House Progress: Curb Appeal

When we moved into our house almost 6 years ago, I drew a picture of what I wanted to do to the exterior.  I am so glad that I actually got to help make it happen. Aaron did most of the hard work though. He built the new shutters and window boxes. And yesterday he hung our new awning. It was made by Design Your Awning in Louisiana and shipped to us. I love it! It is aluminum, painted black. (That ended up being much cheaper than a copper awning, and our old one was also aluminum, so it is still in keeping with the era the house was built.)

Let's recap.  Here is what the house looked like when we bought it in 2009:

Yay! Our first house has come a long way.