Although videos are not my forte, I’m trying to learn how to make them the best that I can.
Anyone else struggling with this? Any tips?
Hence, I’ve dawdled quite a few years to showcase popular blog posts in video format.
So….this year I’ve actually made two videos.
VIDEO 1 OF 2: MY WALLPAPERED GLAM CLOSET
I’m happy to say the first video did very well on social media (youtube, instagram, and facebook)…very quickly.
It’s simply a view of my glam wardrobe I created for my historical clothing, primarily to showcase the gorgeous wall paper which is 18th century inspired!
You can see my youtube video of my glam wall-papered closet here.
DAILY WEAR WARDROBES AND HOW I GLAMMED THEM
All the details of how I painted and wall papered my glam wardrobe are at this link.
Long story short, only dark grey wardrobe units were available…so I painted them white and lined the insides with a gorgeous 18th century inspired wall paper I found, which feels very glam to me!
At the time I only had two wardrobe units for my daily blouses, pants, skirts, jackets, dresses, etc.
Elatedly I transferred my clothing from boxes to my new closets.
HISTORICAL CLOTHING PLAN A – GUEST ROOM CLOSET
Then I was gifted the guest room closet for my historical clothing.
Thus, I began planning decor for the guest room to lend to my use as a videography space to try on my gowns, which were so handily stored in the guest closet.
Why not? Around the corner was the guest bathroom I had designed for me and my granddaughters, with a spa tub, all of which my hubby insisted upon for me.
Well…long story short, that plan fell apart so my hubby gave me Plan B.
HISTORICAL CLOTHING PLAN B – ANOTHER GLAM CLOSET
He said he’d buy another IKEA wardrobe for my historical clothing to add to my others…which meant moving my vanity to the loft in the master bedroom.
Thus, my husband yielded the loft for my new historical space for videography, etc…moving more of his old bachelor assortments to a pile to disperse of in the future. 😉
Well, stay tuned for that space…because we are always busy with tons of remodels and renovations around our old house!
MORE GLAM DETAILS AND CONSIDERATIONS
This time white IKEA wardrobes were available!
Yea! No painting this time…but I did wall paper it as I did the others.
I also changed out all the modern-shaped silver handles to traditional-styled bronze which I personally find more elegant.
Inside the wardrobes I want to install lighting…so I have a trip to IKEA planned to see their units in person to see how their lighting system works.
I’m considering perhaps decoupaging 18h century French toil on the inside of the doors.
For the outside I’d like to use an antiquing gel, perhaps with an inset rope trim.
Though I’m a bit bored with the all white, neither do I want it to look busy.
Any other ideas about how I might glam these up?
VIDEO 2 OF 2 – SHOWCASING MY HISTORICAL WARDROBE
Meanwhile I’ve pondered interesting ways to create a video of my historical clothing in the wardrobe…but I keep running into limitations of how to edit videos.
However, I do have a reel idea I *think* I can pull off. That will be my next goal.
Last week I finally did a trunk show.
Since I don’t actually have a trunk (nor anywhere to put one in this squeezy townhouse), I did initially store them in waterproof containers when I moved here.
Imagine that I pulled my historical clothing that I’ve sewn from the trunk onto my bed, just waiting to be hung up in the new wardrobe.
That’s where I began my youtube video, which you can see here.
As I pick up each item, I describe the garment’s era and a bit of trivia or two about my sewing it.
These gowns from history include the following eras: Middle Ages, 18th century, 1820s, 1860, 1898, 1912, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
POSSIBLE PLANS FOR A THIRD VIDEO?
Meanwhile, I have 1950s dresses I wear on a daily basis in another wardrobe, that I thought I might make a video of later.
I get so many compliments on those dresses, btw, which amazes my husband who thinks only modern fits in today’s style range.
He’s learning there is a niche audience out there who appreciate vintage! 😉
