Here are some pictures of the work we have done to the house.  
One of the goals with every project was to brighten the house, as I
thought is was very dark in the beginning.
    
        |  | Before | After | 
    
        | The first project was the removal of a wall separating the stairway
            and the living room. This project also included adding ceiling lights.
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        | The biggest project was the remodeling of the upstairs bathroom.  We 
            completely gutted the old bathroom to make way for the new one. |   |   | 
    
        | In order to do the new plumbing for the bathroom, we needed access to the 
            walls of the kitchen below, so we just redid the whole thing... |   |   | 
    
        | One of the first ideas we had to give more light was to replace a small window
            in the dining room with a sliding glass door.  We then moved the old window upstairs. |   |   | 
    
        | In the downstairs bathroom we painted, tiled and replaced the vanity. |   |   | 
    
        | In the mudroom we put down some terracotta tile and painted everything else. |   |   | 
    
        | Here is a view from the back of the house showing the window 
            we added upstairs and the sliding door downstairs. |   |   | 
    
        | We added a patio off the back of the house |   |   |