It's a good start, i like the banner/navigation. If you maybe copied that, fliped it upside down and fliped it horizontally and put it at the bottom of the page it would look much better imo.
The reason it looks boring is because of the text. It is simple plain white text just going straight down. It looks like an essay. Use section headers or dividers to divide up that section. It takes away from the other nice parts of the template. Distribute that eye candy throughout the design.
I dont know what it is about this, but i seem to like the simplicity, i think it adds to it, nice one!