[Leica] Wildly vague: shooting indoors

[tcb at thadbrown.com (TCB)]

I've always shot everything I shoot outside. My two fave photogs are 
definitely
HCB and Munk?csi, I like to go places and find interesting pictures, even if 
it's
a place that is no longer interesting to me. I also like to shoot a lot at 
night,
since I have a very demanding straight job so a lot of daylight hours just 
aren't
available. Whenever I'm a studio I feel like I'm a complete idiot and 
charlatan,
which is probably not too wide of the mark.

So, great, who cares? We're having a horribly winter in New England (I live 
in S.
Connecticut), and I'm not hauling out a tripod and a MF camera when it's 11
degrees outside. I know some of you do, and that's great, but I won't. 
Normally
this time of year features lots of chilly (but not arctic) days with rain, so
it's pretty fertile ground. If you take pictures in New England outside you 
learn
how to make rain look either good or bad, depending an your aesthetic 
preferences. 

All of this means that other than a few cool snapshots with the Contax T I 
keep
in my pocket I haven't taken a picture in months. So, I'm throwing in the 
towel
and want to create at least a corner of a room where I can take pictures of 
stuff
I own that are pretty. This means musical instruments and gear (a Technics 
1200
is a lovely thing), some cool trinkets from travel, and maybe the best 
picture I
can take of an empty bottle of Washington Syrah. 

I realize this is all uncommonly vague, but any links to web pages about 
setting
up a decent little indoor shooting area? Backdrops? Light sources that are
preferably simple and cheap and how to work with them? Gotchas and things to 
be
careful about?

Again, I understand I'm asking a very broad question, but any input would be
welcome. I really want to have some film to scan again. 

TCB