Great looking item 'dog... though one question... did you forget to cut the corner off the tripod... or is it that the cutoffs wouldn't have a leg to stand on?
Oh, another one question... never good at maths... That white painted skirting board, verges on sacrilege, oh yeah, the question... Did you run out of walnut paint?
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD