The last picture is a much better pic. The bottles provide more depth perception and reduces the amount of mirrored reflection surface you see. Great Job.
As for the condenstion, do the eexperiment. You have it sealed and running plug it in and let it run for 6 hours and colllect the condensate. It is in your garage which is a lot more humid than your house will be becasue the house is A/C. So this test should be worst case. Then take the...