Shoe-changing storage ottoman for the spot by the front door where boots get pulled on while balancing against the wall. It gives one person somewhere to sit at the right height for lacing shoes, and the compartment underneath takes the pairs that are worn every day. Anyone who has tried to get a toddler into wellies while standing up will recognise the problem it solves.
The seat is upholstered in fabric over a frame that carries an adult's weight, and the storage sits directly beneath it, so the footprint is no larger than the stool itself. It arrives to be assembled and folds down when it is not needed, which matters in a hallway that has to stay walkable. At 30 by 46 by 34cm it reads as a small bench rather than a storage box.
Stand it just inside the front door, at the end of a bed for putting on shoes in the morning, or under a desk as a footrest through the working day. Everstock supplies it for entrances too narrow for a full shoe bench, where a stool has to do both jobs. Children should sit rather than stand on it, and it is not intended as a step.
