Emelia Simoneau

  • Details on Our Manufactured Home

    It’s been a while since I shared all the details on our new construction manufactured home so here goes..

    Our home is manufactured by Live Oak Homes in Georgia, and this model specifically is The Fancy! We love it because not only was it affordable at $179,000, it also came fully furnished with all the furniture, home decor, rugs, and appliances!

    A little more details, it’s 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 2254 sqft, plenty of room for our family of five! We love the fact that it has 2 living rooms, a dining area, and an island big enough to fit the whole family (it’s 11.5’ long!)

    We have made some changes over the past year with things like the kitchen backsplash, board and batten siding, and refinishing the walls to name a few.

    The home came with a home warranty and they were able to change some things out for us at no additional cost, like a chip in the counter top being that it was the model home. We had a couple of foggy windows that were replaced, and a crack in the ceiling from the delivery process that they were able to patch up.

    If you’re thinking about a manufactured home, I would definitely recommend one if you are looking for that affordable lifestyle and a home that is easy to customize and upgrade!

  • Miles Supercar Bedroom

    Miles Supercar Bedroom

    We just finished giving Miles’ room a fresh new look! He requested a Supercar theme bedroom with ferrari red sheets. Checkout the before and all the demo here:

    Before
    Ferrari, Pagani, Lamborghini, Mclaren

    And here’s a video on how it all came together

    Paint colors:

    •Voyage

    •Almost Charcoal

    I have links for everything I used to put the room together from my amazon store ⤵️

    https://amzn.to/4oQbKVA   Red sheets

    https://amzn.to/3Hv2wNB Gray Duvet Cover

    https://amzn.to/45pFjUM Frames

    https://amzn.to/46WLimx Curtains

    https://amzn.to/4lrgzSg Check engine sign

    https://amzn.to/3JhGH4A Checkered rug

    https://amzn.to/4oBck9t Velvet Bedframe 

    https://amzn.to/3V2C3de Gaming chair

    https://amzn.to/3Jem1dO Desk

    https://amzn.to/4llLOxT Car wall art

    https://amzn.to/45AY3B0 Lego Lamborghini

    https://amzn.to/3JiBdqa Lego pagani

    https://amzn.to/4fFbbtB Lego ferrari

    https://amzn.to/3V1voA4 Rope light

    Leave a comment and let Miles know what your favorite supercar is! 🏎️🏁🚘

  • Removing the Wall Strips Bedroom Makeover

    Removing the Wall Strips Bedroom Makeover

    We’re still removing those ugly wall strips and smoothing out the walls. Right now we’re working on Liam’s room, its getting an upgrade with a wood accent wall and some fresh paint. Scroll to the bottom for links on what we used, and don’t forget to watch and like our video!

    Heres what we used to smooth the walls

    (This post contains affiliate links where I could make a commission )

    Fibafuse tape

    Proform Lite Blue

    Paint colors:

    Wharf wind

    Quaking Bog

    Bedding: Grey plaid Duvet

    Curtains: Room Darkening Greyish White

    Fish pillow

    Knit throw

    Check it out in my Amazon storefront

    Have you tried to take the wall strips down yet?

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  • Florida Double Wide Home Tour

    Come take a tour of our 2024 double wide! We moved in last August so it’s almost been a year. A lot has changed but a lot of it still looks the same, so come check it out!

    Check out the tour here

  • Manufactured Home Board and Batten Siding

    Manufactured Home Board and Batten Siding

    Before

    We’ve been working on giving our home a facelift with some Board and Batten siding, and we’re painting it white to give it that Farmhouse style look!

    We started by removing the vinyl siding that came with our home. Looking dingy, I held off on washing it because I knew it would be taken down soon. What bothered me the most was all the different directions of the lines, and how high up the skirting was. We also made sure to be extra careful removing the old vinyl siding because it’s getting repurposed on our well house.

    James first built a frame to extend the wall down and shorten the look of the skirting. The frame is made with 1x4s across the top and bottom and 1×2 furring strips for vertical supports.

    We’re using the LP engineered panel siding from Lowes. The panels come primed and are light weight which makes them really easy to work with and they come primed with Smart Guard technology helping make them resistant to water damage, pests, and fungal decay. We liked the panels because they didn’t require a special blade and you could cut them with a regular saw.

