Susan's House in Oftersheim, Germany!

representative "Before" pictures:
House (#8) as seen from the street
       the bricks showing in the dark brown have been covered,
       and the wooden window covers have been replaced
bedroom in upstairs apartment
"kitchen" in upstairs apartment
Susan's "kitchen" on ground floor
Susan's "big room"
courtyard and outbuildings
       this could also be an "after" picture -- renovation of
       the courtyard and outbuildings is NOT a 2004 project!

representative "After" pictures:
Susan's kitchen
       OK -- anyone who knows me is aware that there would
       really be things on the counters -- this picture was taken
       right after installation!
part of Susan's "big room"
       this is the same wall that had the paneling in the "before"
       picture -- getting it out and painting walls white really
       brightened the room!
office part of Susan's big room
       dark wood furniture was left by sellers, and provides lots
       of storage!
Susan's "social room"
       hard to tell, but contains sofa and love seat left by sellers,
       and the rugs are from Turkey (bought when John was teaching there in Sept)
upstairs while constructing John's china cabinet
       major point of this picture is how nice the floors are -- had them all laid with
       laminat before moving in. well, kitchen and bathrooms are tiled.
John's china cabinet
       point of this is to show that this house has large rooms!
       and -- there have been many furniture-assembling opportunities on
       both levels of the house!