Before:
My architect brain thinks through everything in 3D before beginning projects. I'll either know exactly what to buy and how to assemble it, or get bored with the idea and move on.
During:
Old boxes out really easy because they used a post spike to anchor it instead of concrete. We were a little hesitant to use the spikes ourselves because it seemed like a shortcut.
Lesson learned: use the spikes. We ended up going the easy route and never looked back. We even reused the one in the ground from the old mailboxes. Never even dug it up.
Setting the double posts and cross bars was tedious. Everything was flexible, nothing was level / plumb, and there was no way to tell how all the parts would shift as we tightened everything. It also doesn't help that I started eyeballing all my measurements and bolt holes.
Later that night:
Came home from the bar and decided to vandalize some property of the federal government:
To this day I have no idea what I painted (mine's on the left).
After:
Much needed improvement.
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