Cheaper than regular shelving, and better looking, these boxes solve lots of storage and stacking problems. When I was at grammar school nearly half a century ago, my place of escape was always to the woodwork room where the smell of sawdust mingled with the smell from the double-boiler glue pot which was always simmering away on a gas ring. It was good to be able to use the best selection of hand tools to complete woodworking projects - and in those days we were not allowed to use screws, nor nails,for all items had to be made with the most appropriate joints. I remember that my exam piece was a secret dovetail joint for the corner of a drawer and the compulsory technical drawing we had to do was an isometric projection of an open set of stepladders. Obviously, the headmaster didn't understand how much skill was needed for both of those exercises, for he said to me that as an academic pupil (studying divinity, history and New Testament Greek) I should leave it to the other boys to get their hands dirty.'
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