WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.080 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:10.400 House Whisperer on demand on the iHeartRadio app. You know, 3 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.160 this very program is also the house Whisper podcast that 4 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:18.839 you can listen to anytime, anywhere on demand, hundreds of episodes, 5 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.960 all searchable by topic. It is your personal home improvement 6 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:28.480 reference library on the free iHeart app or wherever your 7 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:32.679 favorite podcasts are found. And if you're thinking, hey, that's 8 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:34.600 all great, but what we really need is Dean and 9 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:36.759 Tina in our house, well you know what you can 10 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.280 do that too. You can book an in home design 11 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:43.320 consult with me and Tea. Just go to house Whisperer 12 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:47.520 dot design. All right, it's top of the hour. We're 13 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:51.159 going to come back to more insights into antique and 14 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.520 vintage and retro. But right now I want to go 15 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:57.960 back to the phones and I want to talk to Tim. Hey, Tim, 16 00:00:58.119 --> 00:00:58.759 welcome home. 17 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.799 Hi there, I need a recommendation. I'm working on a 18 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:09.519 nineteen seventies track home in San Diego. We're tearing We're 19 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:12.120 gonna tear out all the dry wall on the interior 20 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.959 of the house. It was a mouse and to get 21 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.519 rid of all the mice and insulation inside. My question 22 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.879 would be when I go to re build this place. 23 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.599 I know house wrap is a great thing, but what 24 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.599 would you recommend if I'm down to the studs. I 25 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.959 don't want to take the stucco off the outside because 26 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.200 it's perfect. What do you think about that? 27 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.760 Okay, so you're just so your goal is to just 28 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:46.719 better waterproof the house or vapor vapor proof the house. 29 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:48.760 So what are you looking for for the house wrap? 30 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.640 Well, just because I'm taking the whole the entire house 31 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:55.560 down to the studs, the ceiling, the drywalls coming off, 32 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:58.439 the ceiling, the walls, there's nothing going to be left 33 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:02.120 but the stucco and the So I just wonder if 34 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:05.159 there's you recommend some try to seal it some way 35 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:07.640 before I put the dry wall back on and insulate. 36 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.879 I got you, I got you. Okay. Yeah, so your 37 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:15.400 bear stud on the inside, but the outside sheathing, all 38 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.400 all of that, the sighting, all of that, the stucco, 39 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:22.439 it's all staying put. Okay, So from the backside. So yeah, 40 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.000 a couple of things. One, yeah, if you want to 41 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.400 do your due diligence on this, uh and uh, you know, 42 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:35.599 inspect every exterior wall stud bay. Take a look at 43 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:39.719 the condition of the paper that is backing the stucco, 44 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:42.520 the back of the stuck stuck the backing on the 45 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.400 stucco and uh and uh you know, get yourself, I 46 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:51.120 mean literally, you can get down and dirty with this. 47 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:56.080 You can. You can get yourself a big five gallon 48 00:02:56.240 --> 00:03:02.039 bucket of like red Guard waterproofing membrane. It is. You 49 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.840 can find it at the big box store. They're they're 50 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:09.680 they're available everywhere nowadays. Red Guard. It's not cheap, but 51 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.479 it's a wonderful brush on waterproofing membrane. Uh. And what 52 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:17.520 you could do is you can backbrush the backside of 53 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:21.840 all of that paper, fix any cracks. Uh. And it 54 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:24.520 will also go up against the studs and help seal 55 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:27.520 things so that every stud bay would essentially be sealed 56 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:32.560 unto itself before you reinsulate those walls. And that would 57 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:35.639 do an amazing job. Another option, and this is a 58 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.280 little bit trickier, and you're going to hire a company 59 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:41.759 to do this, would be to arrow seal and I 60 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:46.840 say arrow e a E R O errow seal the 61 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.439 house while it's in this state of stripped studs. And 62 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:54.120 what happens there is this company will come in. They 63 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:59.120 will basically uh uh seal up all the windows and doors. 