When overnight guests arrive, just pull out the bottom area to transform the ottoman into a twin-size ... create an extra ...

The In Out Office range from Andreu World offers furniture designed to create spaces of use. The ottoman range offers an upholstered footrest or seat with a three or four-legged caster-wheel base ...

This solution made the most of my home's small footprint ... I shlepped that ottoman back to the post office and bought a striped square seat that also clashed with the rest of the room.