Just a quick comment about Lightroom- very powerful and a lot imo a lot easier to use than learning Photoshop -intuitively developed for photographers as opposed to graphics folks. The best free place to learn Lightroom would be right here http://www.slrlounge.com/ A free course that starts at the beginning using excellent vidieos and going to great depth. I have taken several photoshop (elements) classes over the years and got nowhere. LR is the way to go. Thanks, Irv Mortenen

My sympathy - I restored (as best I could with little money and lots of creativity) a family bungelow in Wallingford (then an affordable neighborhood in Seattle). With care I poisoned myself taking off years of failing paint with scrapers and heat guns(Lead in the 80's wasn't so scary) and repainted in 3 colors of white, grey, and charcol (approved in the Northwest). After I sold it, the new owner painted the house in 5 primary colors. Twenty years later it has the same paint job and I rarely drive by without wincing!