64 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:05.479 They will set up a pressurized fan membrane on one 65 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:08.680 of the door exterior door openings, doors or windows, and 66 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.479 they will pump the house full of pressure. They'll pressurize 67 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.439 the air inside the house, and they will have these 68 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:21.639 basically kind of like fine calking compound emitters, silicone emitters 69 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:27.160 in every single room, all spraying and making this very 70 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:29.720 fine mist. And what happens is it's kind of like 71 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.360 I equate it to like you know those cans that 72 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:37.800 you use to blow up a tire right that has 73 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:41.560 gone flat on the freeway. It's a foam. It goes 74 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.480 inside the tire and because of the pressure, the foam 75 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.839 finds the holes and it seals the hole. It's not 76 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.600 a permanent thing for a tire, but it's the same concept. 77 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.759 So once they pump the house full of air pressure, 78 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:57.839 that air wants to leak out. It wants to leak 79 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:01.600 out every hole, every crack, every little thing everywhere. And 80 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:06.360 if you simultaneously fill a room with this uh calking 81 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:11.040 compound mist, guess what happens. It drives that compound into 82 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:14.480 all of those cracks, they build up and you can 83 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:19.560 air seal, a rodent seal, bug seal the entire house 84 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.120 and talk about energy efficiency. That's a great way to go. 85 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:22.399 Now. 86 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.079 You can also if you just want to go Bay 87 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:29.040 for Bays stud for stud and do this diyat yourself. 88 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.920 That's totally totally a thing you can do. But you 89 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:34.079 can have a company come in and in one day, 90 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.800 just a few short hours, boom hit the entire house 91 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.720 all at once, and have the confidence of knowing that 92 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:43.600 man our house, no matter how old it is, it 93 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.399 is sealed up. And I applaud you for wanting to 94 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.759 do that at this stage, because you know what, once 95 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.600 you've stripped down the whole house and you've got all 96 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:54.480 of these stud walls bear, now is the time to 97 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:56.319 do something exactly like that. 98 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.920 Tim, Yeah, it looks like it's my one chance to 99 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.639 do it now. This is still okay. I'm removing all 100 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:05.759 the ceiling drywall and insulation from the attic also so 101 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:09.439 that pressurized system is still workable like that. 102 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:14.199 Yeah, it's workable that way as well. Now. Sometimes some 103 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:17.439 people want to put the ceiling lid on Before they 104 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:19.639 do that, just be to keep it all in the 105 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.439 usable air space, But I would call the company and 106 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:24.759 talk to them about your your options, you know, as 107 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:25.519 far as that goes. 108 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.399 Okay, that leads me to one more little question about this. 109 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.199 I'm also going to remove all the roof tile. I'm 110 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:36.560 gonna i'd like to put foil faced plywood on the 111 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:40.000 roof surface and remove all the roofing and put the 112 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.680 replace everything with foil fate plywood to keep the heat 113 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:46.759 out of the attic. Do you have any thoughts on that? 114 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:51.160 Uh, it's it's a great way to go. That Foil 115 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:55.680 backing is standard practice now for us new home full 116 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.680 remodel redo. We wouldn't we would not resheet we I 117 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:04.160 mean our company would not resheet a roof without using 118 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:08.240 the foil backed OSB sheathing up there, because it really 119 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.920 does when it comes to infrared. Now, it's just foil 120 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:14.160 and so it's not going to be an insulator like 121 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.199 resisting heat rising up through the house or anything. But 122 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.639 what the foil does is it knocks out a huge 123 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:26.600 chunk of infrared which which brings additional unnecessary heat to 124 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:29.199 the attict. So yeah, it is a it is a proven, 125 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:34.480 uh proven effective building material that that we use every time. 126 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.800 Okay, well, appreciate your your help with those two things. 127 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.480 Thanks all right, Tim, Good luck with all that. Buddy. 128 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:45.120 You're you're you're thinking right, you're thinking properly about this. 129 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.360 You got it all stripped out. Now is the time 130 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:51.879 to do some major rehab that helps everything before you 131 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.279 close all those walls back up. All right, when we 132 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:57.000 come back, more of your calls your Home with Dean Sharp, 133 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:57.959 the house Whisper. 134 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.439 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 135 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:04.040 KFI Am six forty. 