Yesterday, we told you about the Modfire Astrofire modern fire box for the backyard of your mid-century modern home. Today, we’ll show you the perfect mailbox for your home. These mailboxes were designed by a fellow North Carolinian, and his project was recently successfully funded on Kickstarter and is now in the manufacturing stage. Now Modbox is accepting pre-orders for the Mid-Century Modern Mailbox. The design of these boxes was inspired by mailboxes produced in the 1950s and 1960s. They are made of 20 gauge cold-rolled steel, same as the 50s-70s mailboxes, and they are more than 75% thicker than most mailboxes made today. The door pull and flag cap are made of anodized aluminum. The boxes measure 7” wide X 7.75” high X 21.25” long. They are available in a variety of original Eichler exterior colors. Two-tone models are available in black or white with turquoise, eucalyptus, paprika, pumpkin, or sunflower, or in all white or all black. A solid-color mailbox is $199; two-tone mailboxes are $249. A powder-coated, 11-gauge steel post in white or black is available for $119. Buy both the post and the mailbox for $299 for solid colors or $349 for the two-tone colors. Because they will fill Kickstarter orders first, you can expect a Modbox mailbox ordered now to ship in early August, 2014. (Learn more about Eichler’s mid-century homes here.)
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I still see similar mailboxes like those around here… At least ones that haven’t been crushed by the kids that go down the road with baseball bats destroying them…
Aren’t standard ones <$100 at Home Depot?
@johnkes But the standard ones have no style. People who buy this mailbox don’t just want a box to hold mail. They want a box that complements their house.