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11/07/2019

Your Family’s Dream Outdoor Space

As summer comes to a close and the leaves begin to fall, you may fear your days of outdoor family activities are numbered. Don’t say

10/30/2019

Why Your Next Home, Should be a Custom Home

Having a home to call your own stirs many emotions. The memories you make are something money can’t buy, but do you ever feel like

How Custom Homes Handle Storage

Production homes are designed to photograph well and sell quickly. Storage doesn't photograph. A walk-in pantry doesn't show up in

08/17/2026

Inside the Custom Home Pre-Construction Process

Buyers who are new to custom home building often assume that signing a contract with a builder is the starting

08/10/2026

How to Set a Realistic Custom Home Budget

Most people come into a custom home build with a number in their head. Sometimes it comes from a mortgage

07/09/2020

Arranging Bookshelves With Shannon Tootle

While many of us are spending significant amounts of time in our homes, that doesn’t mean we can’t be productive! While some home projects can

05/28/2020

Landscaping Tips

The custom home building process is a very personal, hands-on project that involves a lot of collaboration. From start to finish, you’re working with the

04/29/2020

Bringing the Indoors, Outdoors

The weather is getting warmer, and we’re spending more time than ever in and around our homes. Shannon Tootle is here to give you some

04/02/2020

For the 5th Year in a Row, Perkinson Homes Wins Best of Houzz!

The annual Best of Houzz awards recognize the top-rated home pros and designs across the country and around the world. This coveted award recognizes just

03/09/2020

Hat Trick for Perkinson Homes!

What an exciting night at the Home Building Association of Richmond’s 2019 Sales & Marketing Council Awards. Perkinson Homes pulled a hat trick winning Best

02/17/2020

Choosing Your Lot

Building your home is only half of the custom home equation choosing the location and the lot is equally important. So what are some things

12/19/2019

Design Trends for 2020

At Perkinson Homes, we make it our mission to stay ahead of the trends in custom home design. There are many simple floor plan tweaks

11/21/2019

Winter is Coming: Here’s How to Prepare Your Home

With the holidays right around the corner, many are prepping their homes for not only extended family but also the approaching cold weather. Although not