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The entrepreneur began selling the Squatty Potty, a specialty footstool that helps assist in bowel movements by changing toilet posture, alongside his mother Judy in 2010.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Then, there’s the floor lamp with a fringed, cheetah-print lampshade and the camo-meets-houndstooth upholstered footstools.
—Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Jan. 2026
Paul’s reading chair is there, his footstool, and his lamp.
—Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Finally, most anyone with an eye for decorating knows that ottomans are versatile enough to serve as a footstool and extra seat one minute to a side table the next.
—Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Then, there’s the floor lamp with a fringed, cheetah-print lampshade and the camo-meets-houndstooth upholstered footstools.
—Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Jan. 2026
Paul’s reading chair is there, his footstool, and his lamp.
—Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Finally, most anyone with an eye for decorating knows that ottomans are versatile enough to serve as a footstool and extra seat one minute to a side table the next.
—Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Footstool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footstool. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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footstool
noun
foot·stool
-ˌstül 
: a low stool to support the feet
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