As a cheerful color duo, these cushions are happy to join you on your garden bench, balcony chair, or lounge chair. There, they not only provide comfort but are also quite durable, as both the cover and the filling are made from recycled polyester. This makes them durable, water-resistant, and lightfast—moisture can’t harm them, and they weather a rain shower just as easily as the color-coordinated rugs and mats from the Outdoor-Indoor series by liv interior, which you’ll also find in our selection.

These durable cushions are machine-washable, so they’ll easily handle any garden party or coffee break. The cover features a zipper, so both the filling and the cover can be machine-washed separately if you need to tackle stubborn stains or grass stains. Now comes the hard part: Which color combination will you choose?

PET plastic bottles, which are still produced in large quantities but are not recycled to the same extent, are hard-wearing, waterproof and durable. This gave Tina and Asad Mirza from the Hamburg-based design label liv interior the idea of producing carpets and home textiles from recycled PET. After all, these properties make them much more versatile than home textiles made from natural materials such as cotton or new wool. Moisture cannot harm them, so they can also be used on balconies and patios. The fabric can be wiped clean and the rugs and textiles can easily be washed in the washing machine and are then dry again in a flash. The feel is also impressive: you will hardly notice any difference compared to cotton. The PET fabric just seems to be woven a little more tightly and feels surprisingly soft.

The home textiles and carpets are manufactured in India. The PET bottles collected there are mechanically shredded in recycling plants, the flakes are cleaned of labels and other residues, melted down and pulled into long threads. Like threads made from natural materials, these can also be twisted into yarn and wound onto bobbins. A carpet, for example, requires 100 to 750 recycled PET bottles, depending on the size. The textiles are woven by hand, so there may be slight variations in size (±5%). There are sometimes knotted thread ends on the back of the mats and carpets, which are caused by a change of thread. This does not affect the quality of the fabric.