The upstairs bathroom is in need of attention. It's not a large room, which is good in a way because there's no chance to move the plumbing around - that can get very expensive. Most likely everything in this room will be ripped out to the wall studs to make sure all the existing damage is contained. The fixtures certainly need to be updated anyway.
The half bath downstairs is also in pretty rough shape. The toilet may well stay, but the cheesy paneling will be eliminated, the vinyl flooring will be removed, and the existing vanity will be replaced or removed. Don't know about the sink yet. It's great to have this half bath, though. It enhances the value of the property, and it's very convenient for washing up when I come in from the garage. No need to risk tracking oil and grease through the house, and I don't have to walk to the opposite end of the house, enter the basement, and walk all the way back just to stain the soapstone sink in the laundry instead.
The last major upgrade target is the kitchen. This one's going to be tough, too. The usual problem with kitchens in houses of this vintage and older is that it is a real crossroads - there are so many doors and passages that you have a difficult time finding a long enough stretch of wall to put up decent counter space. This kitchen has no less than four doorways leading to different parts of the house, plus a closet door.
The kitchen is usable for now, so it will most likely be the last work scheduled. In the meantime I can try to figure out how to approach the upgrade. I'm already thinking that an island can solve the counterspace issues, and I might be able to do something with a cooktop or range to move it closer to the sink/workarea. Maybe a separate oven or two mounted over/under and built into cabinets or walls in the Northeast corner...
I can't decide if the home renovation magazines are the work of the devil or not. Some of them seem to delight in showing you grand, sprawling rooms that are twice the size of the largest room in your house. Then they dither about how they had to compromise on this or that point because of the tight constraints they were working within. "Unfortunately we could only fit 30 linear feet of granite slab countertop in the main work area, but we tried to make up for it with an 8'x15' island with Corian counters and two dual sinks formed into the surface..."
Some of them aren't so obnoxious, and while I generally can't abide their taste I have managed to find one or two ideas that I may use in the upstairs bathroom. And in terms of seeing what the materials are capable of, and what kinds of appliances are available, they were a help. Now I just need to sort out how to pay for it all.