Home recording studio

Finally I have got myself a spare room for my recording gear, and once again it is a basement :D . I know it is not much but it is better than nothing, right And this is where you guys come in to the picture. I find it very hard to find a studio layout that uses the full potential of the room. Here is the current layout: And I will just ad a couple of pictures At first I was thinking about something like this But this was drawn before I had the chance to check out the room and the water heater seams to be in the way. I can not put up any walls because the owner of the house will not let me. Therefore any walls must be removable, I do not find this to be a big problem as I do not need any sound proof walls anyway. But I was thinking about building these removable walls to make the mixing environment better… my friend build these for his own studio for multiple purposes I need to have room for my mixer, monitors, keyboard and a double rack in the "control room/area". I need the studio to be a good room for songwriting, I would like to be able to record my guitar amp(not the one on the picture :D ) and do some vocals but the rest will be done in the computer. I have the drum set just for fun but I might record a couple of demos with it, but please note that it is not the heart of the studio. So do you have any ideas? Thanks Peter

Would something like these do? http://www.johnlsayers.com/HR/index1.htm :)

Thanks for the reply, :D When I find the right layout I will be using this concept, but the thing is that right now I have no idea on how I get the most out of the room... So I need some ideas on how to arrange my gear and where to put up the traps and walls. I find the room to be very difficult to arrange, because of the stairs, doors and the water heater.... I am willing to build some kind of specialized desk for my mixer and my rack if it makes the general layout better… This I my current setup I am stuck.

you need to resize your pics as stated in the very top of the forum under the thread posting pics

I am sorry about that, Is it better now? Does anyone have any input on the project? I was planning on starting and finishing it this week...