Modern stand design! Help with selecting materials..

[MAthU]

Quite a change from the modern look you started with!

Good luck!!

Yea I really wanted the clean lines ..and modern look with the sliding doors.. I didn't want anything to fancy because I wanted the tank to be the main focus. Then I thought what if the tank is hideous lol.

 

[MAthU]

go check out http://ana-white.com/ my wife found this site. we took my old college furniture and painted it to match a pottery barn bed for my daughter. it looks great and saved a ton of money which I later converted into fish tank stuff

Thanks! Looks interesting

 

[woodnaquanut]

Yea I really wanted the clean lines ..and modern look with the sliding doors.. I didn't want anything to fancy because I wanted the tank to be the main focus. Then I thought what if the tank is hideous lol.

A beautiful stand does NOT help a hideous tank! Been there, done that! :eek1:

 

[Terefel]

That's a serious amount of trim on that stand! (Not trying to dissaude you; if you plan everything out carefully in advance it's probably totally doable.) I am in the process of building my own stand (having received assistance along the way from none other than Mr. Woodnaquanut :wave: ). My take away as a first time stand woodworker (phrase used loosely) is to try and think through everything in advance; I would even search for the materials that are available to you before entering the build phase.

 

[Timber77]

i just buy kitchen cabinets and cut them so its just the face of the cabinet and a however many inches you want it to stick out thick, and top it with granite.... its easy and then you have a little shelf in front of the tank which comes in handy and granite is easy to clean

 

[MAthU]

thanks everyone for the help, i built it as a demo stand/tank just temporary until i plan/setup my 150g,

 

[MAthU]

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