The Beaumont House

09/15/2026

We are in an extremely busy season through September and October, so I may not be posting as much.

--We have several full house rentals during football season, which means lots of deep cleaning.
--We want to do more work on the chapel patio before a wedding in October.
--We are slowly working on repainting the house in between everything else.
--My job is always demanding, but I also have two weeks of work travel coming up.

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09/11/2026

Visit Bloomington. Every year both the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and the Bloomington Jazz Orchestra give free concerts in Switchyard Park. There are people spread out all over the lawn to hear the wonderful musicians who live in this small town. I love it!

09/10/2026

These moths were hanging out with me (on the outside of the window) as I washed dishes one evening.

09/09/2026

The sedum has begun to bloom, and the butterflies are loving it.

09/08/2026

Update on painting the house. We have scraped everything that we can reach. We are still trying to figure out how to get to some of the high parts. Now, we are sanding every single board, nailing down loose boards, repairing, boards, and caulking. I have begun to put on the bonding primer and have 4 walls done (around the back side). We still need to get windows taped, prime, and paint two coats. If you have any suggestions, we will take them. We are figuring this out as we go. It is all a little overwhelming!

09/07/2026

Excitement in Bloomington! Saturday was Indiana University's first home game, and Fox's Big Noon Kickoff came to town. If you are coming to B-town for a football game renting the entire Beaumont House (sleeps 10) will be a much better deal than the hotel prices. Check our availability on Airbnb.

Anyway, this Saturday, we helped to give international students a tailgating experience. This group roaming the parking lot and playing the fight song were a highlight for me.

09/01/2026

It took me about 2 hours to do just this section. Yikes! We are finding rotten wood around windows and having to replace that too. I don't know if we will reach the goal of prepping in a week, but we are going to keep chipping away!

08/31/2026

House scraping. This is a picture of the current state of the house--peeling. We have not done any scraping yet. I took a week off work with the goal that we can scrape and prep the house this week so that Kyle can begin painting it next week.

08/28/2026

We made a little more progress in the chapel patio area. We stained the ramp and added the final metal piece at the end.

08/27/2026

Prep for painting. We are beginning to do the prep work for painting the house. Yesterday, Kyle replaced these boards. The previous ones were rotten and pieced together with scrap wood. This is cedar, which should last longer, and is one continuous piece of wood. In addition, these spaces between the windows were hollow inside. He placed some insulation in there to help with climate control.