136 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:10.079 We're talking antique vintage retro today on the show, just 137 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.720 giving you tips and some wisdom along the way. How 138 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:15.680 to incorporate it, how to handle it, what your options are, 139 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.360 how to understand it better. We're going to return to that, 140 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.399 of course in just a bit, but right now taking calls. 141 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:26.839 I want to go to the phones. Let's talk to Michael. Hey, Michael, 142 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:27.839 welcome home. 143 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.639 Oh thank you for taking my call. I have a question. 144 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:36.799 I have a refrigerating at vacant guest house. If I 145 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:40.919 turn off, would I create a problem when I turn 146 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:44.440 on later on, like you know, several months from now. 147 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:51.960 No, it shouldn't. If if you make sure that you 148 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:55.120 have cleaned the inside of that thing to the point 149 00:08:55.159 --> 00:09:00.320 of sterile keep it, you know, and before you after 150 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.240 you clean it, before you close it up, you make 151 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:04.320 sure you keep the door open and let it dry 152 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:08.440 out completely. Because the thing is a refrigerator that has 153 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:12.399 been in use, has been used, you know, moisture develops 154 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:15.240 inside and then as long as as long as you 155 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:20.919 keep the refrigeration on, then that moisture never turns into mold, mildew, 156 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:25.559 all of that stuff. But once you've got moisture trapped 157 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:30.000 inside this box that is completely sealed up, the moisture 158 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:34.320 has zero places to go, and you raise the temperature 159 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:39.159 inside that box, you're literally creating a situation where mold 160 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:42.320 and mildew, you know, want to grow because it's got 161 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.480 enough air to do it. And then some people come 162 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.320 back months later and open it up and find, oh 163 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.440 my gosh, what did we do. So it can totally 164 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.279 be done. Totally totally be done. It's not an issue 165 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.879 of the refrigerator motor at all. Just unplugging and not 166 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.720 using a fridge that's not a problem. But you just 167 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:04.799 got to make sure that it's cleaned up on the inside. 168 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:08.080 And some people, by the way, if it's unused, some 169 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:12.399 people will prefer to clean it and then just slightly 170 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:17.720 prop opened the door so that airflow continues in there 171 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.120 and it's not completely sealed up. So as long as 172 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:23.919 it's clean and dry, no problem unplugging a fridge for 173 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:25.240 an extended period of time. 174 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.519 Okay, I appreciate it. I have another quick question. I 175 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:32.440 have we remodeled the kitchen many years ago, and we 176 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.879 could create a wet bar, but we have not used 177 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:40.080 it for many years. I turn the water on. There's 178 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:43.120 no water come on. So if I guess, if you 179 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:44.360 don't use it, you lose it. 180 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:51.080 No, all right, don't don't, don't fool yourself. Okay, okay, 181 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:56.679 but yeah, so what has happened. Very likely there's still 182 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.440 water there. There's still water. So don't think, oh, let's 183 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:01.679 just tear this out and just we'll get a saw 184 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:03.720 and we'll just cut those pipes off because there's no 185 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.080 water in them. Oh yes there is, Oh yes there is. 186 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:12.240 Here's what happens though. An angle stop. An angle stop 187 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:15.360 that's the official name for the valve that's down below 188 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:19.679 the sink. Okay, that's the valve that transitions from the 189 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:23.559 water in the pipes to the hose that leads up 190 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:29.440 to the faucet. Angle stops are notorious for wearing out 191 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:31.559 just as they sit in place, because let's face it, 192 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.720 if you know, in an ideal situation, we turn that 193 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:38.399 valve on and you know, maybe twenty thirty years later 194 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:41.480 we go back to do we decide to change the 195 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:44.200 sink out. That's the first time in thirty years that 196 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:48.080 this valve has been operated. So what is most likely 197 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:51.720 the case is that the valve is frozen, or even 198 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:55.519 though the valve the top a knob is spinning, it's 199 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:59.639 not actually closing the valve down, or I should say 200 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.879 opening the valve up in your case, because you're going 201 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.360 to it was closed a long time ago and now 202 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:06.639 it's just spinning and it's not opening. But I guarantee 203 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:10.799 you there's water back there. So what you've got is 204 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.600 a situation where totally you can completely get rid of 205 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.600 that wet bar if you want, but if you want 206 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.759 to reactivate it, you have to shut the maine down 207 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.759 for the house and actually replace the angle stops so 208 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.039 that it lets the water through. 