Sometimes the smallest details are the hardest to pull off. When I first bought my 1950 ranch home, it was difficult to find mailboxes that suited its vintage exterior. Today it's a little easier to find reproductions if you can't find an original. Here are images of both vintage and new mailboxes to delight and inspire.
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Vintage mailbox
etsy.com - ModPop VintageModern |
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Pouch mailbox from Canadian Tire
realswanky.ca |
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Vintage mailbox
bloombety.com |
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Modern reproduction
ebay.com - mailboxshoppe |
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Vintage copper envelope-style
bloombety.com |
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Postino envelope-style
umbra.com |
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New old stock starburst mailbox
ebay.com - atomicspacejunk88 |
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Vintage mailbox
etsy.com - AustinModern |
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Nice take on an old standard
beststl.com |
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Another nice post treatment
moderncharlotte.com |
If you'd like to help a fellow mid-century maven get his mailbox business off the ground (or, as the case might be, firmly planted in the ground), check out
Greg Kelly's Kickstarter campaign.
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Greg Kelly's modbox design
modboxusa.com |
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LOVE the copper envelope mailbox, it has such presence.
ReplyDeleteIsn't the patina on that one amazing? I wonder how many years it took for it to turn such a beautiful color. Makes me appreciate getting older myself. :)
DeleteThe starburst is swank. I also like the Greg Kelly, it looks like it was mad by Olivetti. (:
ReplyDeleteYou're an Olivetti man through and through! :)
DeleteVery nice. Greg Kelly should do a wall mounted design in a similar shape for those without a street box.
ReplyDeleteGood idea. I have a wall mount myself.
DeleteI used to have a vintage copper envelope. Unfortunately, the wasps loved it too much and my crazy ass husband swatted it down with a bat.
ReplyDeleteYes, he still lives....but he was in big trouble.
Cool choices you shared!
Nice to know other families have stories of overkill too. I still remember very well that when I was seven years old a bee landed on my big toe, and my mother's solution was to stomp my toe till the bee was dead. Even at seven, I knew there was something wrong with that plan. :)
DeleteThey must have shared the same fear of the flying devils...he will mow down old ladies and small children to get away from one! ;) Your poor toe! LOL
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