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Mailboxes: A Finishing Touch For Curb Appeal

Curb-appeal mailboxes come in many styles. Some are whimsical, some are the standard, road-side model that can be hand-painted or decorated with "cover ups" that you can remove and replace with seasonal or holiday imagery, and some are elegant and give that custom look to a home's curbside appeal.

Today, lets take a look at how to add elegant curb appeal with your wall-mounted mailbox choice.

Mailbox shown: Venetian bronze locking wall mount mailbox, by Solar Group

Choosing Your Mailbox For Curb Appeal

Curb appeal is in the details

Matching your finishes is very important for curb appeal. For instance, you wouldn't want fixtures, such as the entry door knob, to be brass while your mailbox is chrome. Try to match brass with brass, chrome with chrome, brushed or satin finish with brushed or satin, and etc. Another choice is to match the mailbox to your home exterior.

Curb Appeal In Black And Brass

More colors for Solar Group mailbox

Solar Group DVKGB000 Large Vertical Style Locking Wall Mount Mailbox with Brass Lid, Black

Amazon Price: $29.50 (as of 05/31/2012)

This Solar Group mailbox has a concealed lock, and it comes with an extra key. The decorative emblem is optional. Made to last from heavy-duty galvanized steel. Comes in Venetian bronze, all black, or black with brass lid (as shown).

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Mailbox With An Ivy Design

Olde Towne cast aluminum wall-mount mailbox

Solar Group CAH304BZ Ivy Design Cast Aluminum Wall Mount Mailbox Large

Amazon Price: $79.00 (as of 05/31/2012)

This beautiful mailbox includes hardware for mounting, and detachable magazine hooks.

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Stainless Steel Postino Mailbox

Modern Simplicity, from Umbra

Umbra 460322-592 Postino Wall-Mount Mailbox, Stainless Steel

Amazon Price: $90.00 (as of 05/31/2012)

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Laguna, From Architectural Mailboxes

Hammered copper

Architectural Mailboxes 2582DCH Laguna Wall Mount Locking Mailbox, Dark Aged Copper Hammered

Amazon Price: $51.20 (as of 05/31/2012)

Lockable, aged-copper mailbox is unique because the hammered copper is hand finished, so no two can be alike. Comes with mounting hardware, and is built to last.

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Lunada, From Architectural Mailboxes

Classic elegance

Architectural Mailboxes Lunada Wall Mailbox, Black

Amazon Price: $87.20 (as of 05/31/2012)

Finished in a durable black powder coat, this lockable mailbox is designed for wall or fence mounting. Colors to choose from are black, bronze, green, pearl gray, sand and white.

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Vintage Mailboxes

From eBay

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What type of mailbox do you have? Wall or road-side?

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mukunda22 Dec 16, 2010 @ 10:42 pm | delete

We have a roadside mailbox. Big and ugly as it stands now. But it does what it's supposed to do!!

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OhMe Dec 16, 2010 @ 7:21 am | delete

These are sure some nice looking mailboxes with Curb Appeal. Our mailbox looks so bad and that is why I am using the Mailbox Wraps which I love. I need to come back here and do some serious shopping for a new mailbox.