How you pass the time in the countryside

Okay, when you see these photos you might wonder what the hell I'm doing out here in the countryside. The answer is: I'm renovating a mailbox.

I've always loved doing creative things and creating stuff with my hands, and when my grandmother complained about her poor mailbox that was completely broken I knew I had a new project for the next few days. One might wonder how a mailbox can get broken, and it is actually my grandfather who, two winters in a row, has hit it with his snowblower. My grandmother was obviously not happy about it, and has since then been reminded of the two "incidents" every morning when she goes out to get the mail. Anyway, now they're up north in our summerhouse and I decided to fix it while they are gone.

Given the condition it was in (there was for example a big hole in it), I'm very happy about the final result.

Before, but after some preparation work (filling up the hole for example)

After. I used wallpaper on the inside and painted a Marimekko pattern  on the outside.