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DIY Chalkboard Globe: Anthropologie Soapstone Knock Off

So I’ve been using chalkboard paint for the first time. The first project I wanted to do was to recreate the look and feel of a soapstone globe I saw on Anthropologie that cost $368. It would be great to have something so solid and raw sitting on the desk, but for my cheaper alternative I decided to use a normal globe I found at a book shop.

Chalkboard Globe DIY

Soapstone Anthropologie

Homemade Chalkboard Globe

Materials used: Plastic globe, black acrylic paint, chalkboard paint, brushes and chalk – not much really.

Chalk Globe

1. Step one was to paint the entire globe black including the blue stand. I wanted to have a basecoat to paint the chalkboard paint onto.

DIY Soapstone Chalkboard

2. After painting 2 coats of black acrylic, and 2 coats of chalkboard paint – I then conditioned the globe. This is done by crushing up some chalk and wiping it all over. This is when I tried to create the soapstone texture, by wiping the chalk dust horizontally around the globe.

DIY Globe Chalk Paint

Chalkboard Globe DIY

3. Since it was sitting on my desk, I ended up using it as a basic weekly to-do calendar 🙂

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March 1, 2013 in DIY, Home Office, Made By HtA