Before I start blogging about my adventures re-entering miniature painting... I thought I'd share a bit of my main hobby / passion... music. My wife and I moved to Indiana last year (my wife found out her job was being eliminated in 3 months and then literally the last 2 weeks, she got promoted and we moved - long story... and my job was awesome and I just moved my desk from an office in one state to an office here - and then 5 months later they let me and a bunch of other people go for cost reductions... another long story... it's been a long year and a half or so! )

Back off topic again... So we bought a house that was half built and got to finish it. We dedicated one room to my studio - for music, for working on web sites and coding, etc... I wanted double drywall hung (I looked into special products and simple double drywall seemed to be the best bang for the buck.) I also had insulation put into the interior walls. We'll add insulation under the room in the basement later.

A key thing for me is the synth closet. I had the closet widened so I could put everything in there - which hides a lot of the chaos and mess and makes a more clean look and feel to the room.

Here are some photos.

* Installing the standards


synthcloset_1 by johei, on Flickr

* Experimenting with foam pipe rap around the brackets to hold the synths


synthcloset_2 by johei, on Flickr


* Planning what gear goes where


synthcloset_3 by johei, on Flickr

* A bit further along


synthcloset_4 by johei, on Flickr

* Cut a shelf for the mixer


synthcloset_5 by johei, on Flickr

* Close up of the foam pipe wrap supporting the synths


synthcloset_6 by johei, on Flickr

This was all done end of October 2012. We've made a bit more progress on the room which I'll post soon.

John