Nice Stand

The stand that I got with the tank was actually not in too bad of shape!  That said, I wanted it to look better and the light colored wood stain didn't match any of my other furniture in my home.  Here is a before picture.

 I used a power hand sander to take off the previous stain after removing the doors.  I spent a few bucks at Home Depot and got a nice can of semi gloss back paint.  I didn't want too much of a shine but I wanted a nice looking piece of furniture as well as something that would hold up better to getting wet from time to time.  Here is the finished stand.

I was pretty pleased with how it turned out!  I do think I am going to give it some new hardware including new hinges and possibly some nice modern handles.  Here is the tank on top of it.  

Sorry about the glare on the tank.  Overall A great clean up from what it was when I got it.  I plan to most likely build a canopy for the top to hide the lighting system and the top rim of the tank.