Real grass rug brings freshly cut lawn into your living room
Green-fingered city dwellers can now enjoy the feeling of grass under their feet even in a high rise flat - with the creation of a living rug.
Lovers of the great outdoors can cultivate a green space in their living room that will provide them with their own freshly cut lawn - as long as they remember to water it.
But the garden rug isn't for those who are short of funds.
Indoor garden: Green-fingered city dwellers can enjoy the feeling of grass under their feet thanks to designer Pia Wustenberg's living rug
The rugs begin life as a soft grey pillow - then as the seedlings begin to take hold, the grass grows through in a specially chosen design - curling flowers or spirals and, as her website says, bringing 'the qualities of a living organism to an inanimate object.'
Pia, who was born in Germany but is now based in London, said: "I love the hustle and bustle of the inner city, but I really miss having a garden to sit in and care for.
'That's how I got the idea for the garden rug. Moss and grass seeds are carefully sewn into the lining of the rug, and then you just need to water it - and you can have the great outdoors, indoors.
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My friends all loved my finished rug, and I realised there could be a market for it.
'It takes a lot of time and effort to stitch the moss onto the rug - and a full-size rug takes about 3 full days to make, and costs about 1,000.
'I'd love to try and make a bigger rug one day too - a whole carpet covered in moss would be amazing.'
Ms Wustenberg has taken the indoor garden concept even further, creating a sofa that incorporates a planter for potatoes.
Over the course of just one harvest, the sofa will yield over 3kg of spuds, saving the average home gardener a good few trips to Waitrose.
Inventive: The contemporary designer has also designed a potato chair - a sofa that incorporates planters for spuds
Visit www.piadesign.eu for more information.
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