Awnings & Window Boxes

I've been thinking of ways to add more curb appeal to my boring white colonial with black shutters.  Window boxes below the lower level windows have been on my wish list for awhile but what if I also added awnings above the lower windows?

Imagine how this house below would look without the awnings.  Pretty boring, right?  But the awnings scream "someone with style lives here!".

I especially like the idea of black awnings with white accent trim along the scallop.

The window boxes and awnings combined with the ideas I got from the landscape architect in the Fall would make for a much more inviting front yard indeed!