It's supposed to be obvious I would not be in favor of removing what others often refer to as "clutter" :) The aux storage areas are not where the overlaid lay

It's supposed to be obvious I would not be in favor of removing what others often refer to as "clutter" :) The aux storage areas are not where the overlaid layers of equipment on and around the benches would be as immediately useful. Plus, most importantly the storage rooms are supposed to already be full to the gills so you can hardly walk inside them ;) Containing equipment from which thousands of hours of learning has been gleaned beforehand. In both, you often need as much stuff squeezed into a small space as possible before you can come near the goal line. I'll take scientific progress that's good enough to emerge from the lab over a "clinical" appearance of the lab itself any day.