It’s amazing how dramatic an effect lighting can have on a space. My studio-to-be (eg. our garage) is a fairly unassuming grey brick/concrete space, and despite my best efforts to make it more interesting and liveable it has steadfastly remained a fairly dull space. Blue carpet bits, curtains, various and sundry bits & pieces stuck on the wall – they’ve all helped, but ultimately it’s still felt very much like a garage. But today we went shopping and picked up a trapeze-lighting kit and I spent a few hours and a couple of glasses of wine installing it. Very nice!
I’ve decided not to take any photos just yet, as the room’s in a considerable state of disarray. I’m using the floor as something of a “to sort” folder, so as you can no doubt imagine, things are getting worse before they’re better. But the lighting is still dramatic in its impact. Rather than an obscenely messy garage, it now looks like an obscenely messy creative space, and that’s an important distinction. I’ve got a bunch of Sunday set aside to move things around and make it all somewhat nautically-shaped, and then it’ll be hopefully worthy of photographicism.
I’ve still got some insulation to do, but as we’re edging into warm-weather time I’m going to assume that I’ve got a few months grace to get that aspect sorted out. Priorities and such-like. Right now I have a bunch of musical projects either pending completion or pending commencement, and what I need is a space that lets me achieve that with the minimum of physical, intellectual and emotional impediment. And as stupid as I know it sounds, I think these lights are going to be a big help 
