Minnesota winters really took a toll on the two wall lanterns that I had put on the house back in 2004 when we had the trim on our house repainted. The old ones looked almost as bad as the hanging lantern that is under an overhang. These new wall lanterns have more of like a powder coating on them and they really seem like they will hold up much better to a Minnesota winter than the previous ones I had purchased. These are much higher quality and they really tie the whole front of the house together with the hanging lantern and the new address plaque.