Living Outdoors

Today’s outdoor fabrics come in an incredible array of colours, textures and patterns. We thought to make a review of the latest outdoor textile that has caught our eye.

Every year, we see new and improved technologies for this type of textile. Outdoor fabrics tend to fade easily, peel, get mouldy, and stain, losing their original look for good.

Welcome to Spring 2020!

St Tropez is the new outdoor fabric collection for this year. I absolutely love this range with a gorgeous colour selection. 

St Tropez is highly UV-resistant and has a stain-repellent treatment. It sure will spruce up any outdoor setting.

Coast Collection

Even though it’s not recommended to leave your colourful cushions outside all year long, with care and good habits, they will last you a long time.

Soon, textiles will be called “transitional textiles” rather than just outdoor fabrics. Making use of outdoor as well as indoor.

Specifying for indoor use is an excellent solution for families, and also makes a pet-friendly space. The fabric is so easy to wipe clean and offers extra resistance to wear and tear.

The improved manufacturing of synthetic fibres, like olefin, create a textile close to a feel of cotton or strong linen weave, making them perfect for indoor as for outdoor.
Olefin is a type of polyethylene or polypropylene engineered plastic.
The finish of these textiles is so beautiful; we can now see a velvet, linen, or cotton style.

The new collections of our favourite suppliers are superb and worth considering for your outdoor space.

Deep blue colour selection from The Textile and Design Studio, Coast Collection. These textiles work so nicely together; they will spruce up any outdoor space for sure!

Outdoor Velvet

This collection is by Mokum and in collaboration with Tait. This collaboration has created the most luxurious outdoor velvet. The feel is so soft, and the colourways resonate with the Australian landscape. We were lucky to discover this rich palette at the launch of this collection in 2019.

The Sophisticated Look

This fabric has a stunning knitted look. Libeccio is suitable for indoor and outdoor use and has a soft and very supple feel. Here, it is shown as an upholstered sofa, adding real richness to the room. Libeccio is from the Wonderland collection by Zimmer + Rohde.

From our post, Summer is all about the Outdoors, you will find more outdoor fabrics. A collection of fabrics we have loved specifying and still look good as the years have gone by.

How can we help get your project started? Do not hesitate to contact us to discuss your interior ideas and dilemmas.