The Darkside is Approaching.

This morning started well enough, a trip to the hardware for materials, the rest of the morning was a bit more strenuous.  I'm just glad the studio is on the 2nd floor, not the fourth which the other unit I considered was.  There are a lot of stairs to carry 10 sheets of plasterboard, 20 lengths of timber, a bag of plaster plus all associated screws, buckets and tools.  I earned lunch in the cafe!

Revived by fried food in bread I started scrapping loose plaster off the walls, good job I bought a large pack of dust masks!  Walls cleared and stabilised I 'dotted and dabbed' plasterboard onto two of the walls in what will be the dry darkroom.

Next came the fun bit, fastening plasterboard onto the ceiling.  With the aid of two lengths of wood and my step ladders I eventually managed to cover the ceiling in this part of the darkroom.  The ceiling is clad in nice old timber, which I intend to clean up in the studio part, but in the darkrooms I have decided that it is better to cover it to cut down on dust.  

I then set about building the frame for the fourth wall which I had almost finished before I had to finish for the day.  So tomorrow - back to B&Q for more plaster board and by the end of the day I will hopefully have this room finished. Well that's the plan.