current floorplan
here's what i'm starting with...
the big room on the upper left will be where the main studio stuff is happening. the fireplace is going to be removed, and a door will be added between that room and the garage to provide easier load-in. the biggest problem with that room is the smaller support beam in the upper left. i had to scrap a bunch of potential plans because that beam would destroy control room symmetry and/or break up spaces in weird ways--it hangs just far enough down from the joists to be obnoxious. in some ways it's totally gratuitous from a load-supporting standpoint, but it would be a huge pain to redo the floor above with longer joists under the living room to alleviate the need for it. i'm just going to work around it.
the bathroom is hideous. it's going to be destroyed and rebuilt as a half-bath. the area surrounding it will become a lounge area.