Many of you know we’ve been dreaming about restoring the front entrance for quite some time.

Back in 1860, the estate featured a grand circular drive that carried guests directly to the front doors. Imagine arriving by horse and carriage for an elegant gathering, a business meeting, or simply an afternoon visit with the family.

You would step down, look up, and take in a home that seemed to tower above everything around it. Sitting high upon the grounds, it invited you to slowly climb the steps toward its enormous ten-foot doors, as though the house itself were waiting to welcome you.

Once you caught your breath, you might begin to imagine what it was like to live here. To love here. To build a life surrounded by history, while farming and raising cattle in the small town of Windsor, Illinois.

That feeling? The quickening of your heart as you approach those doors—is what we hope to bring back. We want visitors to feel the history, beauty, and every bit of love this house has held for more than a century.

Can you see it? Can you feel it?

We had the driveway installed last week! It looks a little different from the original vision, but it’s officially in, and we are thrilled.

Then Kat went and ruptured a tendon in her foot, so progress may have slowed down just a bit. But hopefully, we’ll be back in action for fall planting, brick laying, and one very special event that we already know everyone is going to want to attend.

**Yes, AI did help with the picture, but honestly? We needed that to keep us going.