Are you planning a wedding, retreat, or other event in Nashville or Brown County, Indiana and trying to figure out how to feed everyone? Depending on your group size, budget, venue, vibe, and type of event you have planned, you have a few different options. So here’s a list of caterers, private chefs, and restaurants that we’d recommend for your next event in Brown County.

I’ve talked about how planning a successful itinerary for a group or family trip is part art and part science, but there are definitely some tried-and-true steps that will help you plan a trip that’s more enjoyable for everyone involved (including you). But maybe you’re wondering HOW to actually incorporate these tips into your trip planning efforts? So let’s go one step further and look at how to gather ideas and choose the activities for your next group or family trip.

Family reunions and group trips can be such a rewarding experience, but the planning process? Not so much. But here at the Brown County Barn Burner, we are the unofficial Midwest experts trip planning for large groups and family reunion trips. So I’ve compiled all my tried and true tips for creating your own family reunion trip itinerary to help make planning your next big getaway a breeze! I’ll also share some examples of how these tips apply specifically to visits to Brown County, Indiana - feel free to steal these for your next trip to Nashville, or just use them to guide your own planning in general, no matter where you’re traveling.

Before we moved to Brown County in 2016, we often visited here with our families and on vacation. And even though I’m a bit biased, I can still honestly say that I think the Nashville, Indiana/Brown County area is one of the best family reunion locations in the Midwest. But you don’t have to just take my word for it - let’s go through how to pick a location for your next family reunion trip and some of the reasons why I think Brown County should be a top contender.

We are huge fans of family reunion trips, which is exactly why we designed and built the Brown County Barn Burner the way we did, and prioritize bookings for larger groups and families. Here are some of the reasons why you should consider making your next family reunion a trip.

Both Clint and I grew up going on road trips and large group and family vacations. These memories - and the people in our lives - are a big part of why we designed and stocked the Brown County Barn Burner the way we did, and why we prioritize hosting large groups that are interested in booking the entire space (all four units) for their trip.

Nashville, IN is known for its shopping, and one of the best parts about shopping here is that basically all of the shops are small, locally-owned businesses. There are dozens - if not hundreds - of shops and studios in Brown County, which means there is something for everyone! But it also means that, if you’re not familiar with the area, it can be hard to know where to start. But our in-depth guide can help!

After two years of hosting guests in our four Airbnb units - and many more years of hosting in my own home - I’ve learned that being a successful host requires a slightly different mindset than designing and setting up spaces for your own personal use. So, as we head into this holiday hosting season, I thought it’d be helpful to share how I try to ensure that any design decision or product choice we make for our guest spaces fits into one or more of these four requirements - Is it: OBVIOUS - EASY - CLEAN - INCLUSIVE? Let’s explore what that means in practice…

As I’ve shared in previous posts, it was a winding road for us to go from dreaming up the idea of the Barn Burner to actually breaking ground and starting the construction. So for anyone else in the process of dreaming big and trying to make their ideas a reality, here are five lessons we learned along the way…

This is a continuation of the story I started telling in my last post about how we moved to Brown County in late 2016 (on a bit of a whim, to be honest) and ultimately dreamed up, designed, and built the Brown County Barn Burner.

Hi there! We’re Clint & Kara - the dreamers, doers, and husband and wife duo behind the Brown County Barn Burner and I’d love to share a bit more about us and how we’ve ended up here.