Understanding the Home Building Timeline: How to Plan Ahead

It’s important to understand what goes into planning, designing, and building a custom home before you start the process. Without a clear understanding of the complexities of the process, you risk disappointment when things don’t work the way you think.

If you’re looking to build a home from a standardized, or mass produced blueprint, your home could be completed sooner, but without any customizations.

10 Aging-in-Place Features You Must Have in Your Custom Home

As an Evansville, Indiana–based custom home builder and Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist, we’re here to design and build a home that’s as beautiful as it is functional: one you can enjoy for decades.
In this blog, we’re sharing the top ten essential features every aging-in-place home should include.

How to Work With Your Home Builder: 9 Communication Tips for a Smooth Build

Building a custom home is exciting. You’ve been dreaming about it for years, and now you can finally turn your ideas into real walls, rooms, and spaces you’ll actually live in. But let’s be honest: the building process can feel a little overwhelming if you and your builder aren’t on the same page.

A Client’s Journey: Inside One Family’s Custom Home Build

When you’re in the market to build a new home, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is the company you hire to build it. With every home build comes at least a few unforeseen issues such as unexpected price increases, discontinued flooring, or extreme weather. Finding a builder that you get along with is just as important as finding one that’s knowledgeable, professional, creative and adaptable.

The builder-homebuilder relationship starts with trust. We could tell you all about our team’s professionalism and trustworthiness, but we thought it best that you hear it from one of our former customers. So, we interviewed Janel R., the owner of the Modern Country House we designed and built in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. We talked about her experience building with Custom Homes by Modern Structure, how we responded to unexpected issues, and her favorite parts of her new, custom home.

Building Your Dream Home? Don’t Fall for These 6 Common Misconceptions

Building a new home is one of the most exciting, and sometimes overwhelming experiences.. From floor plans to finishes, it’s easy to get swept up in the possibilities.

But amidst all the planning and Pinterest boards, a few widespread misconceptions can lead to costly delays, budget overruns, or design regrets.

Before you choose a builder and break ground, it’s important to separate fact from fiction. In this post, we’re explaining six of the most common misconceptions about building a custom home so you can make smarter decisions and enjoy the process with fewer surprises.

2025 Home Building and Design Trends – What’s In and What’s Out

The world of home building and design is shifting in exciting new directions. From bold architectural statements to subtle changes in color palettes and building materials, today’s homeowners are seeking spaces that reflect their personal style and their lifestyle.

At Custom Homes by Modern Structure, we stay ahead of the curve so our customers get the most up-to-date, yet timeless design advice as they go through the homebuilding process.

In this post, we’re breaking down what’s in, and what’s on its way out, when it comes to home design in 2025. Whether you’re planning your dream home or simply exploring the latest trends, this guide will help you make inspired, future-forward choices.

The 2025 Parade of Homes: Where Dreams Come Home

Every Summer, the Southwestern Indiana Builders Association (SIBA) puts newly built homes on display. Each home is open to the public to tour from May 31-June 8, 2025.The best part? There is no cost to tour these homes!

The Parade is your best opportunity to gather home design ideas and meet with high quality Evansville area homebuilders along the way.

Get to Know an Evansville Area Home Builder

Before you hire a homebuilder to design and build your dream home, it’s important to get to know them. Planning & building a custom home is a long detailed process. If you hire a builder you don’t agree with or get along with, the entire process could get a whole lot harder.

And when you hire a builder that is equally as fun as they are hardworking, you’ve likely struck gold.

Here, we’re interviewing Evansville, Indiana custom home builder, Mark Mayfield of Custom Homes by Modern Structure. We wanted to know more about his family, his likes and dislikes, his favorite foods, and his successful career in construction.

Let’s get to know Mark Mayfield!

Need Some Design Inspiration? Here’s Our Favorite Modern Floor Plan

As a Custom Home Builder, we love creating living spaces that are unlike any other. Aside from building homes that are unique, we build them to fit our customer’s lifestyle.

There’s a lot of decision making to be done when building a new home. When we meet with customers during the initial design phase, many of them don’t know what they want. Oftentimes, it helps our customers when we visually walk them through examples of floorplans that check all the boxes to fit their needs.

Custom Homes by Modern Structure Takes Home 3 Hoosier Excellence Awards

We are proud of our latest custom home build located in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. This home is a solid representation of our skill, our modern building style, and our dedication to sustainability. In this blog, we’re taking you on a virtual tour of the home and showing off some of our favorite features!