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Felt Coasters at Rose and Radish

20080228coaster4.jpgWe love felt. It's basic but cozy. It also makes one heck of an indestructible coaster.

These brightly-colored 100% Merino wool coasters at Rose and Radish probably won't fall prey to the dreaded condensation/glass suction trap. But, if they do, they certainly won't break when they fall and they'll look ever-so-pretty on your tabletop.

Anyone smell a DIY coming on...?

 
 

20080228coaster3.jpgThe coasters, round or square, sell for $12 for a set of four. Domestic Affairs, the designer, also makes placemats and trivets in the same material.

This product just begs for a DIY opportunity. The only trick is finding ultra-thick felt and figuring out how to cut it so precisely.

Ideas?

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definitely a DIY opportunity. Gotta be cheap. My only concern is that cup rings would easily show up, but I guess if you could make them yourself I'd have little reservations about tossing the old ones and making more.

posted by Noah on February 28th 2008 at 7:45am
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"the only trick is finding ultra-thick felt..."

Somebody let me know when you do.

I'd like to cover the inside of my entryway door with this felt. I also thought about lining the back of some curtain panels with heavy felt to provide some sound dampening.

Industrial sources for wool felt have led me to believe that this stuff is super 'spensive!

posted by art on February 28th 2008 at 7:56am
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They're cute, but you're basically paying 3 bucks for a circle of felt. Definitely a DIY in my book!

posted by Molly Margarita on February 28th 2008 at 8:07am
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Or, if you want a cheaper, sturdier, but similar version:

http://www.flor.com/service/flor/samples/index.html

Plus, you'll be researching which patterns you might put under your coffee table.

posted by Cilantro on February 28th 2008 at 8:16am
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clever Cilantro.

I'm on the same page as you for my project. I've found thick felt too difficult and/or expensive for my door project so I was thinking of using Flor tiles.

posted by art on February 28th 2008 at 8:26am
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i want to hang some necklaces on my wall, using some pretty fabric i have. do you think felt is the way to go? corkboard is too thin and plywood is too heavy.

posted by Joan in SB on February 28th 2008 at 8:36am
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Maxwell should know where to get thick felt. He made those great felt doors in his old place, remember? Maxwell? :-)

posted by *heather leaf* on February 28th 2008 at 8:56am
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Joan,

If you think cork is too thin then felt will be too thin. Try balsa wood from a craft store. Or, you could always just buy a frame for artists canvas, stretch and staple-gun it on to there and hang the necklaces on decorative nails hammered into the frame...

posted by goonie on February 28th 2008 at 9:41am
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Cilantro - I do the same thing! It works better than any coaster. I also use them as trivets for warm things like serving bowls you don't want to sit on a table without protection.

Or a doormat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thethuyster/1914728680/in/set-72157600595053442/

Whoops, this isn't a FLOR thread, is it?

posted by bipolarbear on February 28th 2008 at 9:46am
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thanks goonie! i have been stressing about this for a while now. i'm not really handy and have been to every craft shop and hardware store trying to figure out what will be best. i didn't want a lot of holes in the wall. thanks for the felt info!

posted by Joan in SB on February 28th 2008 at 12:14pm
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Maxwell sourced his felt - www.sutherlandfelt.com. But at $75 a yard, unless you're planning on making a lot of holiday gifts, it might be better to just buy these.

I am thinking about doing the same felt doors on our master bedroom closets. Maxwell, if you read this, I'd like to know, since you've lived with this application already, whether you think that would work. It would be about a 15' span of sliding doors along a wall.

posted by greer on February 29th 2008 at 2:36am
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yep...I thought it was expensive. Any idea of the thickness on that felt?

posted by art on February 29th 2008 at 6:30am
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You can find thick 100% merino wool felt at www.aetnafelt.com, their Designer Felts....3mm and 5mm....

posted by tracy on March 6th 2008 at 8:55am
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oops! That link didn't work. That's http://www.aetnafelt.com. It isn't cheap and they have a 1 yard minimum order per color, but it is cheaper than buying the finished product, by my calculations, less than half the price of the finished product. The trick would be cutting it.

posted by tracy on March 7th 2008 at 5:18am
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i'm a little late on this one but you can also find 100% wool felt at
filzfelt
and they sell smaller quantities in their

posted by greendressgirl on October 30th 2008 at 12:23pm
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True, but as far as I can tell Filzfelt only sells 2mm and 3mm thick wool felt. The coasters above look like 5mm. feltplanet, on Etsy, sells 5mm coasters and rugs and will soon be adding 5mm felt by the yard and half yard.

posted by tracy on March 16th 2009 at 11:22am
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For anyone interested feltplanet now has 5mm thick 100% wool felt available by the half yard at etsy!

posted by tracy on July 15th 2009 at 9:31am
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