Cottage Living magazine, now defunct, has a lot of photos up on the web. Some of their articles may apply to your situation; I remember seeing some houses featured that had elements of yours, and the makeovers were done in a classic way. They'll have some exterior inspiration photos, while I'm not sure you'll find much exterior stuff at houzz.com, the other site I'd recommend, since it focuses on interiors. And if you want to do anything to your kitchen, browse the kitchens forum here on gardenweb and post some questions. There are some dedicated and talented posters over there that will love to read about your kitchen dreams and get you pointed in the right direction. Looking at your pictures, I think your house is lovely. Being in the great plains, the absence of tall trees in the neighborhood throws me off. Is there anything that gets tall that you can plant on your lot, maybe twin sentinels in your front yard? Ask liriodendron on this forum, he/she might have some good suggestions for trees that are appropriate for your area. I like cottonwoods (I remember seeing a lot when I worked in IA and SD) but I believe they prefer to be along a river. I like that it has substantial windows and roof pitch; so many later ranches had anemic or too strongly horizontal windows and a shallow pitch, for my taste. The red brick and white trim look is classic. Other colors would also complement the brick, but unless you hate the white I'd put painting pretty far down the list. The white gable on the left is begging for something, perhaps a demilune vent like the other gable has, or even a window. But I would be careful to keep it smallish and not too ornate; you want it to blend in with the house and break up that large gable, but not become a focal point in itself. Here is a link that might be useful: Photos from Cottage Living

Actually, I have been looking at antique fixtures. Refurbished and otherwise. The recommendation was for total wattage per fixture. I was looking at 3 light or more. It also matters whether the shade is enclosed or open, naturally the enclosed would retain heat hence a 100w bulb could probably blow it up?? And it would make the bulbs die sooner. I'm just trying to find a fixture that I like, that "goes" with the house, will provide enough light AND that I can afford. My house was built in 1880 so I can go with any year after that that I like. Or I suppose I could go earlier with the assumption that I was into antiques in the 1880's and decorated my house with them. However that would likely be lamps and candles. I get enough of that during our persistent power outages.

Call Andersen windows with those pics. They have a great service department.

It looks like an Alno, but I can’t say for sure. Some examples: https://www.bellacor.com/productdetail/alno-inc-a726-4-pn-charlie-polished-nickel-4-inch-pull-495574.html https://products.bayplumbingsupply.com/Santa-Cruz-California/Alno-D726-8-PC-Polished-Chrome-Appliance-Pull.HTM On the A-zon site (can’t link it):