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Floating House Number 1, 12 in

Floating House Number 1, 12 in

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A floating house number 1, 12.6 by 11 inches, cut from black metal so the digit stands off the wall rather than sitting on a plaque.

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A closer look

A single digit, 12.6 inches on its longest side and 11 across, from the same twelve-inch family as the monogram letters in this section. Floating means there is no backing plate: the number is the whole object, and the siding or render behind it does the rest. On a house front that is the point — a number with a plaque behind it always looks like a sign, and a number without one looks like architecture.

  • A number is read from the street

    Twelve inches is large indoors and modest from a sidewalk. Stand where a delivery driver would stand and look back at the wall before you fix anything. If the front of the house sets back more than about thirty feet, one digit this size is the minimum that still works.

  • Shadow does the work

    A dark digit on a dark wall survives only if it stands proud enough to throw a shadow line. The best position is one that gets raking light for part of the day — beside a porch lamp, under an overhang that catches afternoon sun — rather than flat north light that erases the relief.

  • Sharing a listing with five letters

    The house number and the monogram letters I, L, M, S and T all sit under one listing, so they share a rating and a review count. Comments about the finish and the cut apply across the family; comments about a specific character do not necessarily apply to yours.

  • Weather is the real test

    The listing puts it at just over seven ounces of coated metal. Outdoors, the coating is the part that ages, not the steel — check the edges each spring, and touch up early rather than late if the house faces weather.

The numbers on the listing

Straight from the maker’s own specification. Where a set lists several panel sizes they are all shown — the first figure is the longest side of the largest panel.

Longest side
12.6 in
Shorter side
11 in
In the set
Single panel
Material
Metal
Mounting
Wall Mount
Weight
7 oz

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