I hate mail

Some people like when the mailman comes. Not me. Maybe it's because all I ever get is bills! Ha!

Anyway, the mail used to pile up on my dining room table, creating clutter, which I can't stand.
So I started looking around for a solution. I went to my favorite thrift store, The Goodwill in Santee, CA, and I found it.

When you are looking around at a thrift store, or garage sale.....or through someone's junk that they are giving away, you can't just look at what's on the surface.  You have to see items through rose-colored glasses. That is to say, you need to see it's potential.
 Maybe it is the wrong color, or it's a little beat up.  Maybe it just needs a new finish.  Or maybe it was used for some certain purpose, but you might use it for something else.

When I came across this little mailbox, it was in pretty good shape.  But the stain color was too light and the finish had worn off.  But for $5, it was perfect!

I sanded it down, which was not too hard, considering how small it is, then I stained it with some left over product that I had from my piano project.  I finished it with the left over satin finish lacquer.

Now, where to put it?  My daughter suggested this spot, which is just inside my kitchen, about 4 steps from the sliding glass door.  Now I put the mail up there, until such time as I force myself to look at it!