209 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:26.840 Okay, I appreciate the information, been very helpful. Thank you 210 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:27.399 very much. 211 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:30.399 Thank you, Michael appreciated. Good luck on all that you're 212 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:33.879 doing there. All right, y'all. When we come back, let's 213 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:38.120 dive back into antique and vintage and retro. And I've 214 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:40.919 still got some more pearls of wisdom for you. Your 215 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:42.720 Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 216 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.879 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 217 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:49.480 KFI AM six forty. 218 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:54.679 You are Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. That's me. 219 00:12:55.080 --> 00:13:02.639 We're talking antique, vintage, retro, nostalgic dec today, and they're 220 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.159 huge subjects. I mean, each one of those categories is 221 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:08.440 a major subject. What I'm doing is sort of introducing 222 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:15.960 you to the genre genre. Why are you laughing at me? 223 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:26.120 Why does she laugh at me? I know I'm a 224 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.399 nerd anyway, I'm just introducing you to this stuff today 225 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.399 and giving you some tips and hopefully some perspective as 226 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.559 to what you can do if you are one who 227 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:42.000 leans towards loving antique, vintage in all storms of nostalgic design. 228 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:47.039 So a few more tips for you here, pearls of wisdom. 229 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.559 One of the things that you should decide right up 230 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.399 front when you are working on a house and you're thinking, okay, 231 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:59.279 what's the effect that we're going to get here. Oddly enough, 232 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.600 not a lot of people think this through. Decide whether 233 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:05.399 you want to create a hundred year old house or 234 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:10.519 a new house with one hundred year old design sensibility. Wait, 235 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.120 isn't that the same thing? No, I'm going to say 236 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:15.159 that again. Decide whether what you want to create in 237 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:19.639 the end is the look of a of a hundred 238 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:22.480 year old house, meaning someone looks at it and says, WHOA, 239 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:27.720 this is old, or a brand new house that just 240 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:32.720 happens to look like it was built, you know, one 241 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.480 hundred year old design? Does that make sense? Am I 242 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:40.279 making any sense? What's so? The point is this, You 243 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.360 got a lot of antiques out there, a lot of 244 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:47.960 vintage stuff that's distressed. That's like weathered barnwood. There's a 245 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:53.960 perfect example. Weathered barnwood is a very vintage look. Right, 246 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.200 So if you're going for that vibe, then somebody walks 247 00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:59.879 in and it's like, woh, that thing looks like it's 248 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:03.320 a one hundred years old. That's not the case though, 249 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:08.200 if you are trying to do a hundred year old 250 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:12.360 design motif that looks like it was just built yesterday. Right, 251 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:15.279 So you understand what I'm saying, so when that barn 252 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:20.279 was built, wherever that weathered barn would come from, when 253 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:23.399 that barn was built one hundred and fifty years ago, 254 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:28.000 it looked brand spanking new, but it is clearly one 255 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.759 hundred and fifty year old design and craftsmanship gone into 256 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:34.320 the barn. So what you've got to decide is whether 257 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:38.120 you want the barn looking brand new circa one hundred 258 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:41.840 and fifty years ago, or whether you want the effect 259 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.799 to be this thing's been sitting here for one hundred 260 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:47.240 and fifty years, and you see how weather it is. 261 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.840 It's got that patina. A brand new nineteen twenties built 262 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:57.600 has is a house with no patina, Okay, a house 263 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:02.720 who's point and focus is to really give you that Hey, 264 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.120 look you're in a one hundred year old room. That's 265 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.279 a room with patina, That's what I'm saying. So that's 266 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:10.840 one of the most foundational decisions you make from a 267 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:16.399 design perspective before you start acquiring vintage and antique pieces 268 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.879 for decor, because they need to lean one way or 269 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:22.279 the other. Are they fully restored so they look brand 