The little accents you use on the outside of your house can be very impactful ”jewelry.” I love these simple but very classic house numbers from Rejuvenation Lighting.
In prior posts I’ve written how rustic, black wrought iron can be perfect to trim out postwar ranch, Cape and colonial homes.
Colonial and Capes=Pilgrims. Ranch=Wild West. Both mean: Blacksmiths hammering iron.
That means black forged iron for house numbers, lighting, shutter dogs, garage trim, gate handles, weathervanes….looks great. These handsome, hand-forged, hand-hammered steel numbers totally fit the bill.
Prior posts on wrought iron accessories: Lighting from Hanover….and various forged iron decorative stuff from Acorn.
For those who live in Florida (like me!) this is a great place to get your palm door plates or flamingo screen door
http://latidaretro.com/index2.htm
Marcela – great resource. I like! I am calling them now to find out more for a story. My gosh – the reader finds are POURING in this week! Thank you!
Hi Pam! Here’s another great resource for fab mid-mod (and more) house numbers, doorbell buttons and doorknockers:
http://www.atlashomewares.com/housenumbers1.html
Affordable and chic!
What about address numbers written out in cursive? I am having trouble finding these…I don’t think they are manufactured anymore.
I really want them for above my garage door.
Hey Erin, I found some sites for those cursive/script house numbers…the really nice ones are super-spendy ($150+ shipping for my li’l ol’ “Four Eleven”…
http://www.mahvelousmailboxes.com/
Here’s a source for some less expensive ones (that look a tad different, but are something like a third of the cost):
http://www.ourcornermarket.com/
Thanks Shelly! I actually found the first site you listed; can’t believe how expensive they are!! I ended up finding old NOS numbers. I got all four of my numbers from various places; ReStore, online site and old locally owned hardware store.
I’d recommend checking local hardware stores first for anyone looking for these. Also there is a guy who custom makes these on ebay; cast4u. Seems to be another route to go and quite a bit more cost effective than that other place online.