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1. Our home came with oak cabinets, so I done know. Even if the are a laminate cabinet they still need support, if you can figure out how they are currently hung it might help.

2. We had our home built with drywall, the only panelling is in the closets, it does not have a traditional manufactured home feel. But, the even bigger point in your second question is are you sure you can even move your home if that's your eventual plan? I would look into that question a little more before you decide to put a lot of money into your home. Many times if it's even possible to move a home, the cost is prohibitive. You might be better off looking at a brand new home delivered to your land and step up there.
3. Again, no suggestions. Since we have drywall we have studs.

Your studs are probably 24 inches on center.

We had our fake wood cabinets refaced . They are not great but better than the fake stuff. We have 6 inch exterior walls and I believe the studs are real. The guy took our cabinets down to rebuild them then re hung them. So far no problems. Been a couple of years.

I kind of crazy thing I did for our cabinets inside was use the peel and stick floor tiles on the shelves instead of paper or. It is holding up really well and looks great. Very pleased with that effort.

If I had it to do over again I would completely replace all of the cabinets with good ones. not going to now. Hind sight. Oh well.

I do believe the sheet rock walls is a good idea. Makes them lo so much more solid.

Thank you for answering my questions everyone! It's great to hear feedback from other mh owners. This website has been very helpful.

chrissyb2411, thank you for the suggestion. I will make sure to check into that before making any major updates/renovations.

Your vinyl-covered wall panels are drywall. The drywall may be a bit thinner than that on conventional construction, perhaps 5/16 thick. The drywall is to meet fire codes. Wood paneling was too flammable.

Katina when I bought my 1991 DW I found this site and it was very helpful to me. I've been here for about 4 years now and have almot totally remodeled everything. There are so many variations in building DW manuafactured homes that you have to just research and make your own decisions. I thought about replacing the vinyl wih drywall as well but chose the option of priming and painting and am very happy with that. I also had the fake wood cabinets and chose to keep them and stain them. Many people also paint them. Depends on what you want to spend the money on.I posted pictures of my remodel, I like to look at the posts with pictures as that seemed the most helpful to me. Live in it for a while and some research and take it one project at a time. Good luck!

Yes, your walls are probably Sheetrock, just thinner than in a site built home. And your studs are there, just farther apart than site built.

Thank you everyone!

Hi Katrina et al. ! I agree 100% with brnincalif. This site is invaluable. I lived in a DW for five years, but that was as a teenager. Owning my own SW now is a different cup of tea altogether! If you're still on this forum, I'd love to hear what you ended up doing, and if you are happy with the outcome. I read so many great stories here, but rarely get to hear the ending. The cabinets and cupboards in the 1979 SW fixer upper I just bought are one thing that have actually stood the test of time! I'm going to spend the next couple of years renovating from top to bottom, as money becomes available. A total kitchen overhaul for sure, but I'm keeping the cabinets! Why spend money I don't have to? Of course, I plan to paint them--I'm going with a brown and light yellow colour scheme, knocking out a built in room divider/cabinet between living room and kitchen/dining room to get an open plan. Luckily, the cabinets are not the fake wood paneling look! So, for me, painting the faces in the deep cherrywood and the trim in the light yellow will work.