Yes, GE Cafe matches much better, but having compared them side by side, the Samsung is much nicer and seems sturdier. Gets much better reviews as well. Samsung is at least a closer look than the Kitchen Aid fridge I first looked at. . . As for Bosch, I like the size of KA better, gets solid reviews, liked it in the store, and use one now that is terrific. Thanks!

I was in a very similar situation a couple years ago. I wanted a midcentury modern home but it had to be in a specific area. Prices were still depressed at that time, but I knew they were bound to increase soon. I had been watching a home online that was built by one of my favorite 1950's architects. I had seen black and white pics of the house from the 50's and it was beautiful then. Unfortunately, the previous owners had altered much of the architecture. The price was much too high. When the price decreased significantly, the realtor and I went to look at it. It had also been abandoned for 10 yrs. There was major water damage EVERYWHERE. The ceiling ballooned out all over the place. The patio overhang and soffit had areas of rot. The carpet had water damage. The realtor and I walked out laughing that anyone would think they could sell the house for the asking price (which was still above my budget). We looked at more homes, but the bones of these homes did not compare to the damaged home. The home had walls of glass, amazing views of the city and mountains and in my opinion had great potential. When I wanted to make an offer on it, the realtor was shocked. He tried to talk me out of it. But I felt it was a matter of time before I was priced out of this area and despite the terrible condition of the home, it had other things going for it. Before making an offer, we had a roofer look at the roof. Like your roof, it had been replaced in the last 10 yrs. All I can figure is that no one had bothered to repair the extensive drywall damage. The exterior soffit damage was from condensation in AC vents (yes- they had AC on the patio!). After haggling with the bank (shortsale), I finally got the house. I remember that night thinking, WHAT HAVE I DONE? The house has taken extensive investment. It is not done, and because of the expense, I am taking my time with it. I did put in new floors, new roof, new electrical, new kitchen, drywall, opened the floorplan up, etc. The house just appraised for much higher than I paid. If I were you, I would have a roofer look at the roof to verify it is intact. Try to get a contractor out there also to give you his/her opinion on the source of the water damage elsewhere and his worst cost estimate. Think about the WORST possible outcome with the water damage and decide if you are willing to pay this for the house. I was fortunate that for my house the water damage, although it looked awful, was negligible for cost. If you really want the house, repairing the issues may be worth it. Dont forget that other things might need repair/replacing - HVAC system, etc.

Thanks everyone for the advice! I will go with a darker shade of the SW restrained gold for the moldings, but really stumped on the large closet doors. Do you all think they should be painted brown like the shelves or should I do them the same as the moldings? My accent color is russet so got waverly chippendale drapes in garnet and a throw pillow in the russet and a velvety gold pillow. I will not be using the pineapple sofa pillows. I also just picked up a fabulous pewter colored lamp at a garage sale that will go on the dresser with flat screen tv above dresser. So I'm thinking I need to find some pewter colored swing lamps to bring that color in. I also need to figure out what color to paint the ceiling?? I was thinking a green to match the sofa, but maybe that would be too much?? I hope to have this finished by September as that is where MIL will be sleeping (in the sofa bed) when she is visiting us for my daughter's wedding. Hubby says he can build the shelves, but we really would like to get 2 base cabinets that have drawers and maybe a pull out shelf to put a drink on and then he could build the shelves to sit ontop oif the base cabinets and mold it all out and paint it. So if you all know of any base drawer cabs I can get cheap...let me know. Also on the lookout for a leather tufted ottoman preferabbly with casters for ease of moving out of the way when MIL uses the sofa bed.

Crown molding can be a very nice touch, but it does depend on the style of architecture (it may look out of place in a very modern home). Pictures of the rooms would help. You might want to look in Houzz for similar homes that have crown to get an idea (search under crown molding). Also, there are different styles, so some are traditional but there are more modern versions of crown molding that can work in later model homes.