Step 1: Build the Base

Build the Base of an Upholstered Storage Ottoman
Illustration: Gregory Nemec
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Cut ¾-inch birch plywood for the base, top, and bottom. Glue and clamp the four sides together to form the base box, then drill pilot holes and secure the pieces with screws. Cut 1×1 pine cleats and install them around the base's interior, ¾ inch above the bottom edge. Attach reinforcing pine blocks to each inside corner. Glue, drill, and screw the bottom piece to the cleats.
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    ¾-inch birch plywood

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