For years, I have helped carry down boxes filled with Holiday decorations from the attic after Thanksgiving, and then hauled the boxes back up after New Year’s. It’s a dangerous job because maneuvering heavy boxes up and down a conventional fold-down attic ladder is awkward, and I often thought how great it would be if we had a lift.

Space Lift Products, a startup company that publicly launched last week at the International Builder’s Show in Orlando, Florida, has an innovative solution: an elevator lift system that’s attached to an integrated telescoping stairway.

Check out how it works!