Blueprints The terrarium is built of wardrobe doors from IKEA. They are 16 mm thick and of oak (not solid oak though). The fronts (C+D) were 40 cm wide and the sides were 60 cm. I had a carpenter to saw them as shown below to get it straight. It was really worth the money because it all became very nice with angles and the finish became really good. The back and the floor was made of 16 mm thick MDF board. The back had to be made in two pieces since the largest MDF board I found was 1220x2440 mm large. I used various wood strips (trim) to fasten the floor for example. The floor was fastened with 15x15 mm wood strips with 30 mm screws. The strips used to set up the lights were 40x8 mm lister. The net roof was made out of 12x12 mm strips and the net fastened to it. It was all screwed together from the inside with metal angles. I used some 20 of these angles. I used 16 mm screws in order not to see the screws on the outside. I started building by attaching the back piece to the wall with two solid screws. I made sure the position and angle was perfect. then I started building. The screws can be removed but I let them there for added stability. Then it was just a matter of adding piece by piece.
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