Another IKEA project in the books! I’m really pleased with how this one turned out and can’t wait to see how this jungle establishes and takes on a life of its own. I probably like the Cebu Blue Pothos the most. What’s your favorite plant from this build? Let me know, and have a great weekend SerpaSquad!

@shontellepetersen4445

28 күн бұрын

I miss read that first sentence and thought you were releasing your own book. Maybe one day you will do one :)

@marikah6198

28 күн бұрын

Cool project as always. Not glueing the PVC pipe is an eye opening idea! Not using foam is great, too! I like the simplicity. Your wife is lucky to have you. 😊

@sghettinona

28 күн бұрын

Bravo!!

@thefullstop23

28 күн бұрын

Whats the name of the plant at 07:33, Mr Tanner? Great build! edit : Fittonia “Red Anne”. I got it. 😊

@ialrakis5173

28 күн бұрын

Great build but now I'm surprised and confused. That Fittonia looks exactly like plants I have in my aquarium. Found some posts saying it's possible. Do you have any experience with that?

The cutting off the ikea allen key to become a drill bit was genius

@antonfeirer3408

28 күн бұрын

I was like "omg I never thought of this" :o

@juliejames6322

28 күн бұрын

His is the first gift of this I video. I love this tip SO much, because I hate the way those tiny weak tools rip up my tender hands.

@allusernamestakenlol

28 күн бұрын

Tanner is a legitimate genius

@socalstr

28 күн бұрын

It’s clever! However, this soft allen key will fail rather quickly as a drill bit. You’re gonna want to get a legit $2 drill bit at Home Depot to resolve this requirement longer term.

@thomashaapalainen4108

28 күн бұрын

I do this for my job .

Love that this was for your wife. Also, we got a sneak at her plant room. Would love a tour if she wouldn't mind.

Your wife asked for MORE plants, in MORE naturalistic enclosures, in YOUR house? She's a keeper. A plant keeper that is. She also sounds awesome.

I'm in love with the cork background, the texture is so appealing but it doesn't subtract or distract from the plants, so pretty!!

Happy wife, happy life

@cooliipie

28 күн бұрын

Never settle, never simp. There needs to be a healthy dynamic

@christopherbedford4764

28 күн бұрын

Happy Spouse, Happy House

@goosenotmaverick1156

28 күн бұрын

Dang right. A good dynamic goes a long way

@Rob-ze1wi

28 күн бұрын

Hate this saying. Female manipulation. My way or miserable life.

@analloshappyness

28 күн бұрын

Omg rio reference 😂

your wife mentioned it gave her ideas for her own projects, would you guys be willing to make something together one day for a video or a video of your wife making something. i understand if she doesnt want to be on camera more so just seein one of her creations. its lovely that she likes plants as much as you do, i loved this video :)

@zombei_kid

28 күн бұрын

In their wedding video, they made a terrarium together. It was quite sweet lol But yes, I'd love to see more of her if she feels comfortable with it.

As someone with absolutely no creativity, it's simply amazing to watch you create these scapes. Every decision you make just blows me away at how damn good it looks!

Good hubby! 😊 It's reminiscent of Nebuchadnezzar making the hanging gardens for his bride who was quite literally pining for green things. But on a scale that fits in a house. Beautiful.

@braria9855

21 күн бұрын

Unromantic fun fact, it may not have been Nebuchadnezzar but Sennacherib who made the hanging gardens of Babylon since some people (without maps, based on rivers) also called Ninive "Babylon". There's lots of compelling evidence for this to be true (such as Sennacherib claiming to have created something similar and simultaneously there being no records for Nebuchadnezzar for these gardens despite there being good records for most of his other achievements) , but due to conflicts we can't actually get archeologists to try digging around to find out. Do check out Stephanie Dalley and others if you're curious. I just wrote a thesis about green roofs and found some of this info during a side quest so I'm no expert. Another random fun fact, apparently the Archimedes' screw was already used there - so before he "invented" it. :D

@emilyb4702

20 күн бұрын

@@braria9855 I would love to time travel and see how history actually happened and what it looked like! And magically understand the language and blend in with the locals while we're at it. It's good to have a passion for history.

Your wife is a very lucky lady! It is beautiful and I love the pops of red and other shades. 💕💕💕💕

Exceptional, I want to see this in one year please. Peace.

Wow! That's going to be even more incredible the next time we see it!

All your videos are inspiring, but my faves are the plant videos. I actually have learned a lot from your videos about plants and how to create an environment for them. Good video!!

What a wonderful project! I love it that your wife got inspired for her own projects by something you made for her! Awesome ❤

Finally the giant tank again, Love it! ❤

This is like 3 steps away from being an optimal enclosure for a chameleon.

