We're Moving on Up....

So with my habit firmly in check, I convinced Laura that we needed a bigger aquarium and that it would be the perfect opportunity to finish the aquarium stand that I started building almost six years ago. In my last house I had a 29g freshwater aquarium much like our current setup but had decided to upgrade it to a 75g tank. Live got in the way, though, and after cutting out most of the pieces for the new stand I ended up shelving all the pieces without assembling them. Apartment life and fish aquariums don't make good partners so the pieces languished away in three garages before finally seeing the light of day again this past June.

Ah, the clash of hobbies. If I'd know when we bought are new larger aqaurium that it would take me almost five months to finish the stand I probably would have just bought one at the same time. Instead, I'm now happy to unveil our new 100% Michael Frame, hand-made, cherry and oak aquarium stand.

Here it is in July with just the pieces I'd originally cut assembled:


In September with the skin finished but without doors and false drawers:









So here it is the first week of November and I can finally say that the stand, six years in the making, is complete. And as soon as I take some pictures of it to prove it I'll post them here. No, seriously, it's done. Take my word for it. Fine, don't. I'll post the pics tonight.



I can only hope that after all this that the canopy, currently 75% finished, will be done before everyone arrives here for Thanksgiving. Cross your fingers for me!