Bought and older double wide - Kitchen needed a refresh!
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:51 am
Howdy gang,
New member here, and new owner of a mobile home. Bought it and moved in more out of necessity but now that I've been in it for about 6 months, I really like it and will probably stay for quite a while . This old unit had good bones but needed some refreshing. The cabinets really need to be ripped out and redone but I'm just not ready to do that yet, so in the meantime I did some minor floor repairs, laid down new flooring and painted and updated cabinets and hardware. Oh and new appliances and lighting too.
Floor was pretty bouncy so ripped the worst patch. It wasn't rotten, just really old particle board that was just flexing to much from age I guess. Replaced the patch with regular ply wood.
You'll see the open cabinets there. That was where the original built in oven was, at some point years ago they took it out and put in a regular range oven.
Laying down new laminate flooring.
The cabinets really do need to be ripped out and replaced, but in the meantime a coat of paint and new hardware really spruced it up.
All new appliances! The unit came with appliances but they looked near original and were in really rough and gross shape.
The dining area. The built in china cabinet looks really good with new paint. Still need to finish putting in hardware and glassing the doors, will prob use plexi.
Total Cost of refresh *including* appliances: $1200(ish)
All labor done by me and helpful family and friends (and lots of pizza and beer!)
New member here, and new owner of a mobile home. Bought it and moved in more out of necessity but now that I've been in it for about 6 months, I really like it and will probably stay for quite a while . This old unit had good bones but needed some refreshing. The cabinets really need to be ripped out and redone but I'm just not ready to do that yet, so in the meantime I did some minor floor repairs, laid down new flooring and painted and updated cabinets and hardware. Oh and new appliances and lighting too.
Floor was pretty bouncy so ripped the worst patch. It wasn't rotten, just really old particle board that was just flexing to much from age I guess. Replaced the patch with regular ply wood.
You'll see the open cabinets there. That was where the original built in oven was, at some point years ago they took it out and put in a regular range oven.
Laying down new laminate flooring.
The cabinets really do need to be ripped out and replaced, but in the meantime a coat of paint and new hardware really spruced it up.
All new appliances! The unit came with appliances but they looked near original and were in really rough and gross shape.
The dining area. The built in china cabinet looks really good with new paint. Still need to finish putting in hardware and glassing the doors, will prob use plexi.
Total Cost of refresh *including* appliances: $1200(ish)
All labor done by me and helpful family and friends (and lots of pizza and beer!)