Make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment

I love coffee bean sacks! Not only is the burlap perfectly rustic, the added stamped graphics give them the ability to turn something ho hum into art.

There’s a bank of 3 windows in the kitchen I thought could use some warming up.

So after I landed a certain burlap coffee bean bag from a local coffee roaster, my brainstorm kicked in. Faux window roll shades (that are really window valances) could be an amazing rustic kitchen window treatment!

They’d add just enough warmth to make an impact, but wouldn’t ever be in the way.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

And here’s how they turned out! Aren’t they fun? And they couldn’t be easier to make!

Here’s how!

Make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag

window treatment

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Supplies I used:

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2 closet dowel brackets per window

wooden closet dowel (1 per window)

cut up coffee bean sacks (found mine for $1@ from a local coffee roaster!)

liner fabric (close colour to burlap)

hot glue gun and glue sticks

scissors

cordless drill / drill bits

measuring tape 

Organic Coffee burlap bean sack stencil by Funky Junk's Old Sign Stencils

View Organic Coffee stencil HERE

Stencils to help achieve this look:

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Don’t have any authentic burlap bean sacks on hand? You can make your own! Purchase some burlap material (or land a price efficient burlap sand bag), and stencil the images using these various stencils:

Organic Coffee (bean sack stencil design)

Sugar

National Brewers Coffee

Visit all Funky Junk’s Old Sign Stencils HERE for other cool variations


 

 

How-to:

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Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Cut dowels to size

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1. Cut a wooden closet dowel just short of the full width of your window. You’ll need 1 dowel per burlap coffee bean bag window treatment.

2 closet dowel brackets are used to make faux coffee bean window shades that act as a valance! Click to full tutorial. #windowtreatments

2 closet dowel brackets are used to make faux coffee bean window shades that act as a valance! Click to full tutorial. #windowtreatments

2. Gather up a drill, drill bits (for pre-drilling and screwing) and 2 closet dowel brackets.

2 closet dowel brackets are used to make faux coffee bean window shades that act as a valance! Click to full tutorial. #windowtreatments

Installing closet dowels

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3. Hold up the closet dowel bracket at desired position, then pencil in the hole.

Position the bracket closer towards the front of the window as shown in the picture.

Remove bracket, then pre-drill a hole.

4. Screw in 2 brackets per window, then mount the closet dowel into place.

Easy!

Learn how to make these no-sew coffee bean sack window shades! Made with a closet dowel. Click for full tutorial! #windowtreatments #curtains #rusticdecorating #burlap

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Attach burlap bean sack to dowel

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5. Remove the wooden closet dowel and lay it across a coffee bean sack. Cut the sack to the width of the dowel. 

I used 1/2 a sack per shade, however you can add more fabric to yours if you wish for them to hang lower than a typical valance.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

6. Slightly fray all four edges.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

7. Cut a liner of some sort for a backing. 

The burlap coffee bean bag window treatment is very transparent as-is, so if you wish for the graphics to show up, a liner does the trick. I used a linen material from my stash that was a burlap-like colour.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Add liner with hot glue

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8. Hot glue the liner to the burlap just along the top edge, so the two will roll into each other smoothly without bunching up.

If you find the liner won’t sit flat with the burlap, you could use glue along all 4 edges if desired.

Don’t overdo the glue or it will seep through the materials.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Attaching closet dowel to window treatment

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9. Flip fabric with liner to right side facing down. Run a bead of hot glue along the top edge of the fabric, then  stick it to the dowel. 

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

10. Roll until material meets material, and then adjust to  length of hanging fabric desired.

You could run another glue bead at the end sticking point as well if desired, but I didn’t need to.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

The finished window treatment shades!

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11. Hang up the shade and you have yourself some pretty cute burlap coffee bean bag window treatments!

If you are finding that the blinds want to unroll, here’s how to stop that:

  • predrill a small hole into the side of one closet bracket
  • insert a screw that punctures the bracket until it reaches the dowel

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

I added a few junky trinkets as pulls just for fun! 

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

Then add a few green faux plants for a no upkeep window area and…

Learn how to make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment using burlap coffee sacks and a closet dowel! Easy window treatment loaded with rustic charm! Click to read full tutorial.

 

…go decorate the rest of the kitchen to work with your new windows of course. I’m on it. 🙂

Think you’ll try a few?!

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110 thoughts on “Make this $7.00 burlap coffee bean bag window treatment

  1. This is such a great idea……
    My mind is racing with ideas about what I can transform around here with coffee bean sacks……
    Today I actually recovered my Coastal Style Cane Barstool cushions with cool teatowels……$4.00. I’m still smiling ;o)

    Tania xx

    Scandi Coast Home Australia

  2. Love them, Donna! They have a warm, rustic look and the lettering really steps it up a notch. I’ve got a stash of old seed bags that will hopefully become my kitchen curtains, as soon I get a new window in my kitchen that is getting very slowwwwly remodeled.

    Blessings,
    Angie @ Knick of Time

  3. Great idea again Donna! This one will be viral too I’m sure! I love it and if you don’t have real coffee bags I’m sure you could replicate the same kind of thing on burlap with stencils! I really like the idea that they don’t roll down, a great valance!
    Susan
    Homeroad

  4. Looks Fabulous. I actually tried this in my kitchen… had them hanging @ Christmas time, but mine did not iron out well & didn’t hang as straight. Another great job by Donna! Blessings!

  5. Great idea. Please let us know how they hold up to the rolling! Also, my experience with coffee bean burlap bags is that they have a strong burlap and oil, not to mention coffee, odor. How did you handle this issue?

    • Hey Jennair,

      These are ‘dummy’ panels and just stay as shown. (I don’t require privacy in this area of my home) And for some reason, this burlap had no odor to it. Guess I lucked out this round because I know exactly what you mean!

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