all right i'm going to show you how i turned this room into this
so i've been working on this studio for over five months now and i want to take you through all the
things that it took to get to this stage now i wanted a place that can be used for creating
youtube content color grading podcasting music production and even gaming it was also important
as a filmmaker to be able to create a space that is modular where i can kind of move things around
and then no matter which angle the camera is pointing at i can film multiple different
types of environment all within one space now before we dive in i will be creating a full
series of youtube videos that will break down different sections of this room in more detail
because there's a lot of content that i know is going to be too long to share in just one video
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when those videos drop so where to start the first thing you might notice compared to before
is the painting the flooring and the wall texture we had to take down some
wall shelving and add some drywall as this room was never really finished when we purchased it
i also knew i needed power in this area over here and so i ran power from the other side of the wall
outlet and just added an outlet here when planning everything out the big focus was
having power available in the ceiling so that i could mount a lot of things from the ceiling
instead of relying on stands so i ran power from the light switch to the center of the room i then
knew i wanted to mount heavy equipment from the ceiling and needed better support so i cut out
a section of drywall and just added some better support to hold all of my equipment and c-stands
we actually installed something called a quiet wall which is like carpet for wall so if you look
at it closely this is what you can find at movie theaters on the wall it's kind of the same kind of
material i picked this up from home depot and it cost me roughly about 500 with three full panels
of the stuff we decided to use it for the ceiling as well even though it's not advertised for that
use and used the same wall glue and added staples to help secure and keep it in place you can't see
the staples unless you shine light on it and for the most part we really wanted an easy way
to deaden the sound in this room so it wouldn't reflect when playing music or recording audio
full cost of carpet wall and glue is roughly 530 dollars for paint we went with this limousine
leather color from home depot that also had this bare scuff defense coating that keeps
it from showing scratches or hand prints we ended up using the same paint on the wall slats as well
total cost of paint was roughly a hundred dollars for three gallons
now for the floor carpet it was kind of difficult to actually install myself because i still had my
desk in here i was still trying to do work so i couldn't get it out of the room also we ended
up scraping the wall dramatically during install and had to repaint the lower sections of the walls
noted install carpet first if you can or just know you might need to touch up paint later i wanted
this color and style because i could still use my office chair and easily move furniture around
smoothly cost for this was only 90 as i found it at home depot as a scrap piece and i saved like 30
on it now let's move on to the desk setup this is a sit stand desk from ikea called idison and
i researched tons of different system desks to make sure first of all which one is the right
size for me but also the durability what's really cool about this desk is it goes really low to the
ground and it can extend extremely high also if i want to shift side to side it's pretty stable
when you're considering it the legs are extremely strong i absolutely love it and it's been working
phenomenally now the top of the desk is not the original option which i would prefer as it is
a little bit thicker but because of kovid it has been difficult to pick up certain items from ikea
however this was in stock and matched the size so i grabbed it and used it for now
i also wanted to have this thing move around in the room and be very modular so i simply installed
some furniture sliders and this thing slides anywhere way better than having wheels honestly
cost of this desk was around 600 total now i'm briefly going to talk about this desk as i would
do a full breakdown of all the gear the monitors i'm using the audio computer specs all that it's
going to be in a future video in a future series that's going to go really in depth all the cabling
underneath and everything so definitely check that out whenever it launches in the meantime
i currently have a sonos beam system that i've cleverly connected to my audio device for output
from this focusrite device this will be updated in the future with a nice stereo system but for now
this is what i'm using i have a shelf under here where my mac mini is sitting and connected to
this egpu that i will eventually update with a future mac mini running silicon
as that will be the best option for me in my opinion i'm ocd about cabling which you will
see in all my future breakdown videos so here i have an ethernet cable connected to a server room
where we access our files from a qnap and then this power cable to run all power to the desk then
i can move this desk anywhere in this room however i want i also have monitor mounts that allow me to
move my monitors out of the way and film straight on for youtube videos without needing to change
my setup again an overall focus in this room is to have space to create quickly and efficiently
without having to spend a lot of time setting up for shoots and stuff now before we dive into this
slated wall which is one of a kind and honestly the most difficult build i've ever done let's go
over all the lighting in this room and the sound paneling i'm using acoustic sound panel squares
that i got off amazon which i will link in the description below i really wanted an artistic
looking wall that had character to it so i spent a little more on this particular design that doubled
as sound panels as well as an art backdrop and i absolutely love the look now it wasn't cheap
as it was double the cost of the black panels and i even used more of those however i love
the look of it and it helps make the space pop with character for the black panels i decided to
stagger them so that when light hit it it created more leading lines and shadows that helped produce
a nice shape in the background of my videos total cost for sound panels is roughly 650 for lighting
i really wanted most of this room to be automated with voice control like this alexa studio demo
alexa turn on studio light plug i can create different scenes for different work environments
and i really love that efficiency when editing i have a different scene for that when i'm
recording i have a scene for that which also triggers the light outside my door to turn red
so people know not to knock or disturb me until after i'm finished recording
here for my main light i'm currently using a newer led light that is bi-color which is great
because it is mounted to the ceiling i can easily adjust it with the c-stand arm for different
scenes and control the intensity with a separate controller if needed i have attached it to a smart
plug for now to turn it on and off based off the scene i'm going for i can also attach flags or
other things like mics to the ceiling as well to make things as clean and simple to use as possible
over here i have a vintage replica of like a hollywood tripod spotlight that i changed out the
bulb to be a smart bulb so that i can control that also since we do music down here i got my juno 106
and mic setup and everything uh i added lighting up here kind of as i wanted to kind of spotlight
some stuff i have a focus chart that i got off etsy which i really love and then over here
