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March 29, 2021 · 36 Comments

13 Amazing and Easy Paper Coffee Filters Home Hacks

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Paper Coffee filters are for more than just making wonderful coffee. Here are a few other ways to use them in your home.

Paper Coffee filters are for more than just making wonderful coffee. Here are a few other ways to use them in your home.

Hacks with Paper Coffee Filters

Use coffee filters as Dish Protectors

Keep your dishes safe from scuff marks by placing a coffee filter between each dish.

Grease A Pan with a Coffee Filter

Place some oil or butter in a pan and smear it around with a coffee filter.

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Make an Odor Eater

Place some baking soda in a coffee filter, close it up with a rubber band and place it where you want to get rid of odors.

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Use a coffee filter like a paper towel for Quick Spill Clean Up

Use a coffee filter to quickly soak up spills.

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Use coffee filters to soak up grease

Place a coffee filter under items that are greasy to soak up that grease.

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Prevent splatters in your microwave

Cover with another coffee filter to protect your microwave from splatters. You can also use it to dab up extra grease.

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DIY Dryer Sheets

Place a few drops of essential oil onto a coffee filter and place in your dryer to use as a dryer sheet.

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Use coffee filters in flower pots

Place a coffee filter in the bottom of your flower pot. Fill with dirt and place a plant of your choice in the flower pot. The filter will let the moisture out but keep the dirt in.

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DIY Bath Tea using a filter

Place Epsom salt, essential oil, and some lavender flowers (or flowers of your choice) in a coffee filter. Close with a rubber band and toss into your bubble bath. It’ll release the salts but keep the flowers inside for a no mess clean up.

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DIY Fragrant Sachet with a filter

Place baking soda, essential oils, and flowers of your choice in a coffee filter. Close with a rubber band and place in your drawers and closets.

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Use a filter as a Cleaning Rag

Use coffee filters to clean your sinks, faucets, counters, mirrors, and more. What’s great is they are lint free.

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Use a filter for Eco Friendly Lunch Wrap

Pack your sandwich in a couple coffee filters and close with a rubber band. This will prevent your bread from getting soggy. You can also pack other items in coffee filters and close with a rubber band. This is eco friendly and if you’re like my son… you won’t have to worry about losing your storage containers.

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Use filters for Quick Snack Holders

Place a variety of snacks in coffee filters for serving.

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Create a tea bag with a filter or Use it as a strainer

You can use a coffee filter as a strainer. For this one I placed loose tea into a coffee filter, stapled it closed, and steeped it in my hot water.

Do you want to know what to do with coffee grounds? Check out my post Helpful Ways To Use Coffee Grounds & Coffee Beans

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  1. blankjodie filogomo says

    July 15, 2019 at 6:48 am

    This is such great information (as always). Especially now that we use a pour over now for our coffee so we don’t need the filters!! But I don’t want to throw them away…
    XOXO
    Jodie
    #senisal

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    • blankChas says

      July 15, 2019 at 7:32 am

      Thank you so very much Jodie, and love that you don’t need filters. It’s a great and quick way to use them for so many things and they’re inexpensive.

      Reply
  2. blankKathy H. says

    July 15, 2019 at 7:49 am

    I Love the new Logo!!! The next time I’m re-potting a plant I will use the coffee filter on the bottom idea. Sending Good Vibes on your health journey ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♂️. Kathy

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    • blankChas says

      July 15, 2019 at 8:58 am

      Thank you so much Kathy and I’m thrilled you found a useful idea in this post to help you. Thank you for the good vibes – I appreciate it, and sending hugs back to you.

      Reply
  3. blankTerri Lyon says

    July 15, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    You have the best hacks! I use coffee filters to strain things other than coffee. Not very creative like your ideas.

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    • blankChas says

      July 15, 2019 at 1:15 pm

      Thank you so much Terri and I love that you use your coffee filters for strainers – that’s fantastic!

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  4. blankLindaS says

    July 15, 2019 at 5:37 pm

    I never thought to use the old ones that we can’t use for microwave bacon. We normally use paper towels, but I’ll bet old coffee filters would work fine. Thanks for the idea.

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    • blankChas says

      July 15, 2019 at 7:34 pm

      Thanks Linda, I use paper towels too and I am glad to have this as a quick grab option. Fun to come up with all the ways you can use them.

      Reply
  5. blankDee | Grammy's Grid says

    July 16, 2019 at 10:58 am

    Great ideas for the filters! Pinned ♥ If you haven’t already, why not bring this post over to my #UnlimitedMonthlyLinkParty 2 (going on now) and my #WednesdayAIMLinkParty (starting Wednesday evening).

