Mattoon, Illinois
I want everyone to be able to enjoy the serenity and peace this property offers. On Monday-April 13, 2020-at the pond nearest the house, I sat and watched a Loon, 6 Mallard Ducks and a mother and father swan with 5 young ones. The evening before, there were 6 or 7 deer grazing in the yard and field by the barn. It might not be everyone's idea of heaven on earth, but it's mine.
Surrounded by amber fields in the summer and fall and over 1,000 acres of wooded lands, our 30 acre country property is located far enough away from population that you won’t hear any of the traffic noise that goes with a typical city, other than the sound of the train whistle from the tracks about 3 miles away. Nestled almost exactly in between the city of Arthur, the hub of Illinois Amish Country; Lake Shelbyville, a fisherman’s and boaters paradise; the city of Charleston, home of Eastern Illinois University and Lincoln Log Cabin; and the city of Mattoon, home of Lakeland College, you're less than a 30 minute drive in any direction to a host of family friendly activities in small town surroundings.
Enjoy a fully equipped kitchen (including most typical condiments, herbs, spices and pantry items), two enclosed sun porches, and the lower level game room that includes a pool table and foosball table. The house was built in the early 1940’s single handed by a New York Central railroad engineer. Although the house electrical and plumbing mechanics have been updated to modern standards, and additions have been added, you can still see his meticulous craftsmanship throughout the house particularly in the solid oak floors and thick hickory planking used for the interior walls.
With a blanket of stars against a coal black sky on many nights, this rural country estate offers all the comforts of your own home, along with the peace and quiet of a wooded remote country setting.
Complimentary fresh baked bread from the farm kitchen greets each rental guest.
Property was well furnished with everything imaginable. Only down side was Garbage disposal not operational and backed up a little from time to time and main bathroom could use an upgrade. Other than that the property is very Charming and Comfortable. BN
great location, quite and peace full host is awesome
I stayed at this place while visiting my folks for Christmas and it was perfect for us! The property is located on the west side of Mattoon so it was very close to my folks and it made the commute very easy. It is located in the country where you get peace and quiet but not too far away because its only a short trip to gas stations/stores if you needed anything. The place itself was very cozy. It reminded me of a cabin feel. There was plenty of personality with all of the stuff hanging on walls and the chalkboards hanging on the kids bedroom. This place and was also very clean, which was huge since my wife is a germaphobe. I was worried about that since it is an older house but David did a great job of having it clean for us. Speaking of David, he was very responsive to us, from messaging us when we booked the place to quickly answering any questions that we had to checking in on us right before our stay to helping us getting back into the house after being locked out. And if all of that wasn't good enough, he had fresh baked Texas Roadhouse rolls and this friendship bread, (which I would describe as a dense cinnamon sugar bread that was unbelievably good) with a stick of butter sitting out for us when we got there. It was such a nice touch and it really made us feel welcome. I would 100% stay there again and I would recommend this place to anyone visiting Mattoon or the surrounding areas. I am looking forward to staying there again!
We had a wonderful time at the Blum Farm. My wife and I, along with my parents, were guests during Thanksgiving week and we all had a nice break. We spent a few days in Arthur and certainly ate well, while in Amish country. David is a fantastic owner and staying at his farm has made our trips to Mattoon very memorable.
We've used this home multiple times. It's one of my favorite places to stay every year. Perfection.
David was extremely helpful and friendly. Our stay couldn’t have been any more pleasant.
Loved the bread and the scenery was just beautiful. David was very helpful whenever we had questions. We had a great stay.
We had an excellent communication with David (Host) which is very important in the booking as well as check-in and check-out process. He made sure everything is going well smoothly. We love also the welcome breads he prepared for us. He made sure all the needed basic stuffs are well prepared and ready for use. Made a thorough instructions for everything. The house is romantic. The place is nice and quiet… our fur babies enjoyed so much playing around the big yard. We really had a wonderful and memorable stay. Looking forward to be back there in the future.
The property is amazing. Small family gathering we played cards in the evenings. Saw deer daily and amazing star gazing spot.
The house was beautiful. There was everything you could possibly need, including the best bread and rolls i have ever eaten. (grand daughter wants friendship bread recipe. ) Everything was very organized for each room. There was enough room that we did not have to be be in anothers space. The things that were provided, took some carefull planing that was for both inside and outside and a wonderful amt. of information including mileage phone numbers and websites. We had a wonderful stay for my grand daughters graduation from the university. Thank You
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