With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s time to put away everything winter (are you listening Mother Nature?) and bring out some red and some touches of spring! My dining room table was looking awfully bare after I took off our winter table runner and sadly the DIY Macrame Fringe Table Runner that I love so much is too long for our dining table now (we had to take a leaf out of it) so I made this quick and easy no-sew burlap and jute table runner:
Making the table runner is so easy that it hardly justifies a tutorial – all you need is some jute webbing (I got mine at Joann’s), a few yards of burlap, and a glue gun.
Cut your burlap to the size that you want your table runner, minus 1″ in both the length and the width. Iron the burlap if needed. Then cut four strips of jute webbing to frame the burlap, leaving about of 4-6″ extra webbing on each end. Lay it out flat like so:
The short end pieces should be on top of the two long side pieces. Using your glue gun, glue each end of the burlap to each short piece of jute webbing:
Starting at one end of the burlap, roll it up until you get to the other end:
Then, working in about one foot sections (so the glue doesn’t dry too quickly), glue the burlap onto the jute webbing, rolling the burlap down as you go and smoothing it out with your hand:
Be aware that some glue will seep through the burlap so don’t burn yourself!
Once you’ve made your way down to the other end, finish off the corners by (1) folding over and gluing down each end of the two long webbing pieces and then (2) folding over and gluing down each end of the short webbing pieces.
Thirty minutes and less than $10 later and your table’s ready for Valentine’s Day (especially if you throw in a few Trader Joes’ tulips!):
I purposely didn’t make the runner too Valentinesy because I’d like to keep using it after the holiday is over and maybe even bring it back out for Christmas.
While the simple look of burlap and white dinnerware is right up my alley, my daughters love Valentine’s Day bling so I’m going to add a few (non-permanent) decorations to liven our table up for the holiday. I haven’t finished the table yet, but I’ve gotten a start with these Target dollar bin felt hearts:
and these red polka dot boston terrier napkins that were on clearance at Anthro:
I’ll share some final pics of our Valentine’s Day table once I get it done next week. Until then, have yourselves a fabulous weekend!
stephanie at Stephanie Kraus Designs says
looks awesome — so clever. Love the burlap with the red stripe. Perfect as always Kirs!!
Lisa @ Shine Your Light says
No sew burlap craftiness? Right up my alley! So cute and I love your table all ready for Valentines!
Ashley @ The Honest Room says
So festive. Love it. Thanks for the idea!
Stacey says
This is just too fabulous! Love your very pretty tablescape too!
[email protected] says
So pretty! No Sew should be my middle name!! 🙂
savvy shopper says
Kris, what a great idea. Can’t wait to see the finished product. The wall color is great. Mind sharing? Also, do you get a lot of light in the room? Ours is a south facing, and am trying hard to figure wall color in there without drastic tone changes.
Thanks
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
Thanks so much and sure, I’d love to share the wall color – it is Sherwin Williams’ Keystone Gray. It’s actually a good bit darker than it appears to be in these pictures. The room gets a moderate amount of light – there is just one large bay window. I love this color and had used it in my old house too but it may be darker than what you’re looking for. Good luck finding a color – it can be so hard!
savvy shopper says
Oh, and I was catching up on blog reading, and that ikea couch redo was genius! Love the whole room. You never cease to amaze.
pam {simple details} says
So fun, Kris! I love how versatile it will be 4th of July, Italian dinner with check napkins… : ) Those napkins are adorable, did your girls squeal when brought them home?!!
Linda {Calling it Home} says
Can you remember when there were no hot glue guns? Boy did projects take a lot longer then. This looks festive and quick…my favorite two things.
StagerLinda says
The table runner is spot on for Valentine’s! Love all your little hearts, napkins and tulips. Makes me think Spring is right around the corner.
Vel Criste says
Looks expensive and easy to do! My kind of project!
Mickey says
Morning! How do you keep your burlap/jute from getting stained? I have burlap chargers for placemats. We are going to stencil them with sayings my father in law would say. Any suggests to preserving the charger/burlap? T.Y. Mickey
Kris Jarrett says
Hi Mickey! Unfortunately I don’t have any tricks for preserving burlap – I’m not sure it’s the best material for placemats since in my experience it does stain. Love your idea about the stenciling though!