270 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:26.080 spank and new, or do they look their age? Okay? 271 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:30.320 There you go. Another thing that you're always trying to 272 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:34.080 do if you're striking for that to vintage or antique feel. 273 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:36.879 And this is regardless of whether you're looking aged or not. 274 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.799 In the home is to conceal as much twenty first 275 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:45.440 century technology as possible. Nothing ruins the effect of a 276 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:49.240 vintage room like a big old flat screen TV. Right, 277 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:51.799 But I want you to have your TV in your 278 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:54.879 vintage living room or family room. I just want you 279 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:57.240 to find a creative way of having it there, so 280 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:00.639 you go out and get yourself like a Samsung frame 281 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:03.919 that is a TV that's specifically designed to look like 282 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.960 a painting as it hangs there and not being used. 283 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:09.759 Or we find a way to hide the TV in 284 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:13.720 a cabinet behind bifold doors, whatever the case may be, 285 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:18.519 so that when it's not movie night and TV night, 286 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:22.480 the room really holds up and holds to its vibe. 287 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:28.599 So hiding twenty first century technology is a challenge, but 288 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.920 a great discipline of craft when it comes to creating 289 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:38.039 a new old look. There you go. Craftsmanship in general. 290 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:45.240 Craftsmanship in general is the truest vintage element that we 291 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:50.279 strive for when we're leaning towards vintage and antique. I 292 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:53.680 mean let's face it, the old phrase. You know, they 293 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:56.759 don't make them like they used to. I just try 294 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.920 and imagine a world. I mean, I know, find join 295 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.720 craftsman today. They are few and far between. 296 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:03.920 Now. 297 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:05.880 If you live here in southern California, by the way, 298 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:09.160 it's on you, because they're out there, they're here, they 299 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:11.400 are here. You may not be able to find this 300 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:13.759 kind of thing in the middle of the Midwest in 301 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.359 a small rural town, but you can find it here 302 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.880 in southern California. So if you're looking for it, you 303 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:21.200 got to look beyond the big box stores and the 304 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:28.359 big commercial builders. You can find that fine craftsmanship here. 305 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:32.480 It's a small pool, but it's here, and so that's 306 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.720 on you. But I think craftsmanship in general is the 307 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:39.400 thing that we missed the most from a bygone era. 308 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:43.160 It's almost as if we really enjoy the comedy of 309 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:47.680 John Mulaney. He has a bit where he's like, oh, 310 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:50.519 you wake up. It's like nineteen ten. You wake up, 311 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:54.880 and you're like, oh, it's the olden times, and what 312 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:57.519 are we gonna do to there's literally nothing to do. 313 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:01.839 There's nothing to do today, and so it's as if 314 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:05.440 you have nothing better to do. Than to wake up 315 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:09.960 in nineteen ten and do everything slowly with incredible care. 316 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:17.640 That is the byproduct of living in olden times. And 317 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:20.119 I think that just sort of holds true. I'm sure 318 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:22.200 that wasn't the case. I'm sure they had plenty of 319 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:25.559 things to do, but it certainly was a time when 320 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:29.799 you know, we were up in Solving this week. There 321 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:33.599 is a clock store in Solving. I call it a 322 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.319 clock store. I think it's Renaissance antiques. If you get 323 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:39.519 a chance to get to Renaissance antiques, you will be 324 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:42.559 blown away if you are a lover of clocks and 325 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:47.759 music boxes and antiques in general. They have an exquisite collection. 326 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:50.440 But you know, it's the kind of stuff I'm staring 327 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:54.960 at a grandfather clock and thinking how long did the 328 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.720 clockmaker take to make this piece? And the answer is 329 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:02.839 usually months and or years, and that is just kind 330 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:08.400 of an unheard of thing these days. Right. So, ultimately, craftsmanship, 331 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.000 the truest vintage element that we're actually going for, that 332 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:15.079 puts us right there in that place. And that means 333 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:19.440 that when you are handling these things, when you are 334 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:23.319 and I don't mean physically handling, I mean your incorporation 335 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:27.359 of these elements into your home. Do them with care, 336 