But that's not the norm.We have a footstool. No need to discuss where it came from, how to pronounce it or what it is for.

Bloody right it isn't. Put your feet on me and my back will go and I'll be off cycling for weeks.But that's not the norm.
Yep me too, usually only used for raising a leg and applying an ice pack (my knees aren't getting any younger either)Footstool/pouffe/ottoman for putting feet up on?
That's what the coffee table's for.
I feel for you, My mrs keeps nagging me to get one. No doubt one will turn up sooner or later that i knew nothing about!
Cushion? You were lucky.....!Ottomans look similar, but are storage boxes?
None if your pinko commie pouffe a for me. An upturned milk crate with a cushion atop is good enough for real men.
We had one when I was a kid, but it got called the "poof-ay". We also had an ottoman, but that was oblong and lived on the landing outside the bathroom, and was used for keeping sheets in.