When Susan and Mark Brux were planning their retirement years, he made a bold proposition: They should build a new house on their densely wooded lot in rural Willard, Wisconsin. About an hour’s drive away from their primary home, the property featured a quaint little hunting cabin where Mark frequently took their sons for outings. As Susan remembers, “It was always a boys’ thing.”
It took a little convincing, but she eventually agreed to make the move. “We’ve been here 15 years, and I love it,” she says of the ranchstyle home they built and the peace and tranquility of the forest that surrounds it. She especially
