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Jun042012

New Mailbox

When I bought my home I quickly ditched the 1970s style mailbox and replaced it with a vintage cast iron one that I found on eBay. I love the style of it, but unfortunately it is a little small for modern mail so I have been looking for something else. 

Finding a vintage metal mailbox that is larger than what I had was actually pretty difficult. Finally I found on eBay a burnt orange mailbox that was plenty big to fit my mail. I scooped it up for $9.99, gave it a thorough cleaning and refinished it with a few thin coats of oil rubbed bronze spray paint.

I have to say that I like the charm of my old cast iron mailbox better, but it wasn't worth having my mail all bunched up and bent. The new mailbox is still cute and I can now recieve my mail flat. I'll have to think of something fun to do with my old mailbox now.

What do you think? Have you ever had any too small mailbox issues?

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Very nice mailbox and I do like it painted black - classic. We have community mail boxes and everything goes in there so we have no need of a mail box at home - kind of miss that.

June 4, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterMary-Lou

Mary-Lou- Thank you! It is nice to have the mail delivered to my door. It is one of the nice benefits of living in an old neighborhood.

June 5, 2012 | Registered CommenterLisa

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