Remember Griswold?
Griswold is our mailbox, a ca. 1920s cast-iron mailbox from Pennsylvania. You can read more about him in this entry from February.
Since we're keeping our original entry door in its non-original location, using the smaller entrance door formerly leading to the upstairs apartment as our actual entrance for now until our budget has recovered, we had to make sure to send the right signal. Mail, numbers, light, even paint - they all had to point to the smaller of our front doors to signalize that that is indeed the door we want you to use when you're coming to visit us.
We painted the door Valspar historic red, added a light, moved Griswold over and painted the house numbers black (for now; we're still undecided which style of house number plaque we want)
Since we do have the luxury of an actual door bell - don't laugh; we've been living without one for the past 6 years - I went of in search of a button that'd be good company for our vintage mailbox. That shabby plastic door bell button just wouldn't do. Van Dyke's Restorers to the rescue. Among their fun Victorian twist bell buttons I discovered this fun button. It even comes with instructions, in case you've been sans door bell for as long as we have and need a pointer on how to use it:
So there you have it: Griswold and friends. They do get along well and look great together. And we're tickled pink by their vintage quirkiness and character!
Showing posts with label Griswold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Griswold. Show all posts
Monday, April 11, 2011
Griswold and friend(s)
Labels:
Before-After,
door bell,
Griswold
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Meet Griswold
This is Griswold. He's from Pennsylvania, and after a short sabbatical he will be in charge of receiving the mail at the Ugly Duckling again. Griswold has been in this profession for many years and his experience is extraordinary even though he lost his outgoing mail clip and the newspaper hanger at some point in the past 70+ years.
"Griswold" is a Griswold Erie, PA No 106 cast-iron mailbox. Right now he resides next to the formal entrance door that leads to the living room (the door was moved from its original place most likely when it was turned into a duplex the first time around) but we will move him over to our actual entrance door and return him to "mail duty" because we love his quirky looks.
Don't you love his squint and perpetual "oh" mouth? We certainly do!

Don't you love his squint and perpetual "oh" mouth? We certainly do!
Labels:
Griswold,
mailbox,
Ugly Duckling
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