I like the look of the mosaic glass backsplash, but it gets very expensive with labor involved.

Don't block any windows but you could put, moving from doorway outwards - maybe a tall thin hedging evergreen on each side of door (could be in large pots), maybe some day lilies against the wall under the windows fronted by ground cover azaleas, climbing vines between the windows, a low growing (3') shrub with variegated foliage under the smaller windows and something like a pampas grass or butterfly bush at opposite ends of the building.  

The good part, we paid $13,500 and hadn't even checked the zoning, but found out that lot was zoned light industrial and the owner of the glass company behind it asked how much we wanted to the lot and my brother who liked to joke straight faced said $65k and the owner said I'll give you $50k, all cash, and you have to close by Friday.

Think full mosaic glass back splashes in the early 2000's that look over the top to me now or tile counter tops with the dirty grout lines.  

Keep in mind that based on the age of knob and tube, that you will be doing work here that requires EPA RRP certifications.Almost certain that the trim will have lead paint somewhere on it unless somebody went to the trouble of stripping it off at some point in the past.If you have tall baseboards, I like that look and would try to salvage them; tall baseboard material might be pricey to buy new.

G may mean tall grass, and CD may mean condemned.

You can goof around with paint strippers or heat guns (careful around the glass), but for on the cheap, I would just scrape the loose stuff and paint over.Canibets- My cabinets are just plain pieces of wood with some protective clear coat over them.

I like how the back of the couches create a low wall that makes stepping down to the sunken level area feel natural and avoids the use of tall railings between the two levels.As someone else mentioned, start with removing the mirror wall.

Of course I rarely if ever would actually physically do this I would hire a clean out crew. but to save those expense's and dump fee's the garage sale works wonders.I just looked at one today.. it was a 100 by 130 metal building literally stacked to the rafters ( 30 feet tall.) with all manner of care machines metal bikes trikes snow mobiles jet ski's campers.

We did some peculiar things with the mods including omitting the typical ceiling frame on the first floor mods, balloon framing floors within the mods to create loft spaces and designing 15'-0" tall mods that required special carriers to transport.