Abstract: A storage box in the shape of a bench comprising a lower frame structure in a generally box-like configuration having a lower horizontal base, an upwardly extending front wall, an upwardly extending back wall parallel with the front wall and extending to a higher elevation than the front wall, a pair of side panels extending upwardly from the base to a height at the front essentially co-extensive with the front wall and extending upwardly at the rear to an elevation essentially equal to that of the back wall with a generally L-shaped upper edge between the upper front edge and the upper rear edge; a lid having a horizontal upper surface positionable adjacent to the rearward upper edge of the back wall and the rearward extent of the side walls, a horizontal lower surface positionable adjacent to the forward upper edges of the side panels and with its forward edge located above the upper edge of the front wall and with a vertical panel coupling the upper and lower horizontal surfaces; and a hinge coupling the u