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Echelon Awarded Best Kitchen Design at The Regal Awards

Echelon Custom Homes just had the honor of winning Best Kitchen for the seventh straight year at the Annual Delaware Regal Awards.  While we won many other awards this is the one that we have captured consecutively, something we take a lot of pride in. This year’s winner was a project we recently completed in […]

Wellborn Cabinets Trend Report

I recently returned from a trip to Wellborn Cabinets in Ashland, Alabama.  With not much else to do in Ashland I understand why they put so much time and effort into building beautiful cabinets.  Wellborn Cabinets has just had its largest increase in new cabinets, door styles and finishes that it has had in many […]

No Housewrap – No Problem. The New Way of Weatherproofing Homes During Construction.

We build homes in a coastal environment very near the ocean which means wind and wind driven rain.  With the wind comes difficulties keeping the house wrap in place and in good condition during the framing and mechanical phases. The typical tapes and fastening techniques used to hold down the weather resistance barrier are not […]

Echelon Custom Homes now at Bayside!

Most of you are familiar with Echelon Custom Homes and how awesome and unique our homes at the beach are but many folks are not aware that Echelon has teamed up with one of the best communities in the area, Bayside! Bayside is only 4 miles from the Fenwick Island beaches and has more amenities […]

What to expect when building a custom home: Part 1 – Architectural Design

This is the first in a series of blogs that will follow the client experience on a fully custom home from start to finish. The goal is to provide a hopefully easy to read, and sometimes entertaining look at the Echelon Custom Home experience. Stay tuned for another group of blogs on our Echelon Series […]

Kitchen Countertops: Alternatives To Granite

The other day I had a client ask me…what can I do in my house other than granite? There are a wide variety of products available today besides granite for use in kitchens and other rooms of your house.  They range in price and durability so make sure to ask lots of questions when selecting […]

First Island Series Home Under Construction At The Peninsula

Echelon is so excited to be building the Tortola, one of our brand new Island Series homes we are offering at the Peninsula On The Indian River Bay. This home is a beautiful 4 bedroom 4  1/2 baths home with a lot of beautiful windows and decks on the back of the home to take […]

The Best Of Kitchen & Bath Show 2012

I must say that going to the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show can be well, overwhelming, if you are a “newbie” like I was.  The convention was held in Chicago, Illinois which has to be one of my favorite cities. When Matty asked if I wanted to go how could I say no! We had […]

Hawkseye New Home Series

Hawkseye community in Lewes has been a hotbed of activity in the last several years despite the economic environment in other communities. That being said, there are still quite a few lots that have not been built on or sold yet. Hawkseye’s offers quick access to the local schools, Cape Henlopen State Park and the […]

Coming soon: Hawkseye New Home Series

Coming very soon, Echelon Custom Homes will be unveiling our new “Hawkseye Series” of home plans. We will be presenting 5 new home plans designed especially to be built in the local community of Hawkseye, Lewes. These homes will be affordable but still maintain the hi-end Echelon standard we are known for. All homes will […]