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 ...

“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 — ...

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.

Weathered or painted, clustered or alone, with letters or decals and in black and white, mailboxes can reflect the homeowner's favorite sports team, farmer's life, garden setting or pet affinity.

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, ...

State Road A1A. You can’t go any further. There’s no more land. Just the vast swirl of the Atlantic Ocean. So there is no point in having a commonplace mailbox. If you live within a few blocks of the ...