or vintage doors.
Mirrors and Lighting: Strategically placed mirrors can create an illusion of a larger space. Incorporate adequate lighting to make the room feel bright and inviting.
Cozy Bedding and Textiles: Choose soft, comfortable bedding and layer it with throws, pillows, and cushions to add warmth and texture to the bedroom.
Accent Wall: Create an accent wall with wallpaper, a bold paint color, or reclaimed wood to add visual interest to the room.
Window Treatments: Use curtains or blinds that complement the overall design of the room while providing privacy and controlling natural light.
MOBILE HOME INTERIOR DESIGN IDEAS:
Open Floor Plan: Consider removing non-load-bearing walls to create an open and spacious layout, allowing for better flow between rooms.
Light Color Palette: Use light and neutral colors on walls, floors, and furniture to make the space appear larger and more airy.
Smart Storage Solutions: Incorporate creative storage options such as built-in shelving, under-bed storage, or hidden cabinets to maximize space.
Updated Lighting Fixtures: Replace outdated light fixtures with modern, energy-efficient options to enhance the overall ambiance of the space.
Window Enhancements: Install window treatments that allow natural light to filter in while providing privacy, such as sheer curtains or blinds.
Flooring Upgrades: Consider upgrading flooring with materials like laminate, vinyl plank, or hardwood to give your mobile home a fresh and polished look.
Personal Touches: Incorporate your personal style through artwork, decorative items, and accessories that reflect your interests and personality.
COMMON MOBILE HOME DESIGN PROBLEMS
There are a few characteristics of mobile homes that make them challenging for some to customize and beautify. Most people’s mistake is to throw their hands up in despair and think there is nothing they can do about it.
There are a few nifty tricks that you can use to emphasize certain aspects, draw the eye where you want, and obscure others. In this way, you can “mold” the way in which a room is perceived.
GENERIC LOOK AND FEEL
Quick and inexpensive manufacturing is both one of the biggest advantages of mobile homes as well as one of its main drawbacks. The assembly line technique of mass production allows manufacturers to churn out mobile homes quickly, inexpensively, and of the same standard.
However, this also means mobile homes are all constructed in the same way and have standard floor plans, materials, and features. This can make mobile homes look extremely generic. Always be on the lookout for ways in which you can change that.
Whether it be through replacing doorknobs, countertops, staining wooden cabinet doors, etc. Anything that interrupts some of the genericness inherent in most mobile homes.
MAKE ROOMS APPEAR LARGER
Most mobile homes are a bit smaller than their stick-built counterparts. This leads to one of their most confounding design challenges to the amateur interior designer: How to make these spaces appear larger?
For starters, you should go with light and cool colors that tend to recede from the eye creating the optical illusion of a larger space. Longer, shorter pieces of furniture also make the space between the floor and ceiling seem much longer. Enhance this effect by using vertical paneling (if any).
Wainscoting panels along the bottom of the floor can also help but shouldn’t be too ornate or in your face.
Lastly, employ mostly plain or single color furniture and elements to make the room seem larger. Anything too ornate and intricate might be pretty too look at but will also make the room feel more cluttered.
BALANCE OUT NARROW ROOMS
This is a very common thorn in the side of those who want to create a pleasant and free living space. Mobile homes often have narrow rooms or hallways that are claustrophobia-inducing as well as throwing off the sense of balance within the home.
Just as cool colors recede, warm colors advance. Paint the wall at the one stub end of the room a warm color, in contrast, to cool colors on the other three. This will draw the wall in which will make it feel more balanced.
Use diagonal patterns on the floor, whether it be wood floor panels or a carpet. This draws the eye to the corners where everything is always balanced.
A HOME THAT’S TRULY YOURS
If someone walked you into their home and presented you with this, you would never believe it could be a mobile home. However, once you start to look at the individual elements, you can come to see how easy (and affordable) it would be to customize your mobile like this.
A deep and very noticeable color on the walls will already put a lot of distance between your home and it’s standard mobile home design. Next up, corner skirting for the bottom of the wall and the wooden frames are easy to find and bring a nice and stylish contrast to the wall color.
Subtle details, like the gold-painted wall sockets and the DIY wall-shelf with the ornate support, are the type of additions that really give a custom feel.
To make even bigger changes to the generic mobile home design, you can create open-plan spaces such as this one simply be removing doors and enlarging the spaces.
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