step one: clear out the back end of the shed, and demolish the pressboard shelves.

step two: build a wall, approximately four and a half feet from the back end wall of the shed (materials already purchased). include building a leg for the remainder of the shelves using recycled wood from the demolition project, in preparation to re-cover them (later, different project) with something more durable than pressboard.

step three: add a, preferably, left-hand, outswing door.

half of the wall is complete, and we have dry-fitted the door, which i had to cut down, because an 80-inch door is too tall… and we’re going to have to shim THE HELL out of the door, because the whole shed is so un-square that the door will not function without significant shimming. and it turns out that moe has a whole bunch of leftover doorknobs from the remodeling project at the clinic, so my un-square light room is going to get an official veterinary hospital doorknob. which is a lot better than the total lack of doorknob that i was going to go with. 😉

the rest of the wall is going to wait until the door is in place, so we will only have to cut and place once. i bought the insulation, and the mylar is ALLEGEDLY being delivered tomorrow, but i’ll believe it when i see it.

major thanks to my next door neighbour, tracy, who loaned me a circular saw that actually cuts straight and isn’t falling apart. 😉

step four: add a ceiling. (materials already purchased)

step five: add insulation on the walls and ceiling, preparing for step six in the process. then add reflective mylar sheeting over the insulation.

step six: add existing grow lights.