Once a mailbox......
14 years ago
.....now a toilet paper holder! I finally finished it, folks!!
It holds 4 rolls of toilet paper. Cost me $3 for the mailbox at a garage sale, $3 for the fleur de lis knob, and then everything else I had. The skeleton key was given to me (everyone knows I love junk), then I used a button and attached beads to it that I had from the end of a scarf, along with this gold chain that had hearts attached to it that was from a shirt I used to have. Then there's a fleur de lis push pin hook that I had in my junk drawer. Have no clue where I got it. I just kind of added things as I went along.
I did a shabby chic paint effect, although it's very hard to see that in the picture unfortunately.
At one point I thought it needed something else, but I try to go with the saying "less is more" because I'm afraid to make things look junky.
What do all of you think? Does it need something else? I've looked at it so much that I can't tell anymore. :)
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- 14 years ago
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Comments (24)When we lived in CA in the mountains we also had a PO box in the city and all the important stuff went there as we to lost too many boxes. Then all of us went together and demanded locked boxes. Our mail boxes were all in one area. Our delivery person fought this as he got paid per box and a locked group counted for one, not several. We then went to the main office and had a meeting and finally months later had our locked boxes, but we kept our PO box as this too was damaged occasionally but mainly when the carrier was putting mail into the boxes, some mysteriously either ended on the ground, or given to someone else. Not a good carrier. I do feel for those who are isolated and expect something, and find it on the ground (soaking wet and damaged or put by the wrong box--too lazy to take it to the right box etc) checks and letters scattered etc. It is sad that some rural carriers and others do not respect our mail and privacy. Our neighbors even had mail opened, and then put in the boxes. But we were 5 miles from the boxes. Here they do not seem to have a problem as our carrier is so very dedicated and really watches the boxes and roads....See More- 14 years ago
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