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Not Your Momma’s Trailer!
March 5, 2009

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We’re in a terrible recession. What if you lost your home or apartment and had to live in a trailer park? Could you? Would you? I’m kind of fascinated by trailer parks. I have to stare when we pass them on the road. I think I’ve been to one once in my life. Perhaps I lived in one in a past life. That’s why there are 3 cars in my driveway and a bunch of broken furniture. Since the history of the mobile home only dates back to the 50′s and I was born in the 60′s, I probably never did live in a trailer. Unless I died at a very young age.

Ok, now that I’m finished rambling on about that, let’s have a look at some aesthetically pleasing mobile homes. Really!

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Vintage Vacations designs, restores and renovates trailers built from the 30′s-70′s. Not all of the links on their site work, but some of the trailers I did see made me want to give up my real house and hit the open road.

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This Ol Trailer is restoring a 1945 Stewart Coach. Check out the YouTube video.

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Web Urbanist posted a modern mobile home that stands up to just about any contemporary prefab design.

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Toronto’s Mini Home Parks is the go to fabricator for green contemporary trailers with pizazz.

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But if you’re like me and you daydream about the trailer park’s redneck lifestyle, be sure to check out Vat 19′s Definitive Primer on Trailer Park Decor.

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Finally, Jolene, the Trailer Park Queen has everything you’ve ever wanted to know about trailer life and more.

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