probably your wife was attracted to you because of your personality, your charm, your drive. 

@Emery Johnston  2700 feet 4 beds 4 bath Restoring it to its original charm.

I think people who pay to live in little old houses in downtown neighborhoods accept the lack of dining room as part of the "charm".

Your floors are beautiful, paint job looks great, tile is fantastic and the outside ozzes with charm!

Dryer worked like a charm after and they were ready to throw it away before.

Works like a charm.

Is that like a Realtor euphemesim when they call a space "cozy" to mean tiny, or "vintage charm" to mean that it  is totally outdated? 

House is as cute as a button with tons of old world character and charm.

I'm in the process of getting my license.  9 day crash course starts next week.  3rd state I've enrolled, first one that I'll actually finish.  3rd times the charm I suppose.  

And even though I'm in real estate I'm scratching my head over "3rd bedroom upstairs w/HWF &WIC" You want emphasize how completely new and totally modern and wonderful it is inside and how it oozes period charm on the outside.