@ListenAndWhisper

28 күн бұрын

That’s what I was thinking

@jauniiwolf

27 күн бұрын

Please give me the next 3 steps😅(more for a ball python, bigger cabinet and snake-friendly don’t worry🙈)

Bruh no wonder I've been depressed, KZread stopped notifying me when SerpaDesign posted. This is the first I've seen pop up on my fyp in a few months. Time to catch up and de-stress 🥰

@alyssag8146

23 күн бұрын

I hope you feel better ❤

@jackstone4291

8 күн бұрын

Same. Why KZread why?!

THE CORK LAYERS IDEA AND THE WAY IT LOOKS IN THE VIDEO IS MAKING ME :) GOOD TO HEAR YOUR WIFE EXPLAINING AND ENJOYING YOUR WORK :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

Clearly a labor of love! But simple enough for us all to do it! Incredible.

Such a classic Serpa build- accessible, relatively affordable, and a stunning final result!

Congratulations to your wife for the good choice she made in plants and also for choosing such a tasteful and artistic wife like you. May God bless your life.🌹🌹

One thing I’m slowly learning about your wife is that she’s always right. Pea puffer fish? Cookie? This terrarium? All 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Your eye for composition is incredible

Wow, absolutely STUNNING!! I would love to have room for something like that, but until I do, I am living vicariously through you!!! It's great to hear your wife & I love that this has given her (/you!!) more project ideas!!!

It was so cute hearing your wife's voice off camera at the end! :p Love this project, and loved the sneak peak at your beautiful sunroom area. It seems like you have a very cool/unique property!

Who still think it’s an easy project when read the title? Amazing by the way

Great idea. Can't help but imagine all that cork and all those branches covered in orchids...maybe need some more light for that though.

Wow!! It's perfect. Can't wait to see it grow in. Gorgeous plant filled cabinet for a very lucky wife!

Aww what a sweet hubby!❤️ it’s absolutely beautiful and anyone would be lucky to have that in their home! Love the build as always can’t wait to see the next one❤️

This is my sign to finally setup my IKEA cabinet like this. I been wanting to do this for a while now. Thanks for the instructions!

Love this video, thank you both for sharing this build! Wonderful work on that background, so useful to see a more simple style as a background (especially as it will probably be covered up with plants in no time, much more cut and paste for beginners than foam etc which for newbies really seems to be more daunting.

This is amazing! I can't wait to see the walk in version. (Greenhouse) ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Much love❤❤❤❤

I Hope you know that out of all of all your videos the ones where you make greatness out of random items are my favorite! I especially love these!

FINALLY A SERPA MILSBO BUILD!!!! ive been waiting for one of these since i got my milsbo wide two years ago!

This display would be beautiful in any setting. 😍

You have a GORGEOUS home (from the glimpses we could get) ❤

This is so much nicer than having a million potted plans hanging out everywhere. It looks more natural.

What a gorgeous room for houseplants!!!! Wow those windows ❤️❤️❤️

Would love to see a video about how to take care of these plants and how to maintain the greenhouse!

You have been a huge inspiration for years and one of the reasons i started to make my own terrarium related content. 🌱🌱🌱

Great idea, especially since its so tropical plant friendly and upkeep reducing.

That is just beautiful I love the jungle look all over my home .

I enjoy watching your projects and builds. The cork background turned out very nice in this build. I always learn something when watching your videos.

You did a great job! You're a keeper! Geeze! All that work, and I thought it would be a simple IKEA project. Too complicated for me. I need to find another one of you to marry! ♥

This would be right up my alley had your wife requested orchids, orchids, and more orchids.

im glad wifey wa shappy with results, im glad you did this for her and us

I just made one of these for all my rare syngonium species. Instead of cork bark I covered the back wall with sphagnum moss and mounted live moss against it. Basically a sphagnum moss pole built into the back of the cabinet. I didn't include a substrate layer and opted to keep the plants in pots instead. I plumbed in a humidifier so it stays at 90% rh all day long, as I didn't seal it at all. This allows for more air cycling which is (subjectively) better for hard to grow plants. I take so much inspiration from your projects and this one is no different. Great work, I may do one of these soon for some exotic isopods in the future. (quick note, the pothos is not a cebu blue, but an epipremnum pinnatum albo. Same family as the cebu blue, but the green is darker and they take longer to fenestrate) regardless, love this one! the leaves get BIG FAST, mine are already a foot in length.

@JaSon-wc4pn

24 күн бұрын

Moss background sounds epic, Ive been harvesting moss from my neighbours walls For a small terrarium

Your wife is awesome!!! She speaks my language. I love the red plants and the fluffy green plants and the ones that are glued to the branch. Finally!!!! I understand!!!

