Noob, setting up (read the stickies)

[Snake Judy]

The stickied tank was just to boring, plain......and white.

i checked out those tank pages, just not going to spend 200 bucks instead of 35 for a 20L.

I do want something at least a bit more biotope looking than white walls and newspaper for the substrate and out of place decorations

If you're planning to build a vivarium and are aiming for a more naturalistic set-up you could research bioactive enclosures. It's basically creating a mini ecosystem with microfauna in place to keep in clean and healthy. I've almost got mine up and running and they're a lot of fun to put together. You can use live plants (sturdier species, of course, for a ball) and moss, branches, etc. The only thing to consider is that they need a thick layer of substrate, like at least 5 inches, plus a drainage layer, so you'd need to work in sufficient overhead heating, like a radiant heat panel, as opposed to an under tank pad.