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    • blankChas says

      July 16, 2019 at 12:48 pm

      Thank you very much Dee and I’ll be sure to drop by for the next party – thanks for the reminder.

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  6. blankSylvia|Grace for a Gypsy says

    July 16, 2019 at 9:14 pm

    Lots of great ideas for coffee filters, but I love the dryer sheets the best! I am going to definitely try that! Thanks for sharing your tips!

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    • blankChas says

      July 17, 2019 at 6:12 am

      Thanks Sylvia, and I’m thrilled there is one here that you can utilize. Let me know what you think of the drier sheets 🙂

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  7. blankMother of 3 says

    July 17, 2019 at 3:59 am

    Lots of great ideas! I always used them with my boys to make perfectly round snowflakes in the wintertime for our windows.. but that’s about it. I’m going to have to try a few of these.

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    • blankChas says

      July 17, 2019 at 6:07 am

      Thanks Joanne and we make round snowflakes too 🙂 I started crafting with them as well and made a few things for the holidays. One of my favorites was a wreath.

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  8. blankBree says

    July 17, 2019 at 3:59 pm

    wow most of these I would never have thought of. thanks for the wonderful tips. #sensal

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    • blankChas says

      July 18, 2019 at 7:13 am

      Thank you so much Bree,and I hope some of them might help you 🙂

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  9. blankAntionette Blake says

    July 18, 2019 at 4:54 pm

    Yes, these are great uses for coffee filters. I used to use them to clean mirrors and they worked well. #trafficjamweekend

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    • blankChas says

      July 18, 2019 at 7:08 pm

      Thanks Antionette, and thanks for sharing your experience with the mirror cleaning. I’m so glad to hear it works well for you too.

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  10. blankMichelle says

    July 19, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    Great ideas! I especially liked the idea regarding Epsom salts and lavender (or other herbs /flowers).

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    • blankChas says

      July 20, 2019 at 6:15 am

      Thank you Michelle and thanks for sharing your favorite. That one has been really fun to play with.

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  11. blankRoseann Hampton says

    July 21, 2019 at 3:51 pm

    Great ideas here! I remember my mom always put them between her china dishes! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop!

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    • blankChas says

      July 21, 2019 at 5:59 pm

      Thank you Roseann and thank you for sharing that memory with me. It made my day 🙂

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  12. blankLinda says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:14 pm

    Thanks for sharing on the Classy Flamingos. blog.poinsettiadr.com

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    • blankChas says

      July 24, 2019 at 5:44 am

      Thanks for a great party Linda and I’ll see you at the next one

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  13. blankLiberty says

    July 24, 2019 at 9:31 pm

    So would you say that a Coffee Filter works kind of like a paper towel– only sturdier, and because of its shape, can be closed and contain items easier than a paper towel? I like seeing all of these ideas and will be featuring you at Best of the Weekend. Thanks for sharing!!

    Liberty @ B4andAfters.com

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    • blankChas says

      July 25, 2019 at 7:16 am

      Thank you so much Liberty for the feature. To answer your question – yes you are right on, it does act as a sturdier paper towel, and I love that it is lint free while cleaning too.

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  14. blankMarilyn Lesniak says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:29 pm

    Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared.

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    • blankChas says

      July 26, 2019 at 6:03 pm

      Thanks Marilyn, so sweet of you to Pin and share. Hope you’re having a wonderful day.

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  15. blankAmy says

    July 27, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    Thank you for sharing. These are some great ideas.

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    • blankChas says

      July 28, 2019 at 3:39 am

      Thank you Amy, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

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  16. blankKim | Shiplap and Shells says

    March 29, 2021 at 5:55 pm

    How did you get so smart Chas? I really want to know. So many great ideas, I will definitely be using one or two of these.

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    • blankChas says

      March 30, 2021 at 7:31 am

      You are just so sweet Kim, thank you so much

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  17. blankMary from Life at Bella Terra says

    March 30, 2021 at 9:12 am

    Chas, this is such a GREAT post! Who knew you could do so much with a coffee filter?? I love the thought of putting essential oils on it and throwing it in the dryer. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. You continue to amaze me.

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    • blankChas says

      March 30, 2021 at 6:46 pm

      You are so very sweet Mary, thank you SO much 🙂

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  18. blankDee | Grammy's Grid says

    April 1, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    Lots of great ideas! Pinned.

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    • blankChas says

      April 2, 2021 at 6:26 am

      You’re so very sweet, thank you!

      Reply

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