footstool
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If you’re in an exit row, you might also have enough space to place a small inflatable footstool like the one from Sunany available on Amazon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Lanoba’s first sale was a footstool to a psychologist in Manhattan, which Balderskilde delivered to the buyer’s office.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Prince William, pictured in shorts and a khaki polo shirt, is sitting on a gold footstool alongside his wife in a long-sleeved dark green summer dress.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2021
A mismatched loveseat and footstool, brought back to life in vintage deadstock fabric.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
She passed Matthew sitting on a footstool flipping through a book with black-and-white photographs of musicians.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
The sixth floor, devoted to shipping, features footstools made from moving blankets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
But before the aliens arrive, in the form of cute little furry “pouffes” that resemble comfy footstools, we get to know Su and Jack.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
Sheldrake visits a factory that turns fungal networks into furniture — footstools instead of toadstools.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2020
But the limited research that exists on footstools is equivocal.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2018
It was stuffy and cluttered, yet nobody could say it was uncomfortable; there were soft chairs and footstools, drinks and books, boxes of chocolates and plump cushions.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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