to be elaborate to be classic. Simplicity here lends itself to many many different uses, child's stool, plant stand, step stool, on and on. The plain idea is wide open to embellishment or modification. Rounders can spin the whole project, square workers can block this up many ways. Power tools... hand tools... ,doesn't matter. Make one or a bunch, sell them give them to the local kindergarten or day care make them cutesy and painted or primitve and rough.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a- ... ing-Stool/