We live in a small apartment with a 5X7 foot bathroom. I set up when the wife is at work, takes about 30 min. to set up and take down. My safelight is a red LED ropelight that stays up all the time, I just plug it in when working. My main problem is ventilation, gets too warm in there. My small set up is very simple with a Durst F30, ancient Time-O-Light, and a few trays. I can only do up to 8X10.