As a young girl growing up in the suburbs of Delaware the mailman walked right up to your front door and dropped the mail through a slot in the door or into a wall mount mailbox that hung next to the door. When we moved to a home on the country roads of Maryland, our mailbox was at the end of the lane, i.e., driveway, and the mail carrier drove his regular car (he steered from the passenger seat) and popped the mail into the box next to the road.
Where I live now there aren’t many homes that have wall mounted mailboxes for the postal workers to place mail in, but they are still available for homeowners who live in areas that allow it. It’s good to know – I didn’t – that the option to place your house mailboxes still exists.
I like how the wall mount mailboxes are designed: There are Victorian and Provincial styled ones, those that look like shadow boxes, others that you’re able to lock and secure as well as quite a few other choices. It’s a fabulous idea for something that is necessary, but gives you away to make yours unique.
What type of mailbox do you have?
4 folks a chattin':
We have just a plain old wall mailbox. I'm so glad I don't have to walk to get my mail, but I bet it's good for exercise.
When we bought our first home three years ago, I agonized in Hom.e Depo.t over the house numbers and our mailbox! *lol* It's comical now, but at the time, I made those two decisions after days and days of deliberation. We have a wall mounted box that can be locked.
Sista, My walk isn't that far now, but some days when I was growing up living at home in Maryland I would get a tan just going to get the mail.
MrsTDJ, Days? Really? That's funny, but I can understand it. Every new homeowner wants everything to be just right.
We have a wall mounted mailbox that I love. I also love that we frequently get to talk to our mailman. He is truly the best! I am not sure how he gets his work done because it takes him forever to get down our street after talking us and all of our neighbors. If I have a package and he sees me loading my daughters into our truck, he rushes over to make sure I get the package before I leave. I am not sure if it would be the same if we did not have a house mounted mailbox.
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