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I have been working on a design for a stand for my 20 gallon aquarium to sit on. Each side of a square is 2 inches long in my diagrams. Pocket hole joints are indicated by double arrows, while the lil box thingies are L brackets. I plan to attach the top to the legs using figure 8 brackets.

Are there obvious ways I could improve my design? This will be my first serious woodworking project.

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So if I'm reading this right, your "legs" are 3/4" thick, 2" wide, and 29" long. That strikes me as a little light for the load in question. I don't understand what the front and back are going to look like at all. I also don't quite understand the...feet? Are we doing lap joints with boards at the bottom?

You're attaching whatever the front and back will be with L brackets?

What tools do you have available to you?