house update...

we have been a bit busy lately doing some more house projects and this picture pretty much sums it all up. well, sorta i guess.

we finally put the trim/baseboards back up and then put the chair rail back up too. it definitely looks a lot more put together.  dont you think?

and then the doors. we got some used 6 panel, solid core doors from restore. (a store where people can donate used housing items which are then resold with profits going to habitat for humanity) honestly i thought it would be a pretty easy & quick project. however i was proven wrong. which doesnt happen very often. hehe. anyways, it turns out measuring where the hinges go, the door knob and all that stuff was a wee bit more time consuming than i thought. oh well, end of story...after living without doors up for a few weeks, we finally have new ones hung up. and i really really really like em :)

and we can't forget my new favorite part of the house. maybe even more than our bedroom. those newspapers are placeholders for a large gallery/frame wall. we are still adding some last minute frames so ill try post a picture soon. but i really really really like it. the stuff in the frames are just meaningful things to us. pictures of friends, family, artwork and some other things. anyways...if anyone has some suggestions, we have a few empty frames yet...so let us know!

and last but not least...i tried a new recipe. apple cake. cake batter layered with layers of cinnamon sugar apples drizzled with a carmel mixture. delicious. and this is coming from someone who hates fruit. granted, it was surrounded in other unhealthy things (sugar) but still. i forgot to take a pic of the cake with the drizzle, so you are just left with the cake cooling.