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:31.920 not slipshod, not just you know, just sort of you know, 337 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:35.400 half cocked as you go. Do it with care. Do 338 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:39.119 it with care, take time, and do the details right, 339 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:44.640 and you will be infinitely rewarded. In the process of 340 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:49.359 acquiring vintage, retro and antique things, take the care and 341 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.319 when it comes to fitting it well in your house, 342 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:59.000 research research, research, research, research. You need to become a 343 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.920 student of not only so you can identify antiques and 344 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:08.200 vintage stuff when they come along, but so you understand 345 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:13.079 the original intent of what these things were and you 346 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:16.079 can incorporate them well and not abuse them as they 347 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:17.480 become a part of your home. 348 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:21.599 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 349 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:23.200 KFI AM six forty. 350 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:29.480 Welcome home, Hey, thanks for being with us on the 351 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:33.920 program today. Another three hours spent talking about your home, 352 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:37.680 all of its potential, all these different facets of things 353 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:40.039 that we can do. What was that, Tina, I'm sorry, 354 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:44.880 she's mouthing something from and I'm not getting it. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 355 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:47.200 when the time comes. Yeah, oh, I thought you were 356 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.680 reminding me about the video, so you inadvertently did it. 357 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:53.000 You did it you reminded me up on social media 358 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:58.359 right now, we just did a quick video raising the 359 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:02.440 subject of an antique piece. Do you preserve it and 360 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:05.640 don't touch it or can you do stuff to it 361 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:09.319 and incorporate it into your home and honor it? Does 362 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:11.119 it honor it or destroy it? So you got to 363 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:12.759 look at the video and you have to make up 364 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:15.759 your own mind. We just use an example from our 365 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.839 little guesthouse bathroom there and you can figure it out. 366 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:20.720 That's on all of our soot, well not all of it. 367 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:25.759 It's on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. There you go home with Dean. 368 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:29.079 While you're there, why don't you just say howdy and 369 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:32.799 maybe also like and follow us or refer us to 370 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:37.640 somebody else share share the love, all right, I'm not begging. 371 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:44.359 I'm just saying, Okay, last thoughts now on vintage and 372 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:47.880 antique for the day, doing that kind of authentic work. 373 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:50.960 I touched on it right before the break. I just 374 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:53.519 want to underscore this when it comes to doing this, 375 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.720 you know what, if you have a passion for it, 376 00:22:55.759 --> 00:23:01.640 then you've just got to dive in and research, research, research, research. 377 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:06.720 It all comes down to research and educating yourself along 378 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:09.799 the way, and believe me, that is a constant process 379 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:13.160 for me. Constant, all right, And I know a lot, 380 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:18.160 but I am constant. If there's one thing that absolutely 381 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:21.519 everybody could say that is true of Dean is that 382 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:24.279 he is just a consummate student when it comes to 383 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:27.839 these kinds of things. I don't like calling myself a 384 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:32.440 master of anything, but I will proudly tell you that 385 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:35.720 I am a student of a lot of things because 386 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:38.079 I love learning and if you're going to pull off 387 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:42.359 some things, you really really got to understand them from 388 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:45.119 down below. I remember back in the very I mean, 389 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:48.079 this has been the way it's been for my whole career. 390 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:54.160 In the early nineties, I got the first large research 391 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:57.799 project that I was ever handled at handed as a designer. 392 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:02.759 I was personally in charge as the design director of 393 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:06.759 a build. We were building a twelve thousand square foot 394 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:12.839 eighteenth century Tuscan villa in Brentwood Park. And long before 395 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:17.119 we broke ground, I was a regular fixture at Hennessy 396 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:19.640 and Ingles. And if you don't know what Hennessy and 397 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:23.920 Ingles is, it is a it's in the arts district downtown. 398 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:28.039 It is I still believe the largest art architecture and 399 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:33.279 design bookstore in the Western United States, and I was 400 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.039 like there, it was literally kind of like a hey, dean, 401 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.880