Photoshop Redo: Dressing Up a Cookie-Cutter Ranch

Julie Robinson of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, minces no words when she talks about the exterior of her two-bedroom 1954 ranch. "There's nothing appealing about it," she told us. "It's very blah." To help her out, we asked architect Michael T. Gray of Essex, Massachusetts, for a few ideas on how to improve it.