Requirements

Body. 3 Canned-fruit Boxes (about 10 in. deep, 9 in. wide, 14 in. long).

Hardware. 4 11/2 in. brass butts and screws.

Construction

Remove the covers from two of the boxes. Saw a strip 2 inches wide, the length of the cover, from each cover. Set these strips or portions of covers in their original positions on.the tops of the boxes and nail them. Hang the balance of each cover to these strips with 11/2 inch butts, laying them flat on the top face or placing them in the joint between the cover and the strip, if you prefer, and place the butts about 2 inches from each end of the box.

Nail the cover tightly on the third box and place it on the floor, top side up. Set one of the other boxes upon it with its cover side up and nail them together. Turn them on their sides and place the other hinged-cover box upon the side of the third box, or the box from which the cover was not removed, and nail them together. Turn them flat side down on the floor and they will be ready to use as steps and for holding shoes and stockings.