In doing some research, I found that they are quite a collector's item now. They are classified as "VINTAGE". You can even find them for sale on Ebay. I found this exterior one that sold for $30.
It is similar to the one by our front door.
It may be "vintage", but it is very distracting. Every time I walk to the front door it is the first thing I notice. We can't take it out because then there would be a hole in the brick. The only other option is to hang something over it. But what? My husband came up with an idea.
He took some scrap wood from a previous project and added a galvanized letter.
Out of sight out of mind.
While he was working on the plaque, I worked on a different project. In the front yard there is a large bird bath. It's difficult to tell from this picture but it was "green" and over the years the color had faded.
A can of stain later.
I dug up the old shrubs and added new mulch. I'll add flowers later.
I gave a little sneak peak of this earlier. My husband created a new walkway.
Then he added loads and loads of pea gravel while I spread the mulch.
All of the railing has been stained "slate".
Now for the fun part, planting flowers.
Now for the fun part, planting flowers.
