Bargain Letterbox

As part of our front of house makeover, I wanted to upgrade our letterbox to match in better with the aesthetic vibe of what we were going for in regards to the front outdoor decor. We browsed several sites to find one that I liked, and initially I was going to get Scott to build one using breeze blocks and bricks. 23rd March 2026, we went to Bunnings to have a look at their brick in letterboxes, we decide to go for this one.

As we were making our way to the checkout, which happened to pass the reduced section, I spotted a pillar letterbox that had been opened, with a special order label stuck to it, there was no price on it, we took it out of the box and the back lockable mail section was missing as was the keys, Scott scanned it and it was $270.

This was the letterbox, and the part that was missing along with the keys.

I knew Scott could make a lockable box to fit it if we got it at a reasonable reduced price, we asked a member of staff about it and he said it was a special order but the customer didn't want it, so they removed the lockable mail box  (why, I don't know!), so he said it was basically unusable, we asked how much it was and what we could get it for, he said it was $270 and he gave us it for $60!!!!, WOW!!, well we weren't about to turn it down for that price, Scott could fix it up in his sleep!!😂, (my hubby can turn his hand to practically anything).

So once he slapped the $60 price ticket on it we placed it on the trolley and off to the checkout.

The lady at the register was amazed by the reduction and commented that it was a real bargain, as it was, we got a whopping $210 off.

This is going to look so good.

I wanted to add a mid century modern look to it, so we searched for lettering that I liked as I wanted the word seven as apposed to the number, I also wanted it in pink acrylic.

There were 3 pink colours, we chose watermelon pink.

We also got a couple of star bursts made.

Scott gave it a couple of coats of white before painting part of it pink.

Our old letter box.

4th April, Scott removed the old letter box.

Checking where it was going to sit before concreting it in place.

Once it was level, we positioned the number and starbursts.

Scott took apart our old letterbox and fashioned a lockable door on the new one.

It needs another coat of pink to kill the black.

I absolutely LOVE it, so much more stylish than our old one, really, there is no comparison!