With white burlap. I'm decorating the teacher lunchroom at school for Teacher Appreciation Week, and I bought this burlap for a table runner. I've always loved burlap, but now there is burlap in color. White, blue, turquoise, red, yellow. $2.50 a yard!
But I need your help! Can anyone tell me how to get the awful smell out of it? I've washed it and Febreezed it, but it still is a little too stinky to cover a table where people are eating. Help!
how about a vinegar rinse? then let it hang dry and iron? Just a guess...vinegar is a great deodorizer! :)
ReplyDeleteno ideas for the odor-but it looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHmmm..I wish I could help. I have some of the natural colored burlap in a small bathroom, and it doesn't smell. I don't know what to tell you except that it looks great!!!
ReplyDeleteBurlap is great! I'm sorry I don't know how to get the smell out.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Allison
Oh the smell! Just give it some time. It will eventually go away. I tried everything to get rid of it, but it finally just left. Give it a good week.
ReplyDeleteI have a bag full of burlap right now set aside for a few projects. Love it, and can't get enough of it! Not sure about the smell...
ReplyDelete~Misti
I unfortunately don't have any sage advice for the smell issue, but where did you find the colored burlap? I agree, fun indeed!
ReplyDeleteThis may be too little too late, but if you're having nice weather try the sun and fresh outside air - it could work wonders.
ReplyDeleteOh love the burlap too. maybe in time the smell will just fade away.
ReplyDeleteYou'll just have to wait it out...I've down it often, as I LOVE burlap. But it seems like it gets stinkier every time I buy it...try hanging it up outside for a day!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get it? I need to get some "walls" for a booth I have at a craft fair and for $2.50 a yard, I could do it fairly inexpensively. Does Hancock's carry it?
ReplyDeleteI washed mine and it was fine,I dried mine on air dry with lavender sachets.
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