Rubbishhome
Home & Garden · Furniture
Rubbishhome sells small-batch home décor and functional objects—planters, candle holders, side tables, wall hooks, textiles—fabricated from post-consumer plastic waste, scrap wood and reclaimed metals. Most pieces sit in the mid-range: $45–180 for accessories, $250–600 for furniture, with occasional one-off art objects topping $1,000. The line is released in seasonal “drops” and sold exclusively through rubbishhome.com; inventory sells out within hours and is never restocked. The brand’s signature is terrazzo-like surfaces created by injection-moulding shredded yoghurt cups and take-away lids, giving every item a speckled, color-blocked fingerprint. Each product page lists the exact weight and source of trash diverted (e.g., “2.3 kg beach plastic, Cornwall”), verified by third-party audit. Their most recognizable pieces are the “Chip” planter—an Instagram-friendly cube flecked with pastel packaging—and the “Off-Cut” side table whose legs are melted bottle tops. Customers are 25–40-year-old urban renters who treat sustainability as a design statement, not a compromise. They value limited editions, story-rich objects and carbon-neutral shipping wrapped in reused cardboard. Buying from Rubbishhome signals participation in circular culture while acquiring collectible art-design that photographs well in small apartments. Rubbishhome competes in the crowded sustainable-lifestyle segment against brands that use natural or recycled inputs but rely on larger production runs and broader distribution. It differentiates through micro-editions, radical material transparency and a resale-friendly culture—second-hand pieces routinely trade at 1.5× retail on peer-to-peer apps, reinforcing the brand’s scarcity-driven value loop.
Your trash becomes tomorrow's heirloom, and everyone will ask where you got it
- Sustainable
- Recycled