Home Door Numbers
Home door numbers have been used for a very long time, dating back to around 200 AD. Door numbers are used both in advertisements to distinguish the ad from other ads posted nearby, as well as to identify the house and apartment building from another house on the same block. These numbers also can be used to mark a garage in a neighborhood or mark a restaurant or bar as available. As well as their traditional use as identifying features in residential areas, they are still used widely by the general public. Many people place the numbers on important items in their homes such as clocks, lamps, photos, paintings and documents. They are even occasionally used to decorate public buildings. It seems likely that home door numbers will become more common as time goes by. Already the wide-spread use of mobile phones has begun to promote business names with the use of home door numbers. The Benefits of Home Door Numbers A home door number is usually written on the outside surface of a d...