I Like My Coffee Light...Burlap Lampshade

Step 1:

If you’re fornunate to live close to a coffee roaster, ask them for some burlap coffee bags...they usually have tons of them and don’t mind giving them away. If you don’t, you can easily find them on the internet for as little as $2 -$3 a piece.

Comments

[herquiltness]

VERY cool - talk about your after-dinner coffee mood lighting! The double recycling of the burlap and lamp shade frame is uber-cool. What wattage bulb did you use (since you said low wattage). This idea could easily be adapted for uplights nighttime lighting.

[Facci Designs]

oh, thanks so much. I think I have a 60 watt bulb in there. Are you going to make one?

[herquiltness]

I just emailed my daughter today. She & her husband used burlap coffee bags as table covers at their outdoor wedding this past summer. I thought I'd make them a lampshade from one of those, which she still has! I think there is a fire-retardant spray for these kinds of things - still looking into that.

[herquiltness]

I found this fire-retardant made from natural ingredients online here:

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/fire-retardants-and-the-toxics-in-your-dust.html

DIY Flame-Retardant Treatment
7 ounces borax
3 ounces boric acid
2 quarts hot water

Dissolve and combine the ingredients. Dip or spray decorations in the solution. Safety-test small parts for flame resistance and reapply the solution if needed until safety test is successful.

The article also states you can use this on "decorations that may have candles nestled in them".

12 oz of boric acid powder is available on Amazon for under $4. There are other natural uses for it, as well.

[Facci Designs]

oh, that's wonderful, I should probably coat the shade, but it doesn't seem to be a problem.

Your daughter would love a lampshade from her wedding bags...that sounds funny. You could make a pillow, it would be more decorative, since it's not very comfortable...

[herquiltness]

True that! Not the most comfy quilt, either...

[Gooracool]

pretty good torchlights

[Facci Designs]

hey, thanks!