“Cows, trains, tractors are big in the Midwest. On the coasts, it’s fish, parrots and flamingos. But golf bags are big everywhere,” says Mark Fitzpatrick of the novelty mailboxes his company, The ...

Their first success came easily, so Ian Prince and his daughter expected no less the second time. After all, they set out to sell a product nearly everyone needs — the good old-fashioned mailbox — ...

Whether a mailbox is shaped like a fish or encased in brick, homeowners willing to invest several hundred dollars in one are offering passersby a glimpse of their personality or boosting the curb ...

Ginger Finley has the kind of trouble any artist-turned-product designer might hope for -- a product so popular she can't fill orders fast enough. That's the story with the Monet mailbox, a spare, ...

The humble household mailbox is more than a receptacle for mail. It also can be a design statement, a reflection of a homeowner’s personality and a piece of folk art worthy of inclusion in a museum.

lyle Gillespie made his mailbox to look just like his home on Crystal Hills boulevard. along the boulevard are other creative mailboxes, but these can’t be the only novelty mailboxes in town — you ...

No longer are homeowners content with the standard black steel mailbox perched on a 4-by-4 at the end of the driveway. These days they’re dressing up their address and prettying up their postboxes.

Whether a mailbox is shaped like a fish or encased in brick, homeowners willing to invest several hundred dollars in one are offering passers-by a glimpse of their personality or boosting the curb ...