How is it July already?

Time is such a surprise. It’s like the weather. We laugh at the old people and then become the old people. Who have a running commentary on time and the weather. It turns out, it’s always changing. Since it’s now midyear, I guess I hope I’m paying attention as it changes. Here’s what is new and what I’ve enjoyed so far this year.

  • The newest excitement for me has been finishing up renovations for my newest Airbnb, St. Anne’s. It has been such a labor of love. One little idea, a phone addiction and almost a year later, the magic appears in finished space. It’s centrally located two blocks from Magpie, if you need a place to stay.

  • The internet is great and terrible. If you are renovating, I highly recommend creating a Pinterest board and finding anything you like. You naturally tend toward certain aesthetics, even if you can’t name them, and sometimes, you realize you like something new and fun.

  • Below are some before and after pictures. Let’s just say, my Pinterest board revealed I love stripes. I already knew I loved high ceilings. If space can’t be made in width, it can be made up for in height.

Other things I’ve been enjoying:

  • I joined a bookclub and our first book is Middlemarch. Which, if you like me, are unaware, is a large book written before we stopped using whole sections of the dictionary for character descriptors. Since I haven’t read literature in quite some time, it’s been a good a practice to learn how to focus again.

  • I watched Goodfellas for the first time. A gangster movie that turns out to be a true story. I can’t say I enjoyed it but the cast is superb.

  • Since summer seems to have me in the dreaded streaming death scroll, I haven’t been watching much. However, I stumbled upon My Lady Jane. I can always get behind fantasy when it’s a good story and well acted. This is both in my personal opinion.

  • Speaking of fantasy, I was recommended Assistant to the Villian. It’s a delightful little rom-com meets The Office but magical and a little bit evil.

  • Maggie is a fun follow, if you want more fantasy book suggestions.

As always, a house has a number, a home has a name.

XOXO,

Amelia


Amelia Schmid