Have you ever noticed that the little things can make a house seem more...homey? One of the things I notice about people's houses are mailboxes. I know that's silly, but it's true. Seeing a mailbox with a cute design makes me smile. Seeing an elegant one makes me wonder what sort of person lives there and what sort of mail they get. I'm not making this up, I really do wonder about it.
Our mailbox is the one that was here when we first moved in back in October 2007. It's black. It's plastic. And it's oh-so-ugly. So now I'm shopping around for a new one on Mailboxandbeyond.com. I've started shopping for one from Whitehall Products but it can't be too fancy-schmancy because our house is a bit countryish. So while no one will wonder what is in my mailbox, maybe they'll think I have a cute one at least. I particularly like the hand painted mailboxes, so I may go with one of those.
In a related note, during our most recent wind storm, our house numbers blew off. Luckily our mailman has been on this route for ages and knows our real address since the mailbox is actually across the road from our home (all of them on our street are on the right). So what sort of mailbox do you have? If you have a really crazy one, post a picture link because I totally want to see it.
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5 comments:
I have an ugly, ugly mailbox, but now you have given me the incentive to get a cutsie one.
I miss the days of the mailboxes all on a country road. Now I am in the burbs ans we have a big square bunch of boxes all in one. But, I love the kind that are individual an agree with you about what one thinks when they see them.
Popped in to say hi! I wish we had a mailbox. We just have one of those big metal slots in a box with everyone else's on the corner.
We don't have a mailbox since we live a block away from the post office we have to get our mail there...sucks!
since we moved into this older home we do not have an outside mailbox. We have a slot by the front door and the mail goes through their and inside our house in the closet. It is SO nice not to have to go outside the toasty warm house to get the mail!
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