You should know that my brother was a finish carpenter and is an incredible artist. He helped design the trim for the base of the aquarium in one night. We spent the next day hacking this out. It was sooo much fun.
Trimming out a project is very “delicate” and takes a fair amount of time.
- Properly trimming out a project can make an ugly project look beautiful.
- On the other hand, a bad trim job can make a beautiful project look UGLY. So…I called my brother & look what we did.
We did our best to make it look awesome. My brother is an artist, engineer, and a carpenter. He works magic. See below:
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The next step in the project is to start building the “hood” to go on tope of the aquarium and cover the lights and such. It’ll make it look MUCH better.
I had to keep things light, so I’m using 1/4″ plywood with 1″ thick lumber. It takes a lot of glue and joint work to ensure it’s strong enough to take the abuse of doors opening a lot and sometimes being taken off the aquarium for cleaning and such.
