Thanks for the responses. Right now I am using the house myself and renting a bedroom to a friend (he is moving out into a house of his own soon). The bedrooms are rather large, the finished basement is plenty spacious also, but not exposed or a full height ceiling. I do not have kids or a spouse. I bought the house as a way to get away from rising rental costs and to invest some time/money into to update. The house values in neighborhood are doing very well. Right now I am still "ahead of the game" if I wanted to sell and cover closing costs but I plan on living here for another 2-3 years or renting the home out to make some extra income. My next door neighbor put in a 4 season room with a natural gas fireplace and it sold for 25k more than mine (same layout and floorplan) when they bought it in 2015. The issue I have is the weird, small layout in the center of the house and lack of any substantial dining/living areas. It feels more like an apartment or trailer than a house on the inside due to this. The exterior looks nice (needs some landscaping and a new roof soon) and the private back yard with river view is quite nice. Having another 300-400 feet of space would make the house much more livable and marketable as it would have a legitimate living and dining space and more privacy for the bedrooms. I am also aware that without a 3rd bedroom the ceiling is limited so I do not think a full room addition would be cost-effective. At this point I am leaning towards a sunroom/4-season, but depending on cost may need to hold off for a year or so. After talking to some people I think the garage conversion would detract from the value and not be worthwhile in the long run. I work with a retired contractor (he works as a janitor now) on remodeling. We can handle the drywall, flooring, roofing and most other interior work. I would be hiring out for any foundation, electrical and other work that requires permitting with licensed and insured contractors. If the sunroom option does not look feasible anytime soon I am considering using the large 15x15 master bedroom as more of a hang out room (has lots of windows, decent location in terms of flow) and living in the smaller bedroom. Then using the central/entry room as a dining area.

cat_ky I love my existing color too, but my husband wants to change it. I want to thank you all for your suggestions. It helped us decide on the colors to sample. We will try to patch test all the colors (SW accessible beige 7036, SW 7037 Balanced Beige, our existing color - i don't know the shade yet, SW greige, Diamond vogel 0225) and then go from there.

It's a great house. These 'shed' houses look best to me monochromatic- I would paint everything (except the stone) Sherwin Williams Black Fox or Urbane Bronze. When you can afford it the deck handrails could use updating ( I would replace some sections with stadium stairs and others with glass). Otherwise punch up the landscaping a bit and you are good to go. The pine next to the house is so pretty, I don't love the cedar between the garage and the entrance, it looks like it is in the way?

I think a gray/Blue would look beautiful with your brick and it would be lovely with white or black windows. The kitchen I posted was to show brick with a more aqua blue as another choice. The first photo incorporated cedar stain which you could either paint your garage door that hue or get cedar door. I especially like the wood for garage doors that face the street.