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Just my $0.02, but this doesn't seem very applicable to the average AT reader...

I think it is totally applicable. A lot of what we see on this site is meant to inspire you to do something similar, but adapted to your own needs, with your own personal style. Living with roommates, I think an indoor adaptation of this with more modern mailboxes could be a neat twist on the landing strip.

Anyone seen that "Jon & Kate 8" (Jon and Kate and their eight children—a set of twin girls and a set of sextuplets (three girls and three boys)) on Discovery? This seems like something they'd need plus a few more additional boxes.

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I hope they give an extra special holiday gift to their regular mailperson for putting in the extra effort.

Reminds me of a project by architect Charles Moore....

I believe it was at the famous Sea Ranch where he used mailboxes as lockers.

callbob... I don't think these are the mailboxes used for mail delivery.

I think these are decorative... near the house used as lockers if you will.

In rural areas the mailbox is typically next to the road rather than next to the house so that the mail carrier doesn't have to get out of the car. (there are exceptions of course)

callbob, I think these were for the family's own use (to stash their frequently-used small outdoor items), not for actual mail delivery. But funny point about Jon and Kate! : )

"Mailbox as personal cubby." Sure. This seems intuitive if you have roommates though. You're probably not going to use those rural mailboxes, but something like a message center isn't so novel.

Great idea, but it would have to be an indoor thing for me and mine--no guarantee of security if they were outside in Chi-town!

it's a great idea. when my parents redid their kitchen many years ago (all three kids were still living at home then), they put 6 open mail cubbies above the counter/desk that held the phone and served as a landing strip for keys, etc. each family member had one, plus one extra for outgoing mail. whoever brought the mail into the house sorted it appropriately. to this day, every time i visit home there's usually something waiting in my mailbox, whether it's mail that showed up at my old home address, articles she's clipped for me, a recipe i asked for, etc.

When I was a little girl my grandma kept a cigar box in her kitchen. It was my "mailbox." We'd exchange notes and she'd occasionally leave me a small present.

I wonder what brought you to Hershey. Not exactly a town one would leave the interstate for unless you had a good reason to be there.

"Just my $0.02, but this doesn't seem very applicable to the average AT reader..."

Why not? This just seems like another variation on that AT standard, the landing strip. Indoors, outdoors, in the garage... I think this is a clever solution.