This is getting closer...
I think I'll just put the 8 on the face of the box. Making the assumption that the mailman knows what street he's on...
I've joined some lovely book matched flamed maple that I can mount kind of like a plaque, once I rout the edge...
If I center the 8...
Sanding and staining it red in a tasteful kind of way....
Maybe she'll let me hang it out front near the door...