Designed for Togetherness
Designed for Togetherness: How My Properties Are Built for the People in Them
I think a lot about what makes people actually connect when they travel together. Not the Instagram version of connection — the real kind. The kind that happens when the coffee is ready and nobody has anywhere to be. When dinner takes two hours because the conversation keeps going. When someone falls asleep on the couch and nobody moves them.
That kind of togetherness doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because the space makes room for it. And that’s the thing I’ve tried hardest to get right at both of my properties.
Not just comfortable. Not just pretty. Genuinely designed for the people who are going to be in them together.
The 1891 Schoolhouse Inn — intimate, historic, and perfect for couples or small groups.
The Schoolhouse is ideal for couples — and for couples traveling with a well-behaved dog, which we welcome here. The single open great room means you’re never in separate corners of a house. You cook together, eat together, sit by the fire together. The original hardwood floors, the wavy glass windows, the school bell out front — all of it creates a shared sense of being somewhere that matters.
The porch is where a lot of the best moments happen. Morning coffee. Evening wine. That in-between time when you’re not doing anything in particular and somehow that becomes the part of the trip you remember most.
The hot tub is out there too — tucked into the backyard, private, with the woods around you. That’s a different kind of togetherness. The kind that doesn’t require conversation.
- Open great room layout — no walls between the kitchen, dining, and living space
- Full kitchen — cook real meals together
- Private porch — morning coffee, evening wine, nothing to interrupt it
- Hot tub — private, tucked into the backyard, woods all around
- Historic character — original hardwood floors, wavy glass windows, school bell
- Pet friendly — well-behaved dogs welcome
- Sleeps 2–4 — ideal for couples and small groups
“That in-between time when you’re not doing anything in particular — that’s the part of the trip you remember most.”
Helmsburg Homestead — room for everyone, space to actually breathe.
The Homestead is a different kind of togetherness. 2,200 square feet of boho chic log cabin on five private acres — big enough that people can spread out and have their own space, but designed so that everyone naturally ends up in the same place anyway. The great room with the chiseled stone fireplace. The kitchen that’s actually meant to cook in. The long porch looking out over the property.
The swim spa is the anchor. It’s where groups end up at the end of the day — after the hiking, after the Nashville visit, after dinner. Nobody wants to be the first one to get out. That’s when the real conversations happen.
The seasonal garden, the free-ranging chickens, the five acres of woods and quiet — all of it creates a backdrop that makes people slow down in a way that a hotel simply cannot. You’re not a guest passing through. You’re somewhere that feels like it belongs to you for a few days.
- 2,200 sq ft — room to spread out without losing each other
- Chiseled stone fireplace — the heart of the great room
- Full kitchen — designed for real cooking, not just reheating
- Swim spa — the anchor for every group evening
- Long porch — overlooking five private acres
- Seasonal garden and free-range chickens — the homestead experience
- One mile from downtown Nashville — close to everything, feels completely away
- Sleeps up to 4
Two properties. Both designed for the moments that actually matter.
Book direct for the best rate and my full attention — I’ll help you figure out which property fits your group best.
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I only host two properties. That’s not a limitation — it’s the whole point.
I made a deliberate choice to stay small. Two properties means every guest gets my full attention — before they arrive, during their stay, and in the follow-up after. It means I know exactly what both properties feel like in every season, in every kind of weather, for every kind of group.
When I leave recommendations on the counter, they’re personal. When I suggest a trail or a restaurant, it’s because I was there recently and it’s actually worth your time. That’s the kind of hosting I believe in — and it only works at a scale where I can genuinely mean it.
This isn’t a side hustle. It’s my home, my backyard, and my calling. And both of these properties were designed with that in mind — as places where togetherness isn’t a marketing word, but something that actually happens.
“You’re not a guest passing through. You’re somewhere that feels like it belongs to you for a few days.”
Come with the people you want to reconnect with. I’ll take care of the rest.
Stay cozy. Stay local. Stay with us.
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Leah Lamm
Owner & Host · My Brown County Vacation
I’m a Brown County local, Airbnb Superhost, and Vrbo Premier Host with eight years of experience personally welcoming guests to Nashville, Indiana. I host two boutique vacation rentals — the 1891 Schoolhouse Inn and Helmsburg Homestead — and I’m involved in every detail of every stay. When I’m not welcoming guests, I’m tending the garden, loving on my chickens and border collies, or enjoying a quiet morning on the porch with coffee.
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