DIY 110gal stand and canopy build

[mikem]

no plans yet. I want to wait till I move before I set up a FOWLR. I thought about it with the 75 but I want huge fish. Hows your new tank doing? Thanks for the complament Tom.

 

[mott768]

So far so good, need to get some more fish and corals for it,

http://www.njreefers.org/forums/index.php/topic,2780.0.html

let me know if you need any sand for the 110 the 46 gal is still running, I want to keep it but Faith wont let me

 

[Treadingwater]

Mike I said it the other night and I'll say it again, it's beautiful!!!

 

[mikem]

Thanks Jack. I wish I would have taken picks. of the painted dental moulding. What a difference.

 

[billyr98]

Mike AWESOME FURNITURE!!! You did great work on that stand!!
Might need a some help for a 8ft stand real soon.. Good Luck with the 110!

 

[mikem]

Thanks Billy. My hand is always there.

 

[Brian]

Wow Mike.. Great Work! Can't wait to see the updated pics!!

 

[NEWSALT]

Beautiful! Excellent work. Keep the photos coming.

 

[malulu]

Mike,
cool looking stand!!! excellent work!!

 

[mikem]

Thanks everyone.

 

[mikem]

Here's today's pics. I'm stuck here. Building and designing them are no problem. I can't get the blue paint to make the detail stand out(except the dental). I think I'm gonna repaint the white over the blue on the sides and bottom and start over.Anyone have a good eye for these things? Any help and openions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Brian]

I think it looks nice like that Mike. It gives it a tasteful amount of color.

 

[malulu]

how about make it rainbow colors?
- fish tank
- sun shine
- rainbow??
;D

(am kidding...)
looks good!

 

[RichT]

I like it (blue) on the dental and the rosettes. Not so much a fan of the paint on the fluted stuff. How about some stencil work on the flat area between the vertical flutes? Maybe when the doors are on it will help or make apparent your highlighting decisions. Beautiful craftsmanship for sure. 

 

[RichT]

I got it....how about highlighting the valleys of the flutes, similar to the dentals. May be too many stripes though.

 

[malulu]

i think you are trying to make them feel standout, and since all white color it will look plain...
how about use little bit grey-ish color in the valleys of the flutes... so it will create a contrast as some dept in there?

 

[mikem]

Good ideas, thanks.
Rich. I'm not putting doors on it. I keep mine open cause none of my tanks are RR and I don't have top offs yet. When I get home from work (sometimes after display tank lights are out) The first thing I look at is how the sump looks. If the water level is higher than when I went to work, I know I'm loosing the siphon from the HOB overflow or when it's low, time for manual top off.
I thought about the area between the flutes. I started that on the canopy. What about getting rid of the blue on the flutes (didn't like that anyway) and painting the valleys with a darker shade of white or a real light grey? I think I'll redo the white today and bring it home, start filling it, and work on the rest of the painting here. Thanks again guys for help.

 

[Phyl]

I'd find a nice complementary gray color and use that to "antique" the whole piece. Glob on lots of paint and wipe it all off except what falls in the valleys and hard to get spots. That should pull it all together.

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_painting/article/0,,HGTV_3282_1380871,00.html

 

[malulu]

cool trick!

 

[mikem]

Thanks Phyl. Great idea. Started painting all the vally's. What a PITA. When I get home, I'm going to try it. Put accents like Rich suggested, it looks nice. I'll post a pic later.