| There is no doubt that a mailbox can be the very | | | | some artistic influence on your home is also a |
| first thing a new guest will see of your home. | | | | creative option. Be sure to purchase a plain wood |
| When giving directions we describe the way the | | | | mailbox which has been sanded with a smooth |
| driveway begins: the mailbox. Your personality is | | | | surface to make painting easier. Primer should be |
| automatically assumed if your guest is seeing a | | | | applied and allowed to dry before painting and all |
| unique mailbox. If you have an outgoing | | | | paints should be water resistant to avoid damage |
| personality or special hobbies, there are some out | | | | from the rain. |
| of the ordinary wood mailboxes which will fit in | | | | Changing the post which it sits on is the easiest |
| with your home. There are also simple ways to | | | | and cheapest option for changing the look of your |
| turn the beginning of your driveway into a great | | | | wood mailbox. These posts can simply be a cedar |
| first impression quite easily. | | | | beam painted to match your existing mailbox or |
| Wood mailboxes with unique themes or shapes | | | | theme of the home and garden. Changing and |
| are available to purchase in stores or on the web. | | | | decorating the post gives you a lot of freedom to |
| Novelty wood mailboxes are great conversation | | | | do what you want and takes away the stress of |
| starters because they are so unusual and come all | | | | ruining an expensive product if you make a |
| shapes and designs from animals to people to | | | | mistake. Cedar beams are easy to attach to the |
| vehicles. | | | | wood mailbox and you will only need the beam, |
| Another way to show your personality and make | | | | waterproof paint, some cement, and a shovel to |
| the driveway more exciting is a customized wood | | | | dig a hole in the ground. |
| mailbox. These wood mailboxes are often | | | | A durable log or branch in laying in the yard can |
| hand-painted with scenes or designs that fit your | | | | also be a creative wood mailbox post. This look is |
| style and match the theme of the yard. These | | | | very organic and natural but this log cannot have |
| mailboxes are sand carved into the wood and | | | | spots that are rotting or breaking or your mailbox |
| then hand painted with waterproof paints. If you | | | | will not last very long outside. You will need to |
| do not want a picture carved and painted on the | | | | strip the bark on the branch and sand it until it is |
| box, you can purchase wood mailboxes which | | | | smooth and easy to paint or carve on. |
| have your name and/or address hand-carved in | | | | Planting some flowers on or around your wood |
| different colors and fonts. | | | | mailbox is a simple way to brighten up the look of |
| Wood mailboxes can also be purchased with | | | | your driveway. Some wood mailboxes are |
| nothing on them, giving you the option to paint | | | | available with boxes attached to the back to hold |
| them yourself. This option can be a used as a | | | | flowers or wood rectangular boxes can be built or |
| nice housewarming gift for a friend or it can be a | | | | purchased to surround your wood mailbox post |
| great way to show your artistic talents to the | | | | with a garden of beautiful plants. |
| neighbors. Letting your children paint and have | | | | |