If you live in Davis or Sacramento area you've seen mid-century modern homes. Streng homes are great examples of mid-century modern homes; they were designed by Carter Sparks and built by The Streng Brothers in the 1960s and 70s. They have large windows, low pitched roofs and many have skylights. The Streng brothers were influenced by California real estate developer Joe Eichler who advocated bringing modern design to the masses (instead of just in corporate offices and custom homes). The photo below depicts a Streng home.
Recently I discovered Greg Kelley, an owner of a mid-century modern home in North Carolina. After purchasing his house he searched and searched for a mailbox that would compliment the style of his house but never found a mailbox that did that (Etsy only had two boxes come up the entire time Greg searched). The last company to produce a mailbox similar to those used during the time retired their mid-century design in the early 1990s. Greg had a vision and he took it to the website KickStarter, which can be seen as the web's answer to ABCs Shark Tank. You can check out his site HERE.
As you can see in the screen shot from his KickStarter page Greg did his research on mailbox design from the 50s and 60s. He then took his ideas to a product developer who designed this mailbox. For these mailboxes to become a reality is for Greg to raise $40,000 to fund this project.
I love that Greg designed this mailbox to perfectly complement his home and mid-century moderns like the Streng and Eichler homes I regularly see. These mailboxes would be a fantastic gift for any buyer who purchases a Streng or Eichler home... my only problem would be deciding which color to order!
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