(as I am dashing out the door for the in-laws......)Thanks for the good wishes! Yes, the house is well-crafted--has "good bones", our realtor likes to say. Of course the kitchen hasn't been remodeled since they built the house, but my wife enjoys thinking about that sort of house project. The builder who built this house and all the others in the neighborhood is still around 50 years later, which says a lot to me.
I'll check in again later and let you folks know how it came out.