Crass teacher

My front door is wood, with a round stained-glass window, 1935ish. There is a tiny vestibule, so small you have to open the inner door so as to have somewhere to stand to close the outer, so it is not much use as an airlock. I have just had an enclosed outer porch put on (PVC and glass)

I then realised that the paint on the outside of the front door had not been done for about 15 years, and was looking very weary (not seen when you are nipping in and out of it, but obvious when you stand still to admire the new porch) which then meant that the inside and the vestibule had to be done too.

just.

It's better than plastic!

My front door is made of metal. And glass. In fact the whole of the front porch is. (the rest of the house is made of bricks)

Ah - the letterbox could give access to the batteries for the subtle lighting!

This is not getting the top coat of gloss onto the front door.

Two parts matt emulsion to one part calcium carbonate/ground chalk (or of plaster of paris) Stir very well.

Actually, that's a good idea - adding a bit of calcium to some emulsion paint. DH is out today. I could give it a go. On his shed.

Perhaps I could grind up some Tums.

Where would I put the letterbox, Rose?

I'm afraid I couldn't find one that wasn't already dressed.

www.indiamart.com/stjosephs-art-industries/plaster-of-paris-statues.html

But I'm sure Jesus would look far more tasteful in nice chalk paint colours and finishes.

I am laughing at how this thread has wandered away from the OP. Hilarious!

You could make your own Buddha statue from that lot, Elegran, complete with subtle lighting.

I don't think the 'Buddhas' with big bellies are intended to represent Siddhartha. But what was the teacher thinking? What were they supposed to learn from the exercise?

you can get it from Amazon

Getting to B&Q on two buses is bad enough. Getting home on two buses carrying paint, brush cleaner, tile grout and sealant, masking tape (I use a lot of that when decorating) new letterbox and a dozen AA batteries makes you sympathise with pack horses.

But do they have calcium carbonate? £14 for a one-litre tin of chalk paint is a bit steep when I have a cellar full of half tins of emulsion in every colour of the rainbow.

Go to marble mountain quarry between Da Nang and Hue and they have every statue you have ever not wanted to buy from weeping madonnas to emaciated Buddhas as well as reclining nudes, swans and cute penguins. They also have a pagoda with a lift . Probably a lot easier to get to than B&q on the bus.

Flip me, you've been busy while I was lying on the garden bench reading me book!

It takes me two buses to get to B&Q and I have been three times in the last week (repainting front door and vestibule, and checking non availablity of calcium carbonate for DIY chalk paint) so it is up to you Jings. Hope you find Jesus.

That didn't really come out right.

Elegran we could give it a go. How about tomorrow afternoon. We all descend on B & Q and ask for Jesus?

Not a thoughtful activity on the face of it. However it might depend on what had gone on in the lesson and the context of the work.

If however it was a hurridly thought of, 'OMG..homework.....' then not v good at all!

When we visited Assisi and the area, I really did feel sorry for St Francis- the amount of tat sold in his name would make him turn in his pauper's grave (:

If enough customers asked for them, B&Q would stock them.

I meant you don't see Jesus statues in garden centres. You do see Buddah ones.

I know about cathedral shops and the like.

(I don't actually want a statue of Jesus)

And so it comes to pass!! If you wish to buy statues and you have a faith, you can buy them in your own church - absolutely no need to travel to Italy!