Ok I know super weird question right haha, but it is an honest one I promise. We bought our house a little over a year ago and had a list 10 miles long to do on stuff we wanted/needed to change and improve. Now the list is down to 9 miles so as you can guess we are not getting very far haha. The big things on our list was redo the fence in the backyard (not done), paint the outside of the house (check), reside the house (not done that is waiting), reshingle the house (not done we have all the stuff as soon as it cools down some we will do the roof).
Then there was the little things like change the light fixtures, paint the stairs and railing, get a new mailbox and none of that was done yet either, in a year I failed and could not even get to a store to browse through the mail boxes. We have looked online but have not really found one that we can both agree on. We have a few things in our criteria that it just seems like no mailboxes meet. It has to be house mounted, sturdy, waterproof and we cannot decide if we want metal or plastic, one thing is for sure though we do NOT want another wooden one.
We have a wooden mailbox right now and when the mailman delivers our mail it sounds like someone throwing a baseball at the side of my house when he closes the mailbox lid, it is a terribly loud noise and not pleasant at all. I guess we will keep hunting for one but in the meant time if you wanted to share with me the mail boxes you all have then maybe we can find a new one before I am too old to care what my mailbox looks like haha.
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we rent and we went and bought a new one- they were on clearance at walmart and I got a huge plastic one that closed properly for 8 dollars- reg 23. You might want to check your seasonal clearance out. I also change lightswitches, and go around with insulating seals and do the outlets and clean the plates. Go in the bathroom and take off thelightswitch and the electric late and see the grime behind the edging- I go and clorox and wipe it all down. I leave places better than when I cam in and enjoy while I am there- I don’t wait till I am leaving to replace or clean it up. New regular plates are cheap if you get plain and stores call them seasonal items too if you like the fun ones.I also do backplates on light switches we use alot- its clear plastic and generally around a buck or two.
We are in a rental and we don’t like our mailbox. It sticks.
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