New Mailbox

Before you get excited... this is what it looked like before... kinda wimpy. kinda pathetic. Nick's fixed the hinges a few times each and we've had to get tetanus shots before getting the mail (just kidding about the tetanus) but it was a pretty rusty mailbox.

We had discussed several different mailboxes. First something related to Nick's favorite hobby, fishing. A large mouth bass...

or a lure...

Maybe something a bit more traditional...

We went traditional with the Mayne Westbrook Plus Mailbox, Post and Planter in black. Nick hit a few snags digging out the rusty ol' mailbox and the post we knew was still there. Turns out there were three mailboxes worth of cement in the ground right in a row. So I figure if the house is a little over 30 years old, three mailboxes ... it's safe to say that a mailbox probably lasts around 10 years.

Another issue we discovered a little late in the game is the space available for a mailbox wasn't exactly enough to be too traditional with the mailbox. You see the USPS, being a government agency and all, has rules. They have requirements and some of them are: the front edge of the mailbox has to be set about 5-6 inches back from the edge of the curb. USPS also tells you the mailbox should be about 41-45 inches from the road surface. Bossy bossy bossy. So due to the setback requirement we had to be a little crafty with our mailbox.

Yup ... sideways. Now it's unique without it being a lure or a fish. For anyone that cares I planted orange and yellow begonias in the planter. Another Tocci project accomplished.