Hybrid modular furniture and storage container unit

A hybrid modular furniture and container unit comprising:

• a base shell comprising a shell bottom, a pair of shell side walls, a pair of shell end walls, and upper flaps associated with each respective shell wall;
• a core layer comprising a core bottom, a pair of core side walls, and a pair of core end walls, the core layer disposed within the base shell;
• an inner layer comprising a pair of inner layer side walls and a pair of inner layer end walls, the inner layer walls disposed within the core layer and the base shell;
• and
• each upper flap is folded over a respective core wall and inner layer wall so as to envelop the respective core wall and inner layer wall;
• the core layer being a single piece of cross-shaped material such that each of the core side walls and each of the core end walls are foldably connected to the core bottom and independent from each other;
• the core layer being separate from the base shell and the inner layer;
• the walls of the core layer forming butt joints at each corner thereof;
• whereby each of one of the core side walls and core end walls extends beyond one of one of the inner layer side walls and inner layer end walls and along an outer edge of each of the other one of the core side walls and core end walls so that an outer edge of each of one of the core side walls and core end walls is adjacent to one of the shell end walls of the base shell;
• whereby the outer edge of each of one of the core side walls and core end walls engages an inner major planar surface of one of the other one of the core side walls and core end walls.