What can I do with a Rural mailbox? Ideas?
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Mcastler
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i found a big rural mailbox and trying to decide what to do with it. i would love to put it out front for a book exchange with neighbors, but i know it would be stolen.
it is not heavy enough to bold a person and the opening would be on the top. i just love it and don't want to let it go, but am downsizing and unless i can make it useful i has to go. help!!!! margare
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I would love to see a photo to generate some ideas! Could you turn it into a planter?
Since I love to garden. I would mount it in my garden area and keep my hand garden tools inside . or, put it on my porch and keep those pesky magazines I still need to read out of sight.
you can buy magnetic sleeves for the mailbox. you can use it for a bread box or for snacks.
Char's idea is the trick.......A nice bread box......I love that, it's a winner!!
An old mailbox? You don't mean the big blue ones the post office places around town, do you? It 's just that you said it's not heavy enough to hold a person. IF that's the case, I have a married friends who own a bed and breakfast who put it out front every year for letters to Santa. However, it's my guess its one that goes on a post in a front yard. Why not put it on your porch with your street numbers painted or stuck on the side and decorate it as a welcoming decoration. then if you ever need to leave a note for someone like you are in the back yard or something, you can attach a clothes pin for the note or leave it in the body of the mail box with the door open. Just a thought.