Thanks for the nice comments and suggestions. To answer , the reason I made them was to cover/hide the filters and equipment. If I move them away from the stand then it would look weirder.
I was wondering what would look best for the color of the hood and now that Betta mentioned white , you know , it just might look better in white, as long as I can find the mica , I got the last peice they had at lowes and h depot didn't have any colors
The covering the existing black frame and doing the corners would look cool but I don't think I am going to go there.
DD, thank you sweetheart