Well I braved the afternoon chill to sand and stain the case today (no pics it got too dark out) and threw a quick coat of black paint on the mobo tray. Still looks like shit... oh well.
Decided to go with completely open back. For best case air flow, and also decided to redo my IPS into a "cube" so the left pedestal of the desk is going to get drawers. I have one built already, will build one more and a small shelf for a recharging station.
Case, is going to need to be moved too much to worry about putting it in the desk, so will go along side it instead.
Nickel pulls I was originally going to use for the case will probably go on the drawers instead.
Drawer will be sanded and stained when I get the second one built
