Thanks Shinpachi-san. I have some experience doing similar work with my Dad. His old place was built in the 1920s and it was always needing something. I helped him and learned a few things along the way that have helped me with these projects.
From "eh, boring" to "Wow!" I was playing around with layers and layer masks this morning and took a boring photo and gave it some luster. Here is the before and after. The airplane shot is the same, the background is the only difference.