Minor Adjustments

After having used the darkroom a couple of times now for both developing film and printing enlargements, I ended up making a few minor adjustments to the original design to improve the work-flow.  The first thing I decided to do (which is viewable in the photos of my first post) was to increase the height of the splash board dividing the wet side of the darkroom from the dry side.  I felt that there was too great a possibility of chemicals from the sink areas splashing over to the enlarger area and causing all kinds of problems.  The divider now runs nearly up to the ceiling. 

Once I had increased the size of the divider, I decided that I was now ready to make my first contact prints.  Right away, when I was attempting adjust the enlarger with only the safety light on, I realized that the new barrier that I had erected between the sink and the enlargers was blocking the light from the safety light and casting most of the enlarger into complete darkness.  This prevented me from doing anything involving the enlarger until I moved the safety light several feet to the right so that it straddled the new barrier and shed light on both the enlarger and the sink. 

Currently, with these two changes, the darkroom is fairly functional.  At some point down the line I will want to make a few more minor adjustments, but, for now, I plan to just enjoy using it.