Again, the design implementation generally went very well. The highlights were; Phase One: Just simply rearranging the desk & folding down the bed made such a vast difference to the room. The task took me less than an hour to finish & as I didn't have very much equipment at the time, wiring all of it back up again was a fairly quick job too. What a transformation! Furniture: Whenever I decided what I needed for the studio, I was able to find it really quickly & for virtually no money. The bookshelves were as good as ready to use, only needing a couple of shelves moving up. The second desk was a bargain for the runners alone, but also provided the new desktop & more potential resources for the future. Recycling: I always enjoy being able to reuse things & this was a perfect opportunity for me to do so in a way that also allowed me to be creative with it.
 

 There were a few areas which were a bit more challenging. Studio content: As I was learning as I went along about the workings of recording equipment, I was having to anticipate at each stage what else might be added to the studio in the future. This made each design phase a bit of a guessing game, though it all seemed to progress alright from each phase to the next. Equipment specifications: Having ordered each item of equipment I then had to design a space for it, preferably before it arrived. This was not so easy though when I didn't have precise dimensions of the module or what inputs & outputs it had for cable connections with the rest of the studio. These were things that were harder to find out than I first thought & caused a few hold ups.

 Rewiring: Adding new modules to the system & having to redesign the layout each time, meant that I wasn't simply just plugging one or two new things in. Because of the complexity of the interconnections, I basically had to unplug everything & start again from scratch each time. Filing drawer runners: When I rebuilt the desk, I noticed that the filing drawer runners were not very strong. Perhaps unwisely I assumed that they would be OK & now that they aren't it is not an easy job to replace them. I continue to be challenged every time I need to open these drawers & know that I will be again when I come to fix them!
 

 Equipment wants: Had I known from the outset what studio equipment I was going to get, I would have had an easier time designing the studio in one go. However, I did learn by using the equipment too, so I may not have been able to obtain such clarity so soon by waiting longer. Fixing filing drawers: I should have fixed the runners of the filing cabinet drawers properly during my rebuilding of the desk. It would have been a lot easier to do while the desk was in pieces, but I was excited about getting the job finished & I put that part of it off to another day. When it will be much more difficult!