I've been collecting glassware for a first terrarium. Haven't gotten to step Two yet. Let's just say I am practicing step One over and over in case I need to downsize and don't have the room for anything bigger for succulents and shade plants in troughs and such.
In the past, I've experienced a 4000sq ft home on 10 acres and downsized at first to a 900 sq ft apt. Couldn't figure out where to do any gardening until I discovered that the apt balcony might work... Of course, the middle of two extremes is always best and so that's where I am now with my empty mason jars, apothecary jars, and a glass cotton ball container, still practicing step one where one has to have a container to start...