Painted Floor - A 1964 Single-Wide Mobile Home Make-Over

by Dianna Wood

Two Months in the making.Hand painted plywood sub-flooring.

painted floor a 1964 single wide mobile home make over

After spending 15 hours pulling out carpet and padding, tack strips and padding staples, we discovered some incredible sub-flooring. We could not afford wood or laminate and I hate carpets, so we decided to paint the plywood.

After cleaning and sanding, I masked off a border.

Primed and painted the border with a latex flat paint

Masked off 4 inch strips for the wood planks and hand painted with flat black

Did the same process for the dividing lines, staggering them every 4th plank

I used gold enamel for the nail heads and painted a watered down shadow around each painted on nail head

I them stenciled a pattern and did a skinny border. After it dried a used a gold glaze on top of the stenciled area.

Once everything was dry, I masked on a the main design and then painted the entire border using a gloss black latex. Once the paint was dry, I pulled off the masking tape.

After the black paint had dried over night, I used a water based poly urethane to coat the entire surface. This was a gruely project unless you are used to doing 15 hours of squats at a gym everyday. At 53 years old - this actually just about killed me. We like to tell everybody, "Look what we found when we pulled up the old carpet"!

To see our read the entire "make-over" experience, you can follow the progress at www.thewoodssecretgarden.blogspot.com

Floor has dried and and bookcases and desk in place.

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Sharon Porter on Apr 15, 2018

I I love this, it is fantastic. Do you have any suggestions for painting a vinyl tile floor?

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Sharon Porter on Apr 15, 2018

I I love this, it is fantastic. Do you have any suggestions for painting a vinyl tile floor?

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KrazykatladyKK on Apr 23, 2021

Your cat looks like my cat BK, only fatter & approx. If you don't mind, how much did it cost to renovate your singe wide? I'm singe & very low income, just curious, love your dyi's, alot of your stuff reminds me of my projects. Have a good time dyi'ng!!!😊

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Laura on Oct 29, 2022

I love old vintage mobile homes. Heck I love most vintage things. But the old mobile homes are way cool. Do you have a picture of the outside? Just curious. Thanks for the idea you placed on here. I have always lived in read homes & moved to KS to be closer to my parents. I purchased a new mobile. Just for logistic reasons. (Moving from the Jersey shore) Poof instant home. I have been working on it to make it not be a cookie cutter. So I was wondering if u had tips for the outside

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- Dianna Wood on Oct 29, 2022
  
  Hi Laura. Glad you got to drop by my home talk page. Check out all my projects. I think there may be one or two that might help with ideas for the outside. I will look to see if I have a photo of the outside.
  
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Dianna Wood on Oct 29, 2022

Hi Laura. Glad you got to drop by my home talk page. Check out all my projects. I think there may be one or two that might help with ideas for the outside. I will look to see if I have a photo of the outside.

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