The genesis of this project goes back to the COVID lockdowns of 2020. After months of isolation, Todd and I took a quiet road trip down to the SE, mainly to escape the long Chicago winters. We explored parts of North Carolina, and then headed towards Charleston and the South Carolina coast. We had been introduced to Spring Island by friends, and decided to drive through it again.
The deeper onto the island we drove, the stronger the appeal became. I knew nothing about this part of the US, but Todd, having grown up in Atlanta and Tennessee, felt a strong pull. It certainly was not the Midwest, nor was it Florida, nor was it the Caribbean – all places I was familiar with. Somehow it was that very fact – that I knew nothing about lowcountry and the southeast, that seemed to draw me in further. At this very scary time in the world, and at a transitional time in our own lives, the allure of pushing myself outside my comfort zone seemed very energizing.
Long story short, we dug deeper into what Spring Island had to offer and what was available, and we feel lucky to have found an ideal piece of property on which we could build the next chapter of our lives.
Building Spring Island 