A NT$70,720 Ottoman — and 134 Room Plans Still Put It In
In Taiwanese homes, the ottoman has stopped being the small thing you add as an afterthought. It now gets budgeted for like a proper piece of furniture.
NOSA's Style Curator records every product a customer actually drops into a plan. Going through the 2026 records, ottomans, stools and benches — three separate categories — were added 1,655 times between them, across 18 products. In that same set of records, sofas came to 414, beds 408 and dining chairs 337. A category filed under "supporting cast" turns up three to four times more often than the leads.
Even the expensive ones keep getting chosen
If people were only adding a cheap piece on impulse, the prices would cluster at the bottom of the range. They don't. Five of the 18 products cost more than NT$30,000, and they sit near the top of the list: Audo Copenhagen's Elizabeth Ottoman, NT$34,820, went into 137 plans; the Ingeborg Ottoman, NT$49,100, into 123; The Tired Man Ottoman, NT$70,720, into 134.
A NT$70,000 ottoman costs about as much as a mid-range sofa, and 134 plans still made room for it. That tells you people are budgeting for it in the "things to choose" column, not the "let's see what's left over" one.
Why now
Most living rooms in Taiwan run somewhere between 13 and 20 square metres (4–6 ping). That's enough for a sofa and one lounge chair, but usually not a second chair. The trouble is that a second place to sit is exactly what a home needs — friends over, family gathering, a child doing homework. Two seats are never enough. An ottoman takes up roughly a third to half the footprint of a lounge chair, so it slips into the gap between sofa and coffee table and gets pulled out when you need it.
The other push comes from sofas themselves. The modular sofas selling well over the past couple of years have lower, wider arms and deeper seats, so an ottoman parked in front stops being somewhere to rest your feet and becomes an extension of the seat. Together they read as a chaise; apart, they're two pieces of furniture.
Brands have stopped treating it as an accessory too. Elizabeth, The Tired Man and Ingeborg were each drawn as chair-and-ottoman pairs within a single design project, using the same fabrics, the same wooden legs, the same recline angle. The ottoman has its own product page, its own item code and its own price — it isn't an add-on option.
The price range is unusually wide
The other thing that stands out in this category is how far the prices spread — from just over NT$9,000 to more than NT$70,000, with buyers at both ends. The cheap end doesn't swallow everything.
| Product | Price | Times used in 2026 plans |
|---|---|---|
| Audo Copenhagen The Tired Man Ottoman | NT$70,720 | 134 |
| Audo Copenhagen Ingeborg Ottoman | NT$49,100 | 123 |
| Audo Copenhagen Elizabeth Ottoman | NT$34,820 | 137 |
| 101 Copenhagen Sculpt Stool | NT$22,800 | 75 |
| Nychair X Ottoman | NT$9,300 | 86 |
A hard-topped sculptural stool like the Sculpt serves a different purpose from an upholstered ottoman: it usually lands in an entryway or at the foot of a bed, as a surface to put things down on. The Nychair X ottoman, meanwhile, almost always appears alongside the brand's own rocking chair, and at just over NT$9,000 it's many people's first ottoman.
What to measure before you buy
The difference in seat heights, the clear depth in front of the sofa, how easy the fabric is to clean — these are the things to confirm before you order. We've written a separate piece that turns sofa measurements into a checklist, and the clearance rules there apply to ottomans as well: How to measure for a sofa: get these eight numbers right and you won't buy the wrong one.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between an ottoman and a stool?
An ottoman (or pouf) usually has an upholstered top, sits 38 to 45 cm high, and is designed to match the seat height of a particular lounge chair so your legs stay level when you put your feet up. A stool is more often hard-topped — wood or metal — at a similar height, but it's used as occasional seating or a side table. A bench is the same height stretched long, seating two people or sitting at the foot of a bed. The Style Curator treats all three as separate categories; together they came to 1,655 in 2026.
Will an ottoman make a small living room feel cramped?
An ottoman takes up roughly a third to half the footprint of a lounge chair — most are between 50×50 and 65×55 cm — so it can slide into the gap in front of the sofa or beside the coffee table. The typical Taiwanese living room of 13 to 20 square metres can't take a second lounge chair, but it can usually take an ottoman.
Does the ottoman have to match the chair?
Not necessarily, but on a matched set the seat height and recline angle have been worked out together, so your lower back is less likely to be left unsupported when you put your feet up. If you're buying one on its own, look for a seat height within 5 cm of your existing sofa's.
How do stock and lead times work for NOSA ottomans?
Items marked [In Stock] are held in our Taichung warehouse and ship in roughly 3 to 7 working days. Upholstered ottomans are mostly made to order in your chosen fabric, with a pre-order lead time of about 1–3 months. Warranty runs 12 months from delivery, with nationwide delivery in Taiwan.
Sources
- Usage counts: NOSA Style Curator 2026 plan records, data as of 2026-08-17
- Prices and stock: NOSA Audo Copenhagen products, NOSA 101 Copenhagen products, NOSA Nychair X products
NOSA is the official distributor in Taiwan for Audo Copenhagen, 101 Copenhagen, Nychair X and other brands. Our Taichung showroom can be visited by appointment, and we deliver nationwide in Taiwan.