New Rustic Stand

[frybread4life]

Hate my current stand. makes me nervous on how much wiggle room it has! So building a new one out of rustic barn wood, old tongue and groove I had laying around and peeled pine logs. I have a total of $57 invested in the stand with another $23 for the handles and hardware. Built for a 72 gallon bowfront but will be upgrading it to a 90 gallon soon and both can fit in the stand!

The frame of the stand

Side of the stand with a tongue and groove siding

Tongue and groove and the "trim" piece of peeled logs

Start of the doors

Finished door look

 

[Reef Breeders]

looks great so far!

 

[Wy Renegade]

Very nice - keep the pictures coming. Did something similar once with blue pine and peeled logs.

 

[Fish Hoarder]

Nice work!

 

[strange33w]

different but I like it. Very cool idea to use somthing old to make something new. well done

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

Nice

 

[Adam10045]

this is sweet! were did you get the old wood or is it just stained?

 

[frybread4life]

this is sweet! were did you get the old wood or is it just stained?

Not sure where the wood came from. Had it stored in our barn for as long as I can remember. I think we had meant to put siding up on our tack room but never got around to it. Worked out well for me, nice and cheap!

 

[Wy Renegade]

Where about in Montana are you located?

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Very cool idea! Nice looking work.

 

[frybread4life]

Where about in Montana are you located?

In Polson. The South end of Flathead Lake

 

[frybread4life]

All Siding Done

Stained

Back

Door on

Logs cut and burnt and polyeurathaned

Close up of the doors

 

[Wy Renegade]

Great job - that came together very nicely!

 

[mallorieGgator]

that looks really good!

 

[kschweer]

awesome work. i really like the look of old/reclaimed lumber

 

[firefightered]

Been thinking of doing the same thing. I built my own log home and this type of stand would go GREAT with my house. Maybe the wife will like my tank better if it matched the rest of the house...........:wink:

 

[redtop03]

that has to be one of the best looking,old looking,new stands I've seen yet,excellent job,love the pole corner molding,that just set it off

 

[redtop03]

Been thinking of doing the same thing. I built my own log home and this type of stand would go GREAT with my house. Maybe the wife will like my tank better if it matched the rest of the house...........:wink:

that was my first thought,that would look perfect in a log home

 

[mgdmirage]

Looks awesome, great work!

 

[frybread4life]

Thanks! I cant wait to move my tank up here and put it on to finally see how it all works together! It's still at my old house that I was renting, my friend has been taking care of it for almost 6 months, so I cant wait for it to finally be my own again!