Ugly motherfucker.
I’m pretty sure I’ve complained about my ugly fish tank stand before. I’m going to complain about it again in any case (Christina says I’m always repeating myself. getting old for sure!).
When I ordered this tank from my Uncle John he didn’t take any notes (nor did I give him any) and when the stand rocked up I almost vomited on the spot. He thought I’d appreciate the more detailed (and more expensive) option of having routed edges and fancy hinges! Maybe if it was made of oak in a natural finish all the detailed routing could work, but in white it just looks damn ugly and it now really clashes with the newly designed kitchen, bathrooms and everything else in the house.
I asked the guys who built our kitchen if they would re-do the stand and they weren’t into the idea. I’ve been thinking about designing and ordering my dream tank but I just can’t justify the costs right now.
Enter Uncle Tekky.
Uncle Tekky’s retired and all he loves to do now is make furniture. I got him over today to check out the tank. All the fancy woodwork is just a facade that’s been attached to a very sturdy base stand underneath. My objective is to rip of all the fancy woodwork, get down to the base stand and build a very minimalist white cabinet and hood.
He’s super keen to help out and together we measured everything up, designed a hood to hold and hide my lights (hope it works?!) and also decided on using pine since it’s cheap and will be painted in a satin white finish in any case.
I want no hinges to be visible on the outside, no gaps between doors and everything to be flush, much like this photo of the guest bathroom basin.
So, pretty excited that this is all in motion. It’ll postpone my want for a new tank for some time (I hope).