I’m not sure if it’s because it’s 95 degrees outside and I would rather be anywhere else than in this scorching heat, or because I just watched Book Club: The Next Chapter, which is set in Rome, but I woke up today daydreaming about our time in Italy a few months back.

Grab a cup of coffee, settle into a cozy chair, and let’s take a tour of our Beach Shack!

The morning sun is pouring through the windows in our office as I sit here and sip my coffee in silence. It’s not yet hot out, but it’s scheduled to be soon. And with that, and a few other reasons, we are ready for the seasons to change.

After being gone for 11 days, we’re finally back home. It’s funny, walking into our house it felt huge. Going from small rooms in a 720 sq ft Beach Shack to our modest-size house, suddenly the rooms felt so much larger than I remembered and I found myself feeling overwhelmingly grateful for our 99 year old Craftsman.