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

This looks like a Heriz (or Heriz Serapi) type of rug, which are distinguished by oversized geometric patterns and often use rusty reds and blues. Lots of similar rug images here. Good luck!

I love this forum! I learn so much that fascinates me and brings out the inner detective in all of us. Lindsay, I so admire anyone with the determination to do a bit of work in order to bring back the beauty of a place, rather than take the easy way out and simply order something generic. Sorry, but you're instantly my bff. I don't know if it matters, but we had an old house once (I adored that house...new owners bulldozed it to the ground and put up 2 2 family homes)...anyway, they had the "fancy" knobs on the outside where you could see them, and the plain knobs on the other side. Of course this only works with closets. But if you're short, it's an idea until you find all the same.

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