Fatboy Ottomans

Fatboy, the company who made beanbags cool again, and then turned their sights to hammocks, have another product to flog - the ottoman.

Not a piece of furniture one immediately associates with lounging about: perhaps they have a stealth plan to slowly improve the posture of our nation. Next they will bring out a dining chair and finally one of those stool devices you sit on if you suffer from a bad back.

They have not forgotten the sense of fun, though, thank goodness. If you've the money for a good number of these pieces, they fit together in sinuous curves. As they are effectively like a giant set of blocks, rearranging them will keep the kids happy for hours.