Noticed lately: the return of humble (and inexpensive) seagrass matting, popular in the 1970s and available by the square, allowing you to create custom sizes. Then it seemed sisal rugs took over, and seagrass fell off our radar (too hippyish?).
So we’re happy to see it’s back: it’s renewable, biodegradable, and non-toxic, and it’s well-priced and easy to cut to size. Bonus points for the pleasant grassy aroma. Here’s are some rooms we’ve been admiring:
Above: Seagrass matting in a room from Casa Veronica’s instagram feed. Above: A Japanese breakfast setting from March SF is anchored by seagrass matting. Above: UK designer Olivia Outred covered a Shoreditch bedroom’s floor, using matting from her sister Jessica Outred’s business, Seagrass Story (“she hand sews these matts to fit any size room”). Above: Another project by Olivia Outred in London, using grass matting from Seagrass Story. Above: Tinsmiths Seagrass Squares in situ, via Instagram: “This is such a classic flooring, so familiar from my childhood, but it seemed to drift out of sight for a while. For this passageway I joined two of our mats together and it’s the ability to easily join together and also remove squares that makes it so versatile. We sell it in two sizes.” Above: Australia’s Imprint House offers an array of seagrass rugs; see more at Imprint House. Above: A seagrass mat in our post Hawaiian Summer: A Charm-Filled Stone Carriage House on the Maui Coast, Restored. Above: A dining nook with a seagrass floor covering in a Connecticut house designed by Billy Cotton. Above: Australian company Armadillo’s Sequoia Rug “Evokes the charm of vintage seagrass mats, featuring jute hand-stitched into a diamond pattern.”
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