The chair you never knew you needed

Pity the poor chair that’s never sat on – the well-intentioned bit of seating you’ve placed in your bedroom covered with clothes and other detritus. You had visions of perching there, leisurely reading a book or gazing out the window wistfully like someone from a stock photo tagged ‘thoughtful’. But no – instead it’s where the sorting pile is, the spot where things go so they’re not on your bed or the floor and some claims of adulthood can be validated.

(For what it’s worth, mine has a lot of socks on it and not once have I sprawled there appreciating a very cutting edge four-piece experimental act from Chicago. Not even to watch Netflix. It’s a tragedy.)

Good news though, someone’s found a solution. Save the angst you had allocated to the roving piles of laundry for not getting around to learning a new language and intermittently making it to yoga.  

The people at Thing Industries bring us the Sacrificial Chair – no spot for your bottom but a lot of room to hang clothes, bags, scarves and whatever else takes your fancy.

It’s a bit minimalist (still all the rage!) and is delivered flat-packed, and is easy to assemble. And it’s a bit slicker than trying to hack an IKEA chair by not bothering to allen-key-on the seat.

Thing industries was set up by New Zealanders Bridie Picot and Matt Smith, one of whom is now based in New York. They design and sell useful home things, including the aforementioned chair, a cheerful banana pillow, a practical indoor stoop and a nifty cabin to store your toothbrush and toothpaste in. The Sacrificial Chair  – which is already pretty internet famous – comes in white or graphite and is for sale at $199.98.