jjd771 Asked: need someone to help with woodworking?

ok, in school a few months ago i made this realy nice foot stool, i worked realy hard on it and was realy proud, recently my granparents have seen it and told me how much they would love one, so now i pretty much have to make them one, the only problem is, in school i used this machine to make holes for buiscets an i dont have one of them, so i need plans for a foot stool that dosnt envolve a buiscet joint, also i can not use just a sheet of good wood as it would be too expensive (im only 14) and wouldnt be that strong
please help