my pride and joy is my lego builds uh this is an actual grand piano which is pretty amazing it's
got hammer action and everything you can even roll up the little bitty seat right there pedal works
it's just magnificent over here stranger things set which you can see will in the demogorgon
on the bottom which is hilarious because what's really great is you can also do this
bam the upside down uh what's also great is you can turn it around
and get introduced to the other side of the world which is really cool overall i've really been
loving doing lego lately it's been a fun hobby of mine and you know got to showcase it really
nicely with this lighting also i added these nan light holders so you can kind of pull these
off just got these mag like mag light holders for flashlights and they they work perfectly for this
which is nice so i can kind of just push them onto the wall and position them there
i also added a magnet right here so i can just attach this if i want to added a magnet and i
can attach it to anything that's metal which is great whenever i'm laying out this whole space
all right it's a total lighting cost for this room which includes the tripod spotlight we have
another ikea light over here we've got these spots up here and we've got led strips all around the
room and then the main light that is the bi-color newer light all that's roughly six hundred dollars
for furniture most everything in this room is from ikea uh it just i love the aesthetic and also the
price point really helped to make everything happen we have guests sometimes come stay over
with us or family so i picked up the sectional sofa that unfolds into a bed and it is awesome
doesn't clutter the room with a big bed or sofa and still allows for a guest to rest
or an artist when they want to lay down some tracks overnight or if you are coming over for
an ultimate lego build weekend like our friend jake here for the shelf i picked it up from ikea
to store my most used equipment that i currently have right now i installed custom led strips to
light everything really well and also built this really awesome lens holder that i will break down
in another future video that is part of this series so make sure you have subscribed so you
don't miss the video whenever it goes live i have our gear small equipment and adapters color charts
storage containers for cables and stuff and i will be adding more stuff soon
over here we have the charging bay which is our charging bay 2.0 if you've watched our youtube
video before i did a full breakdown on how i built this so you can check this link that i'm going to
have up here and watch that you'll probably want to build your own but this is really efficient i
decided to stack these instead of having them side by side which takes up the space really nicely
i also have all my power and stuff tucked behind here that connects to the ceiling power
which keeps the cables clean and hidden i also added another led light strip up here and some
greenery and then just kind of laid everything out nicely i will be showcasing all the updates i have
made to this and some things i've learned over the past couple years with this in a future video
my number one goal again i hate clutter and really love a clean aesthetic as much as possible
over here we have a white table circle table that i can change the different heights if i want to do
product placement and do different shots there then i have this c-stand that i've added wheels
to that you can see at the bottom right here so i can literally move this all around the room
wherever i want a little shelf if i want to place some stuff on it just keeps things much easier to
kind of maneuver and keep everything modular in this room and lastly i have these backdrops right
over here so if i want to have a different look for different youtube videos or whatever it is
i have different colors that i can just control depending on what environment and what backdrop
i want again what i love about this room is i can create multiple different environments different
backdrops i can use the black sound panels as a backdrop or i can have these two different colors
and i can easily change these out for other colors that i have stored elsewhere in this house
and then up here you can see i have this conduit piping that i just placed up here that
have attached to different beams so i can attach again anything magnetic like the nano lights or
i can mount a microphone or a boom stand or anything to that as well i also added fake
plants throughout the space to help create an overall creative and relaxing environment that
i had been wanting in my own space cost of all the furniture is roughly fourteen hundred dollars
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using inley now now onto this slated wall this is definitely one of a kind and i'm truly stoked with
how it turned out this is made up of about 65 1x2 pieces of wood that i cut sanded and painted i had
seen a lot of slated wall designs online and had saved a few inspirations that implemented lighting
and i wanted a really unique layout that took it to the next level i had the idea to install
addressable led lights into the slates to create the look i wanted in order to do that i had to
take about 11 slats and rotor out channels for the led strips to embed into the wood so that it
would sit flush then i had to solder every led strip and run all the cables behind the slats
down to the bottom and connect them to the next led slat i ended up using 12-volt addressable led
lights so that i didn't have to add tons of power injections that most 5 volt options would require
i ran all the cabling to a box that i installed over here behind the backdrops
where i can always access the wi-fi controller and update it down the road if i want to
then i have power cables running all the way from behind the charging bay
in order to keep a very clean professional look while keeping all the power in one location
eventually i will use a custom raspberry pi that i can program to do custom looks and right now
i went with this controller so that i can program them to create some really unique looks like these
here i'm using an app called fairy nest because it's addressable i can program each individual
led if i wanted to for now this is what i have total cost for this slated wall including all the
lighting only about 500 however it took so much time to build this so much time so just know that
it is affordable but also it takes a lot of energy and time and troubleshooting and again i'm going
to show a very detailed in-depth video all the issues i ran into it how i fixed it some cool tips
and tricks for you if you want to create a smaller version or a larger version of this as well
so this is my entire studio makeover thank you so much for watching hopefully you enjoyed this video
i have a very very in-depth video highlighting all the different steps about this process so
make sure that you're subscribed and hit that notification bell so you get notified whenever
it goes live i'll be sharing some unique tips and hacks that i learned along the way as well as a
few things that i learned the hard way like when i accidentally drilled a hole through my table
just drilled a hole through my table we won't go there right now or whenever i found my cat
crawling up the wall because it's like a carpet and it's claws just
scale the wall so definitely not pet friendly for these walls in this space
also if you know anyone that likes before and after videos like i do go ahead and share this
video with them and give it a like i would really appreciate it thanks for staying till the end and
i will see you in the next part of this video series of home studio makeover for videographers
for lighting i really wanted most of this room to be automated with voice control like this
alexa editing vibes sorry i don't know that alexa
editing vibes hmm i don't have an answer for that okay