Perfect timing - I was thinking of doing this same DIY soon!

I have to say that you have inspired me to keep by own isopods (dairy cow) and they love the new things I slowly add to their home

Very nice and simple project... I was just looking at a Ikea cabinet like this the other day thinking it would make for a nice project in my new apartment.... I will definitely copy the setup of using the shelves like this to get multiple heights, maybe combined with a mosspole in the middle for rooting some plants even higher

You live in my DREAM HOUSE! I have always wished to have a sunroom like you do! I agree with your wife that you can never have enough plants! 💚

We definitely need to have an update on it, in a couple of months. Great build.

So jealous of that sunroom area where all her plants are! My house is at an angle where there are only a few windows that get enough light for plants, so I would go absolutely hogwild if I had a sunroom like that. If I had more know-how for tools I would love to make a jungle cabinet one day

@TheSeptemberRose

28 күн бұрын

Yeah! I felt a pang of envy at that sunroom too!!!!!

great now i have to go ask my husband how much he loves me

Stunning. Clever drill bit!

Love the cork background!! With the plants, looks gorgeous 😊

This is the cabinet I had hoped you’d build something in. I have one that I think will become an enclosure once I figure out how to liberate the contents onto a bookshelf

I can't wait to see the backyard waterfall some more. Hoping for some updates at least.

It was magnificent. It even made me want to try making one. Congratulations!!!

love it!! I did something similar with a different ikea cabinet based on what I learned from you! It's been about 6 months and its doing amazing! my pothos leaves grew to about double the size lol

So elegant and simple! I would've liked to see a red plant or two higher up to balance it out, and I'm excited to see how it grows. Hoping you'll do an update on it in a few months!

Wow, you actually made an ikea product useful... I love it!

This was such a sweet thing to build 💚

I had to pause the video and contemplate life after you cut off the bent part of the allen wrench to use as a drill bit lol. I never would've thought of that. That's genius.

All you do is for you, not you personally, but for otherself you. (The definition of Oneness) Another great build.

Absolutely stunning! Wow!!!

I absolutely love it. I will endeavour to build one myself, I hope I can make it look good.

Looking forward to see it in a few months!

Stunning! I have 4, I learned a lot from this.

That's awesome. I love seeing your creations

When wife tells you don't have enough plants, believe them! 😅✌💙 Awesome build, as always.

amazing, I would pay tons for this setup. You are so very talented. just gorgeous!

You did an excellent job creating this! 💯

This is just the sweetest!

Great job, I love it. I would love to see this done with orchids.

It's beautiful.

I love it ❤ I am trying something similar on a smaller scale using the Ackarbar mini greenhouse from IKEA. But this has mich more vertical space for the plants to grow 🪴

Really cool! I have been waiting for another IKEA Greenhouse build from you! I just made one huge cabinet using 8 Rudsta Wides and connecting them all together. If you’re looking at making another one for your wife I would highly recommend doing the Rudsta stack. So much more room.

Love this! I'd like to make one for my office.

looks awesome Serpa! Really love your videos! Maybe one thing i would change is a bit of black tape across the top so you don't look directly into the light.

We need more Mrs. Serpa projects

Mrs. Serpa getting in on the action love to see it!!

Hey serpa can you try to make a prehistoric palidarium or something like and amphibians reptile in a jungle or a triops river bioms please 😊

If we can get a return to this just to see how it’s grown in about 6 months from now will be awesome. And anything that needed to be changed or challenges, etc. would be cool to know. 👍

It's so nice to see you build something for your wife and chosing the plants you knew she would like! ♥️ Nice work! I really enjoy your videos! Also will use your Alen key trick next time I build furniture haha

I just built two of those IKEA cabinets for my D&D minis but this is a great idea and I ever decide to stop playing TTRPGs!

This is a super cool build most of US could pull off! Thank you very much for documenting and sharing it. This with some variations and ventilation could be made into a great setup for really arboreal tree frogs, cresties with a different background and more branches, or a lot of other things. maybe even a male Children's Python or some kinds of geckos. (Clearly you and your lady are made for each other!)

This was so sweet 🥹💞

Love it! This is really lovely.

Awesome cabinet! ❤

Another solid video! Great choice of music too! I'm very tempted to copy this.

Looks awesome. Might I suggest some orchids to the top canopy for occasional flowers.

stunning love it

Looks like a great cresty home to me!

FABULOUS job!

Just started the video but I know this one is gonna pop off

Keep up rhe good work man. We all love you❤

The diversity of IKEA furniture! Lookas amazing! I have this cabinet too, but mine has Lego cars 😁

Neoregelia Ionantha !?!? Sign me up lol. Thank you Tanner. My greenhouse is a work of art due to the many ideas you have inspired to me.