Thank you all for your kind words. While I appreciate the priase, in the spirit of humility I will admit that what I didn't take pictures of were the several pieces that I cut wrong and then cursed about, but again I do appreciate the praise. Webpastor, it's too bad you didn't live closer ( I'm assuming you're in the states) or I'd build you a stand myself.
Still have some work to do on it which may wait until this weekend. have to do the trim around the top and bottom, still in negotiations as to what colour stain to go with ( there will be this stand, another one for a 100 gallon and a tv stand I figured I might as well make while I'm at it) that will all be in our living room so I don't want to slap any ole' colour on it and regret it later. Also have to decide what hardware to put on it for the doors and drawers (still looking for fish drawer pulls but no luck yet).
I have half a gallon of deck stain in the garage I might do the inside with. I don't want to spend the money on staining the interior of the cabinet with the good stuff I do the exterior with but I figure it's inevitable that I'm going to spill water inside it and I figure a coat or two of the deck stain should help with water replellency ( is that even a word?) for cleaning it up. Was also going to get rigid insulation to put under the tank once the top is on but I'm really liking the looks of the play pad that Cwo Gunner used on his stand so have to look into that as well. I will keep you guys posted.
