You'll do fine, your work is so inspiring and well executed.
Replace by a crate? Bummer!
I remember the small town I grew up in, White Rock, named after the local volcanic pumice.
There was a time when a lot of artists wanted to have something at the town entrance.
All that was turned down in favor of a large white rock. They, for whatever reason, decided against a real block of pumice and instead used a large rock that they painted white. Perfect surface for constant graffiti wars.