After almost a year of gathering components and taking up space in our apartment, Feargan's Palace is FINALLY DONE! (Minus extraneous external decorating; money sucks.)
This is pretty much what sat in our dining room for most of a year:
Parts were gathered and gracious birthday gifts were bestowed and so work finally resumed :
Rough plans for the viv:
(My wonderful girlfriend demonstrating just how huge the new viv really is.)
Adding the screen:
Screen and top components in place:
Wiring the light fixtures and a dimmer switch to control them into the open space in the florescent fixture:
Light fixtures and their base installed:
Track added and screen securing strips installed:
Plexiglass testing:
After quickly slapping together some temporary furniture; light and temperature testing:
I really like that branch with the leaves on it. Where did you get it? It looks like one you'd get from a petshop but I've never seen anything like it.
Great looking viv too, I had someone make mine, should be here in a few days