Who Else Grew Up With This Green Seat Sitting Quietly in the Corner of the Living Room — the One Everyone Used but No One Owned, the One That Was a Footrest, a Chair, a Storage Box, and Somehow a Piece of Childhood All at Once… and What Did Your Family Call It Back Then?

Everyone Had a Different Name for It

That’s what makes this image so powerful.

Ask ten people what it was called, and you’ll get ten different answers.

Ottoman.
Footrest.
Pouf.
Stool.
Seat box.
“The green thing.”

And each name comes with a story — a different house, a different voice, a different childhood.

That’s why this simple picture sparks so many comments online. People aren’t just naming an object. They’re remembering a place where they once felt safe.