So the wood floor is in the control room is going down and it's going surprisingly well. Considering there isn't a carpenter in sight, we didn't expect it to go so well without a hitch. It has completely changed the feel of the room. All of a sudden it feels like we're standing in the middle of a studio as opposed to a construction site. The floor we chose is a HDF engineered oak product. Engineered wood, in contrast to solid wood, is a plank made up of multiple layers. In t

The final stages for the studio electrics are underway and our electrician is hard at work installing our sockets, switches, and lights. We were a little too eager last year, and in our naivety we bought all the electrical fittings far too early. Approximately 9 months later (now we are actually ready to install them) we decided that we wanted a different type! Luckily we could haggle Screwfix to swap them out like-for-like. Tacky white plastic sockets and switches are not

It feels like we're in the final stages of this project and we've put our hearts and souls into it, a labour of love, a huge learning curve, a load of fun! So here's an quick update on what we've done in the past couple of weeks... We've installed the first bass traps at the rear of the control room, using up our huge mound of Rockwool off-cuts the traps are essentially triangle extensions to the existing corners. Built just like our stud walls with a timber frame and sheets