Number 86

I've had the UGLIEST mailbox since I moved into my house.  So, I decided to fix it up a little.  I used some leftover brown paint to paint the mailbox, and stencilled my house number and name.  It looks so much better!  But that wasn't enough.... I also decided planting a little flower bed around my mail box would be so  pretty and make my  yard look much nicer.  It definitely does!

I planned to do this Sunday by myself.  I knew it would be an all day task, but didn't think it'd be very hard.  Boy, was I wrong.  I could not have gotten it done without Paul.  He randomly came over on Sunday, and I told him to be prepared to work!  And to make it even more difficult, the only shovel I had was a garden shovel!  He had a time digging out some weeds, but he got it done!  It looks so nice! 

Let me also brag that this project only cost me about $11.00.  The paint I used was leftover from when we had the house painted, the bricks were left by the previous owners of the house, and the wood was "borrowed" from the lot across the street (Kayla and I "borrow" a lot of things from that lot).  So, I paid a little for the mulch and stencils.  I got the stencils with a gift card, so really I only spent $4.00.  I love cheap!



Before.  This is how my mailbox looked when I moved in, and remained that UGLY until Saturday.

Paul working hard with my little garden shovel

The finished project!  I love, love, love it!