Built-In Letterboxes: A Quick and Easy Curb-Appeal Booster

Curb appeal may not be among your top priorities when styling and decorating your home, but trust me, it definitely should be! Statistics show that curb appeal can increase your home’s value by up to 7%. Plus, curb appeal is great for tying the look of your house together and creating a sense of flow from the outside to the inside of your house. 

There are many things you can do to improve the curb appeal of your home. If you have a front yard, for example, you can create your very own garden, plant beautiful trees, pave the road leading up to your house, add interesting lighting solutions and so on. If you don’t have a front yard, you should focus on your walkway, the look of your front door and what you have around it. Decor and details matter a lot in this regard. 

Still, whether you do or don’t have a front yard, you most definitely have a mailbox. Your mailbox can be a great curb appeal booster, all you need to do is choose the right one! 

The Mailbox: An Easy Way to Create a More Attractive Home

There are various types of mailboxes to choose from when looking to boost the curb appeal of your home. You have the traditional, free-standing mailbox that’s sort of a staple item, a queen bee if you will. This type of mailbox is chosen very often, but that doesn’t necessarily make it the best option out there.

When choosing the right mailbox, you need to consider two things. First, the style of the mailbox needs to go well with the style of your home. Second, the type of mailbox needs to be something that doesn’t just work but actually adds something to the house as a whole. 

This is where built-in letterboxes come in. Available in two varieties, you can either buy a brick in letterbox or a picket fence letterbox. Of course, there are other types as well, but there two are the best and most universal of the bunch. 

Wondering why? Keep reading!

Brick-In Letterbox 

The perfect candidate for both homes with and without a front yard, the brick in letterbox is all about practicality while adding a bit of timeless elegance and style in a nonobtrusive way. Coming in a wide variety of both types and colours, brick-in letterboxes are easy to install and use. They also come in an equally wide variety of accessories and additions to make the whole mail-receiving experience better as well as to round up the look of your house. 

When buying a brick in letterbox, the two main colour choices you’ll come across are matte black and shiny silver. It may not seem like too much of a choice, but the mailboxes are highly customizable, so you can put all sorts of finishing touches to them to truly make them your own. 

The matte black letterbox is perfect for houses that go for that high-end, classic, and very elegant curb look that will never lose its value or appeal. The shiny silver ones go excellently well with more laid-back houses but also homes that have entered the 21st century and are proud to show it. The best colour for you will depend on the type of hardware you have around your front door or gate. If your fence is dark-coloured, go for a black one, otherwise, the silver option will look great. 

Picket Fence Letterboxes 

Quite similar to their cousins, the brick letterboxes, the picket fence letterboxes are amazing for any house with a front yard and a stylish fence. Coming in similar models and colours as the brick-in letterboxes, the picket fence letterbox has a trick up its sleeve – a wood-like design that is meant to melt with the fence itself and make them unite. The wood patterns come in a variety of shades to accommodate different woods. 

Still, don’t let the name misguide you, you don’t necessarily need a picket fence to be able to install these letterboxes. Any fence would do, as long as it’s high enough and can be cut out to fit the box. 

Once again, your choice of picket fence letterbox needs to match the rest of your hardware, so, if you have a wooden fence in light wood, go for a lighter shade of box and vice versa. The great thing about the picket fence letterbox is the fact that all models look great when attached to either a metal or a wooden fence, so your choices truly are limitless. 

You can really diversify the look of your house with these letterboxes as well as customize them to your liking to create a unique design. 

Accessories 

Even though both the brick in letterboxes as well as the picket fence ones come in styles that have both a slot for letters and one for newspapers, you can actually purchase these two items separately and make a playful little look. Separating these two will involve a bit more cutting, but the end result can be really great. It will also separate your house from the rest of the block and will offer you a higher level of functionality. 

Many of these letterboxes function like a sort of safe, keeping your mail inside until you unlock the box itself to retrieve it, but if you don’t want to go through that ordeal every day just to get the paper, a separate paper slot can be a great solution. The paper slots come in a variety of colours and styles as well so you can pair them up with your mailbox or use them to create a fun little diversion and mismatch them! 

Don’t forget that the mailboxes are fully customizable so you can add your family name, office name, house number, and so on directly onto the letterbox as a final finishing touch to this curb appeal booster.