The document provides a 7-step guide for first-time home owners to transform the appearance of their newly purchased house so that it no longer resembles a home where an elderly woman lives. The steps include removing unattractive or outdated exterior features like large awnings, unusual paint colors, and overgrown bushes, and replacing them with a fresh coat of neutral paint on the trim, windows, and overall exterior, along with the addition of shutters and planting of native flowers out front.

1. How to transform the
appearance of your house
(so it doesn’t look like an old lady lives there)
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A guide by first time home owners for first time home owners.

2. Step 1: Buy an ugly house.

3. Step 2: Remove giant awning.

4. Step 3: If there are crazy green
stripes, paint them to match the rest
of the house.

5. Step 4: Remove “unibrow”
bushes.

6. Step 5: Paint trim around
windows and add shutters.

7. Step 6: Make plans to change
everything!

8. Step 7: Give the whole house a
fresh paint job and plant some native
flowers in front.