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Monday, April 13, 2015

SAVE YOUR BRICK, GET A MAILBOX OUT OF THEM! I DID! PICS.

When they built our home, we asked RH to save the left over brick, my gosh there was so much left and they pretty much just through it away if you don't ask.

ASK FOR YOUR BRICK!

There is soooooooooooooo much you can do with it.

We built a matching mailbox. If not that, a walkway in your yard or flower box or something :)

Love it!!

First ones in our neighborhood to do it, lets see if I have any followers...I hope so, such a nicer look.













Above, all those deer in our yards, GO AWAY, they eat all my stuff!!
 
 
 
 

 
 





 
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18 comments:

  1. LNTApril 13, 2015 at 6:47 PM

    I am so impressed - that mailbox looks amazing! I can't believe that's a DIY project. That's such a clever use of the leftover brick.

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  2. intdsndcApril 13, 2015 at 11:11 PM

    Great idea, did you need approval from your HOA?

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    1. dwtimes2April 14, 2015 at 4:55 AM

      Owen our HOA really doesn't exist right now. LOL. we are only into the 2nd phase of 4 phases and building has come to a hault and no roads are being built we are all stumped. So we have a company that takes our money. I asked them and there was nothing in our guidelines that said we couldn't, so Im clear.

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  3. UnknownApril 14, 2015 at 5:44 AM

    Beautiful! Great idea!

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  4. bvxcvbApril 14, 2015 at 7:42 AM

    I love it. I'm going to see if we can do the same.
    http://woodbineravenna.blogspot.com/

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    1. dwtimes2April 15, 2015 at 4:49 AM

      Thanks Nick E, I just added you to my blog :)

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  5. LaurLewApril 15, 2015 at 4:43 AM

    That's awesome! Good call on asking for the left overs! I'm always so shocked by what I see in the dumpster around our house! I may have to start dumpster diving.

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    1. dwtimes2April 15, 2015 at 4:47 AM

      LaurLew, we trimmed out our entire basement by dumpster diving. LOL. The house next to us for some reason must have ordered too much baseboards, and literally threw them all away, we went in and grabbed it all, nothing wrong with it. LOL..I have no shame :)

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  6. palmerzooApril 18, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    Your mailbox looks great! We saved our brick too. My husband built a fireplace with an electric insert in the basement with it.

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    1. Potomac Shores LivingApril 19, 2015 at 11:49 AM

      I would love to see pictures of that project too! How hard was that to do? Did he have a plan to go by?

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  7. Potomac Shores LivingApril 18, 2015 at 12:31 PM

    How hard was this to do?? What a great idea!

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    1. dwtimes2April 22, 2015 at 2:15 PM

      Katie T, We are super DIY'ers but brick laying is a craft like concrete work, we hired a bricklayer who did it all in one day. One day!!!

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  8. UnknownApril 22, 2015 at 7:15 AM

    That's great idea. Too bad we don't have individual residential mailbox.
    We used our left over bricks in the garden.

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  9. UnknownApril 22, 2015 at 7:15 AM

    That's great idea. Too bad we don't have individual residential mailbox.
    We used our left over bricks in the garden.

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  10. Matt MApril 30, 2015 at 1:54 PM

    That's an awesome mailbox, it will especially be nice in the winter when the plows come through. There's no way that thing is gonna get knocked down!

    I've read your entire blog because I'm also building a Savoy in the Western NY/Buffalo area and it has been very helpful. I'm doing a blog of my own at http://savoyryanhome.blogspot.com/ to document our experience. Thanks!

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    1. dwtimes2April 30, 2015 at 4:15 PM

      MDM,I am so glad I could help, its why I blog!! Anything you need please just ask me. I am very happy to help. I just added you to my blog, its so exciting, building was the super fun part, it was after the house was built things can get a little crazy with repairs. But I don't regret anything, except a bay window..lol

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  11. AnonymousAugust 20, 2015 at 6:48 AM

    Did you ever take down the wall under your foyer steps? I have a savoy and having a hard time finding out if I can do it

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    1. AnonymousAugust 22, 2015 at 7:26 AM

      WE decided NOT to do it. After research, we realized so much noise would travel throughout the house. If we leave open the door to the basement and people are down there playing video games and we are upstairs in the living room watching TV, noise travels so much. It was a super cool concept, but decided against it, I still think it would look super cool!!!!

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