How to Make a Mobile Home into a Cabin

How to Make a Mobile Home into a Cabin
Published: Oct 2, 2010
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
2 minute read

When turning your mobile home into your cabin, use decorative items you currently own -- for example, quilts.

Things You Will Need

  • Land
  • Permits
  • Paneling
  • Hammer
  • Finishing nails
  • Rustic furniture
  • Country-themed curtains
  • Animal antlers
  1. Purchase land for your mobile home cabin. Take into account if you want your cabin near a lake or possibly near hunting grounds.

  2. Move your mobile home onto the land you purchased for your cabin. Contact your city to find out what permits you must obtain before moving your mobile home.

  3. Remove the paneling on the walls in the mobile home and install new wood paneling. To remove and install new paneling, shut off the power to the mobile home, and remove the nails holding it in place. Hold the new piece of paneling in the spot you removed the old piece and nail in place.

  4. Incorporate rustic furniture -- made from wood -- into your mobile home cabin. Select furniture made from natural elements -- for example, wooden chairs.

  5. Hang country-themed curtains on the windows -- for example, moose, bear or fishing curtains. Country-themed curtains remodel the look and feel to the room and the mobile home.

  6. Repurpose fishing, hiking, hunting or country-themed items throughout the mobile home cabin. Use fishing poles as curtain rods and decorate with fishing lures.

  7. Hang animal antlers in the home in place of traditional hooks. These work well for decorating cabins -- for example, hang towels in the bathroom on moose antlers.

The Drip Cap

  • It’s time to turn your mobile home into a cabin.
  • Move your mobile home onto the land you purchased for your cabin.
  • Hang country-themed curtains on the windows -- for example, moose, bear or fishing curtains.
  • Hang animal antlers in the home in place of traditional hooks.

Photo Credits

Camping - Mobilhome image by albillottet from Fotolia.com

Camping - Mobilhome image by albillottet from Fotolia.com

Stephanie Nolan

Stephanie Nolan has been a freelance writer since 2005. Her articles appear on various websites, where she specializes in topics about home improvement, parenting and interior design. Nolan holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in…

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