    For now we’re just redoing the front until we decide if the garage will be attached or not. Don’t want to do all that work if it’s going to be covered up!

    And we’re just cutting down the original skirting and putting it back up, so no animals get under our home, but we do plan to add a brick skirt soon.

    Here you can see the height difference on the skirting

    In total we ended up spending $1640 but we were able to save a little money by keeping the trim around the windows and top edge of the home.

    Here’s a cost breakdown with links showing just exactly how we spent our money:

    Wood for frame $96.76

    House wrap $36

    Caulking $63.84

    Flashing tape $28

    Z channel drip edge $34

    Battens $111.20

    Lp Panels $933.24

    Paint $234.32

    Screws $102.64

    Stay tuned to see what we tackle next, if it all works out we plan to widen the front steps or add a big front porch!

  • Wallpaper

    Wallpaper makes it easy to transform any space. Checkout our latest projects and click each image to shop each one!

  • Dresser from Vabches

    We’re slowly adding new furniture and decor to our new home, checkout this beautiful dresser from Vabches it’s a mix of modern and farmhouse style and fits our home so well. I styled it with fall decor, it comes in 5 different colors, this one is the white!

    You can checkout all the details on the dresser here: Vabches 6 drawer dresser

  • Poster store

    New prints for our new place. Checkout Poster store and all their beautiful prints, frames, and canvas art! We’re excited to start decorating and make this place feel like home.

    For a limited time you can use my code EMELIA45 and get 45% off (excludes personalized prints and canvas)

    I can’t wait to order more! They have so many beautiful designs that I want to get for the kitchen but we’re taking it slow, one room at a time.

  • Home update

    Ever since we first toured our home we knew the strips on the walls had to go. At first we were going to rip everything out and put standard drywall, but after talking with our home contractor we decided to keep the VOG walls and just fill in the joints. VOG is a type of drywall Vinyl on Gypsum that’s typically found in these homes.

    If you order a brand new manufactured home it is an option to have drywall, and that was around an $8,000 upgrade, but since we got the model home ours came as is.

    Right now we’ve completed the main living areas, and as soon as my arms recover from all the painting we will start on the bedrooms.

    Everything in our home is a different shade of gray, so I’m happy to see it get a little brighter in here with the white.

    Here’s everything we used to fill in the joints

    Sure Corner

    FibaFuse

    Ultra Lite Joint Compound

    After you layer on joint compound, fibafuse tape, and more joint compound, let it dry then sand, reapply, and sand some more until everything is completely smooth.

    It took about 3 or 4 layers of paint before the gray walls were completely gone, but the results are so worth it. Here’s how the living room looked before:

  • Home warranty

    Did our new manufactured home come with a warranty?

    YES! After our home was delivered we went around and made a punch list of things to be fixed. A couple weeks later a contractor was sent from Georgia to work on our home and fix any concerns. So far nothing major has come up, but we did have a few things.

    Like this crack that appeared in the kitchen ceiling. It’s pretty common to have cracks from everything shifting during the move and it’s also an easy fix. The contractor is actually working on patching that right now, and you can’t even tell it was ever there.

    Another issue is this gap around the kitchen sink, we thought it just needed extra caulking, but it turns out the hole is cut too big so a new countertop for the island has been ordered.

    And then there’s the issue with this window in one of the bedrooms, I’ve tried everything to clean it but the foggy look will not go away. So they are just going to be replacing it with a brand new window.

    Then we have the front door, I wish I would have waited to paint it black! The storm door has always given us trouble because everything shifted during the move, so they will replace both doors and I’ll have to repaint the new door.

    Keep your fingers crossed these are our only issues and nothing big comes up, but thankfully if it does we’re covered under the warranty! 😄

  • Father’s Day

    These three know just how lucky they are to have the best dad in the whole world. Always putting us first and working so hard to make everyone’s dreams come true! Happy Father’s Day, we love you BIG ❤️

  • New Kitchen Backsplash

    James just installed our new backsplash and I love it!

    Before

    The old backsplash wasn’t much to look at as it was just a single row of tiles, some of which fell off during transport!

    We decided to play it safe and went with a subway tile with an irregular edge and different shades of white.

    Here’s the exact tile we used, and we found it at aww Lowes, paired with the light gray grout.

    What do you think? Have you installed a tile backsplash before?