Building a Terrarium back wall
Building a back wall for your terrarium is some work, but I really think it pays off in the long term. Having a nicely designed terrarium in your living room is a real eye catcher. To be fair: the resident usually does not care at all 😉
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We started by putting up Styrodur on some spots to have a bit uneven structure later
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Then we placed a mat on the ground because the next step is a bit messy:
(A lot) Construction foam is sprayed on the walls
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When the foam was completely dried, we cut it and tried to give it a natural look.
You don’t need to work out the small crevices as we will use a lot of paint in the next step.
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We primed everything with black tile glue to get dark shadows and contrast (and because the yellow Styrodur would shine through).
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In the last step we used a dry brushing technique and created a natural looking habitat