What is it about mailboxes...why am I obsessing about them lately? I think it's because I hardly get any "real mail" anymore inside my mailbox. Bills, bills, bills, oh and junkmail...that's all I get nowadays! Remember these two mailboxes I posted about here and here? Well, I found two more mailboxes at yard sales this weekend. Transformed them of course from their original rusty ugly look - this time, after I painted them, I simply applied some cool graphics found from Graphics Fairy!
Here are the mailboxes before -
Here they are after - this is the Eiffel Tower side
And the french letter side - quelle romantique!
I simply enlarged the graphics and printed them using clear blank labels bought at Staples
By the way, the mailboxes are sitting on top of this old ladder I found at my local thrift shop...the best part...it was already painted blue!
Sexy, non?
It's an excellent bookshelf
Where I can easily grab my fave design books
Of course I have to mention that those pretty pale pink geraniums all came fresh from my window boxes. They are thriving so happily right now.
Speaking of mailboxes, etc. (haha!)...mon petite boutique has gone "par avion" - international style. A dear sweet blogger, Celia from Atteatude and Chocolate found the two pieces below when she clicked on my boutique tab. She liked them so much, she ordered them just like that! It was rather fun shipping two big boxes to Canada, that's where she's from. Celia, like many of us has such a great life story to tell in her other blog Falling Off a High-Heeled Life. Check it out here...her story is one of those inspirational must read, really. Merci beaucoup dearest Celia!
Linking to the following parties:
http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/2011/08/mod-mix-monday-12.html
22 comments:
I love the mail boxes the way you have transformed them and the ladder with books is gorgeous,wish I had more room to put all the items i would like to copy from all of these beautiful bloggers xx
I love these! Such a cute idea...how did you apply the decals? Karen has the best downloads, I just don't know how you attached them! Thanks for sharing:) Marcia
Only you could make an old mailbox so glamorous! They are charming and I love how they look sitting on the blue ladder.
Did you get my email? I wanted to thank you SO MUCH for the gift...I love the bottles. They are filled with sunflowers sitting on my kitchen windowsill. thank you again, my friend!
I like the idea of storing books on the ladder. I sometimes keep my fabric samples on mine.
i adore the mailboxes! What a great idea! Found you via House in the Roses and have become your newest follower. Pop on over for a visit if you get a moment. Tootles, Kathryn
http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com
Love it all Marie...the ladder, the mailboxes and most of all the French cup dryer at the end!
xoxo
Caroline
Wow Marie, congratulations on being international now! Love how those mailboxes turned out, so french, and the ladder is gorgeous!
XXX Ido
Ah my friend ... thanks for the mention ... You have such a wonderful eye for beautiful things. That is one of the best things about blogging... the wonderful people you meet and the great boutiques that give you access to great finds you would otherwise not have.
These postal boxes are fabulous ... wishing you a fabulous day!
xo HHL
Marie, I love your blog! So inviting with it's beatiful pictures. Thank you for stopping by mine.
your mailbox looks great, Marie! Clear labels eh? genius! :)
thanks for your kind comment over at my place about my step stool.
gail
I love your ladder and the way you are using it is fab! I adore the mailboxes you've made.
I just today came across your blog and am now one of your newest followers. I like your taste and style and I'm so looking forward to going through your archives.
so pretty! love your aqua ladder idea.
your newest follower.
cheryl x
Very cute! I like them used decoratively in the garden. These are adorable...love the blue color.(-:
Well, you did it again, Marie! I never in a gazillion years would have thought of painting my mailbox and making it pretty! Great idea! Now I'm going to have to go out to mine this weekend and Frenchify mine! :)
xoxo laurie
Hi Marie-Never would think to collect mailboxes, but your collection is great! Love what you did with the stepladder, too.
I'm so glad your boutique is going so well.
hugs,
gail
LOVE the mailboxes, you could make anything look gorgeous my dear! :) I adore the ladder too and all your books.
I hope you are having a wonderful week!
hugs!
xoxoxo
i always love coming by to see what you are sharing! Curious if you saw my latest post about the coop - it shows my mailbox filled with lavendar inspired by you!!!!! thanks for sharing your post at Cottage Flora Thursdays! loving that ladder & the stock filled in your blue bell jars! Hugs! tracie
Just found your blog while reading Heaven's Walk posting. So glad I found you, not only because of your beautiful things(love the mailbox!) but because I spent my summers as a child in Carlsbad in a cute little cottage by the sea, like yours except it was red. Is your shop on State St.?
sdjg@pacbell.net
Cute mailboxes!!
And I love that blue ladder...so nice that it was already painted like that. :)
You've made it look so pretty all dressed up!
Deborah xo
Good morning, Marie. I am back from break, and I wanted to pop in and see what you're up to ;P
The mailboxes are so pretty, and I like the blue ladder for books. We are overrun with books around here, so I am always looking for creative books storage. I might need to steal this idea! Too, too cute!
xoxoxoxo,
Ricki Jill
So creative as well as useful! That's neat!
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