I like the green tile bathroom. It's the mismatched green toile paper and the overpowering 70s vanity that are the negatives.

The wallpaper mural is probably Thibaut. They still produce a couple of them, but I wonder how many they sell (?).

I don't think the marble is directly over the hardwood. The hardwood probably wouldn't be "stiff" enough to support tiles (since it is strips of wood each with some movement in between) and it doesn't look like the junction between it is thick enough to have underlayment Over the hardwood and then the marble. Could be wrong about this but it's a hunch.

The office/laundry area was probably some sort of breezeway.

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We've since torn out the mint green carpet and can get a look at the side of the tiles. I don't see a cut edge to the hardwoods, yet the only thickness I see is the tiles and the underlayment (no thin set), so you're probably right. We're not going to go through the work of pulling them up anyway, but kind of a bummer they chopped up the hardwoods. That bathroom wallpaper is definitely coming down, but we'll likely keep the green tiles and replace the light fixture. :)

Any ideas for that desk area in the kitchen??

The fridge really needs to go there instead of all the way interior in the kitchen. As close to the peninsula as possible without impacting the aisle. Add a microwave on an upper shelf. Then put the coffee machine below and maybe some open shelving for coffee cups. You've got a coffee station, and you've improved the kitchen flow as well.

Love the tile in the bath!

How far are you going to bump out the peninsula?
Also, would you use completely different cabinets or try to match the existing cabinets? (The desk cabinets are probably lower height than the regular base cabinets.)
I like the idea of a wine fridge and coffee station, but how far would it be from a water source?
The other question is: Do you have a space for brooms, vacuum cleaner, etc. This might be it.
Also, depending on how you use your MW, this may be a great spot.

I don't think they tore up hardwoods in the entry to put down the marble tile. I think there was probably either slate tile of the sort pictured, or even a vinyl tile. Vinyl was considered an acceptable flooring for formal areas in that era

The peninsula depends: we can either leave it as-is and extend the counter top however far we want - maybe with supper of pillars? OR, we can use the 24" base cabinet on the peninsula, turn it sideways, and then extend the peninsula after that (does that make sense?? We'd replace the 1'5" cab with the 2'4" cab (which is really 24" plus 4" filler panel), then use the 1'5" cab - which is really only 1' with a filler panel - facing outwards on the peninsula), which would not extend it super far⦠maybe not quite a foot? and add some open shelving - But then we can extend the counter another foot or more⦠What do you think?

Completely different cabinets on the desk wall due to the height difference. Or maybe a piece of furniture⦠We could re-use the wall cabinets in the laundry area or elsewhere⦠The desk area is as far as the sink from a water source, but I don't think we'd need one? Cleaning supplies can be stored in what's going to be a pretty large laundry area off the garage, so we don't really need to account for that here (aside from what's going under the ridiculously huge 4' sink base). :)