Mail Sorter

Over the last few months I have been thinking of a way to help keep our mail organized and in one central place within the house.  Currently all the mail tends to end up on the kitchen counter or just about any flat surface in the house, its a mess.  

With the beginning of my office remodel, I thought now would be a great time to find a way of keeping our mail organized and off the kitchen counter.  

I have been in love with the wood wall pockets that Ballard Designs sells, but the $89 price tag has stopped me from purchasing them.  

While shopping at the thrift store last week I found this great mail sorter for $10, and it looks almost like the Ballard Design wood wall pocket.  I knew that I could turn it into a Ballard Designs knock off.  It was in great condition but the wood didn't go with the decor in my office nor look like the knock off piece, but with the great price I couldn't pass it up. 

I removed the hardware and sanded down the wood a little because it was finished with a high gloss sealer.  After a little sanding it was ready for a nice coat of white paint, just like the ones at Ballard Designs.  I picked some Sail Cloth paint from Lowes and got started. 

It was too hot to paint outside, so I had to use the kitchen table.

The piece had these great name plates.  I printed out a tag for my husband's mail, my mail, and junk mail using Edwardian Script.  First I printed the tags on regular white paper but it didn't look right against the new coat of white paint.

I decided to look through some scrape book paper that I had left.  I found a great piece that was a light teal color, I love the way it popped against the white and coordinated with the rest of my office.  I was going to spray paint the hardware silver, but my husband liked the bronze color and asked that I keep.  I may change my mind later, but for right now it looks good.  

I really like our new mail station, I think it is a pretty close copy to the wood wall pockets from Ballard Designs.  

I can't wait to finish the rest of my office.  

 I'm so honored Creating a House of Grace has listed this project as part of her Tuesday party, Twice Owned Tuesday this week!  Please stop by and look at the other amazing projects that also won the title of Twice Owned Queen this week.

***Parties I am linking to.***

http://creatingahouseofgrace.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-spent-350-this-week-and-link-up-party.html

http://www.tipjunkie.com/handmade-projects/

http://todayscreativeblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/get-your-craft-on-tuesdays.html

http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/

http://www.domestically-speaking.com/

http://thetrendytreehouse.blogspot.com/

http://www.thethriftyhome.com/

http://heidi-heartandhome.blogspot.com/

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Tales from Bloggeritaville

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