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This chair gives half-worn clothes a home

The Verge / 3/16/2026

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Key Points

  • The Laundry Chair by Simone Giertz is launching on Kickstarter for $1,100, offering a rotating ball-bearing rail to drape half-clean clothes without covering the chair's armrests or seating area.
  • The chair combines seating with built-in laundry storage via a Lazy Susan-style rotating rail that swivels around the seat.
  • The crowdfunding campaign promotes the product as a playful, design-forward solution to laundry clutter rather than a conventional piece of furniture.
  • The project highlights creator-driven hardware and crowdfunding as a route for launching niche, specialty furniture products from notable designers.
The Laundry Chair by Simone Giertz, seen with clothes hung over the rotating rail.
Lets be honest, most of us are probably tossing our half-clean clothes on furniture or flooring anyway. | Image by Simone Giertz / Yetch

Seating technology may have reached its peak for those of us who struggle to keep our lightly worn clothing piles away from furniture. The Laundry Chair - developed by YouTuber and viral inventor Simone Giertz - is now available to buy through a Kickstarter campaign, providing a storage solution that still functions as a usable seat when it's covered in clothes that are too clean to wash, but too dirty to put away.

The $1,100 Laundry Chair includes a rotating rail that can swivel around the seat on a ball-bearing Lazy Susan, allowing laundry to be slung over it without covering the armrests or seating pad. The chair also features a solid ha …

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