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.
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)
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)
Visit all Funky Junk’s Old Sign Stencils HERE for other cool variations
How-to:
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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. Gather up a drill, drill bits (for pre-drilling and screwing) and 2 closet dowel brackets.
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!
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.
6. Slightly fray all four edges.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
I added a few junky trinkets as pulls just for fun!
Then add a few green faux plants for a no upkeep window area and…
…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?!
Other funky window treatments you may appreciate:
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How to DIY a wooden screen for challenging windows
How to create a farmhouse window with stock lumber!
Create easy wooden gate window screens
Learn how to make pipe curtain rods with sheet curtains!
Visit all my window treatment posts HERE
They look wonderful in your kitchen…wonderful with the decor…so smart
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
Thank look great Donna! Thrifty and full of charm, my favorite!
xo Becca
What a cute idea! I’ve got a coffee shop in mind that I’m gonna ask them if they’d be willing to donate their sacks to me. Fingers crossed.
Michael
Fabulous…I really like the hanging trinkets!! So cool!!
Hugs
SUeAnn
You are so wonderfully resourceful! They look marvellous. Well done.
Di
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Great idea Donna. They really look fabulous in your kitchen. Love the little trinkets hanging from them. Great job.
Hugs, Deb
Very nice & incredibly easy! xo wendy
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
Love the dowel idea and you could do that with any fabric. The grainsacks are perfect for your home.
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
great idea – especially using the closet pole bracket for hanging – they look perfect in your space!
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!
Great idea. Love this!
I LOVE this Donna! And your junky “trinkets” are the perfect touch 🙂 Laurel
Oh my gosh Donna I am pretty much in love with your shades! They are sooooo cool! I also love how you have decorated your window area ~ It is beautiful!
Those are too cute! The trinkets and the plants and the sign…. all of it!
Have a great week.
These look terrific!
Love the rustic accent the window treatments add to your kitchen!
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!