A Southern Belle with Northern Roots/Junkflirt

 The transition of our home.....
First off it is a double wide mobile home, I am going to show you the before retro 70's style and the now. You will see a couple in between shots too,  as our home evolved, so did my style. There are glimpses of a junker at heart but lets say I was swayed by popular style and color schemes at times. I will spare you the hunter green moose and bear theme.
No one should have to relive that or the country blue, mauve duck phase!
 Second I wanted to show you a few options for hiding or dealing with a house full of panel. Brown panel. yuk



 Because of my inability to work properly with my camera, some room shots will have the sun playing, and may be a bit darker than I would like, I have tried to edit so you can at least see some detail, I also do not have a wide angle lens that would produce better indoor room shots.
This is basically what it looks like now.



 Same side of room the day we moved in. you can see panel and the gorgeous faux wood beams on the ceiling.



 This is the North wall




 North wall today. This room  first had sheet rock applied then painted, when the hunter green phase ended we added spackle before repainting. It has had 3 paint jobs in 12 years.
The beams were removed, they were just foam covered with paper and had no support capability.




 The built in book case.  You can't see the lovely gold design on the glass, that was the first to go, hours of scrapping with a razor blade, only to years later decide to abandon the glass all together, it has also been painted, the mirror was removed and permanent  shelving was added to the center section.


 Bookshelf today





 Oh that hall way.  It had been the only remaining natural brown panel in the house, I finally painted it the colors of the living room.
I still intend to do something with the built in area to the left, but have not figured it out yet.

 Doors in our home are rather drab so this one got a little sprucing up, I cut out some trim into rectangular patterns then painted the whole thing, including the heat vent.





 this resulted in a much fresher look that now seems more like a true door than the paper covered hollow mess it was before.






 So lesson one in mobile home renovation, you do not have to be stuck with panel, unless you want to.  Some of your options are paint directly over the panel, ( I did no priming, just a good quality paint, about 2-3 coats) note, if you like the look of the groves there is no need to do anything but make sure your paint is covering inside them, however if you would like to do away with the grove look you can fill them in with Spackle or mud, using a putty knife. We have also done this.
Other options for panel walls coming up are
wallpaper
torn paper
new paneling
wall board
direct panel spackle

 ok would you like to see a couple in between shots of the room?




 ok so when I look back......I think....

 - who ever told me those bears and wood curly ques would look good up there in my living room?
-why didn't we take those beams down sooner!
-I am glad I don't have hunter green super soft furniture that you sink into and can't get out of without the help of a crane.
-Those curtains did not match.

When you look back at your home or old photos what do you spot in the background? Do you laugh out loud? Do you see something you wish you still had? Do you think....."what was I thinking? " I usually have all of the above.





blessings and thanks for visiting