Portofino Medium Footstool

The Portofino medium footstool by Melaaura is an outdoor piece that makes its case without raising its voice. It sits within the Portofino collection as the piece that bridges scales, larger and more generously proportioned than the small footstool, compact enough to move and reposition with ease, and versatile enough to serve multiple roles within the same outdoor setting across the course of a single day. What it shares with every other piece in the collection is the thing that matters most: the quality of its making does not diminish because its role appears modest.

Each piece is constructed from continuous lengths of 8mm synthetic cord, hand-wound over a powder-coated aluminium frame in the same dense, interlocking weave that runs throughout the Portofino collection. The cord is the material intelligence of the piece, UV-resistant, moisture-tolerant, and engineered to maintain its tension, texture, and tone across seasons of sustained outdoor use without slackening, fading, or losing its structural integrity. At 8mm, the cord has a satisfying visual weight and tactile presence that gives the surface its characteristic sculptural depth: not flat, not patterned, but genuinely three-dimensional in the way it catches and releases light as the hours and conditions of the day shift around it.

The finish throughout is the collection’s signature warm greige, matte in depth, sun-resistant in composition, and possessed of the same quiet richness found in the larger pieces of the collection. It neither announces itself nor retreats, sitting naturally within any outdoor composition regardless of palette or setting. The braided crown edge that frames the top surface is a detail that rewards close attention: a moment of artisanal finishing precision that closes the form and holds it together in a way that is both structurally sound and quietly beautiful.

The medium footstool’s versatility is genuine. Positioned beside the Portofino lounge chair or high back lounge chair as a dedicated footrest, it extends the comfort of those pieces in a way that is proportionally and aesthetically coherent. Pulled forward within a larger seating group, it functions as an additional low seat with the same material warmth and visual consistency as the surrounding pieces. Pushed to the side or used as a surface for a drink, a book, or a small object, it becomes a low occasional table without any loss of character or function. In commercial settings, hotel pool decks, restaurant terraces, resort gardens, it provides the kind of flexible, beautiful, and hard-wearing supplementary seating that demanding hospitality environments require.

Available in six weave colorways; Sage Green, Black, Natural Honey Teak, Ivory, Dark Brown, and Taupe, each chosen to coordinate seamlessly with the full Portofino collection and to perform without degradation in sustained outdoor conditions. Custom sizing available on request.

At Niche Beverly, we carry the Portofino collection as part of our curated selection of the world’s finest luxury outdoor furniture. Visit our Los Angeles showroom or contact us to discuss colorways and lead times for your project.