As a housewife in the 1950s, my mother-in-law would polish her home’s brass house number and letterbox every week. Hands up who has time for that these days? Hmm, me neither.
Times have changed. There are now very few of us who would consider a shiny letterbox a top priority. But then what is a top priority? What do we expect from our homes? The answer to that is different for everyone. What do you want your home to be?