WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:09.039 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Welcome 3 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.400 to home where Every week we help you better understand 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:14.720 that place where you live. I'm Dean Sharp, the House 5 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:17.519 Whisper here with you live like I am every weekend 6 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:21.320 Saturday morning six to eight Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine 7 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.519 to noon Pacific time. We got the podcast. Anywhere you 8 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:28.920 listen to your favorite podcast, you can find our podcast. 9 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.679 Every single program we have ever done. 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But because it's the top of the hour. 21 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:17.319 It is time to go back to the phones where 22 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:21.079 you get to tell me anything you want about your home. 23 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.159 Let's talk to Kelly. Hey, Kelly, welcome home. 24 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:26.239 Thank you. 25 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:26.560 Dean. 26 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.840 Hi, I have probably one of the worst things to 27 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:32.239 have in a bedroom, and that is an ant attack. 28 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:37.079 And they came in. They look they were coming out 29 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.359 of the wall, come out of the light socket. Is 30 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:46.159 there anything besides pentting or a guy out take care 31 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:47.120 of Yeah. 32 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.400 Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. I mean I don't want you 33 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.920 to go to that extreme yet. So okay, so first 34 00:01:54.920 --> 00:02:00.000 of all, step one, and you know, you can say 35 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:04.239 yourself a lot of potential pest control cost hassles if 36 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:07.519 you just do these two or three steps step one, 37 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:13.159 chances are they're not traveling all that far. So outside 38 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:20.719 the bedroom, okay, a little bit of of Tara and uh, 39 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.439 there's a sprinkle ant deterrent that you can put along 40 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:29.840 just the outside of the foundation. This will help keep 41 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:32.759 them away from getting up into the wall in the 42 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:35.879 first place, and some baits out there. I'm I'm a 43 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:39.520 big fan of Tara just because they've got some really 44 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:44.319 excellent products and they're they're safe for pets and wildlife 45 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:47.080 and all this other kind of stuff. So go take 46 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.680 a look at what ant bates and the and the 47 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:54.240 sprinkle prevention on the outside of the foundation around the room. 48 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:58.639 Secondly inside the room. And I want you to do 49 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:01.400 this carefully, so it's a good idea. Just like hit 50 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:04.319 the breaker, but take off the light fixture or take 51 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:06.960 out the electrical outlet cover. You don't have to pull 52 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.400 anything else out other than that. But the reason they 53 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:15.080 actually are attracted to electrical boxes in the wall is 54 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.879 quite honestly, because those are little warm pockets in the 55 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.120 wall and answer attracted to the warmth. That's happening because 56 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.520 those boxes are technically open to the room, so they 57 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.159 are warmer than the other places in the wall. They're 58 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.360 not just looking for a way to get into the room. 59 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:34.919 They just are attracted to the warmth there. So if 60 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.560 you took a little bit of caulking, Okay, they could 61 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.800 do door door window calking or silicone calking, you can 62 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:46.879 do the thing that almost nobody has in their walls, 63 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.159 and that is you can calk the edge of the 64 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.719 actual electrical box to the edge of the dry wall 65 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:57.599 to eliminate the gap for them to come through. And 66 00:03:57.639 --> 00:03:59.879 then if you see any holes or gaps in the 67 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.199 electrical box itself. Put a little bit of calking in 68 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.719 those holes as well. To seal the box off so 69 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.039 that even though they're attracted to it in the wall, 70 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.800 they're not actually using it as a portal to get 71 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.479 into the room. And then the final step here would 72 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:17.000 be to actually, while you've got the plate off the 73 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:21.759 electrical outlet, to actually put a little bit of ant 74 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:26.920 bait there. Again, tear is an excellent one to use. 75 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:29.519 You can put a little droplet or two of ant 76 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.639 bait there and anyone who gets in there you have 77 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:34.839 to be patient. But anyone who gets in there, they're 78 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:37.680 going to grab that bait, take it back to the colony, 79 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:42.279 and everybody is going to get sick and go away. Now, 80 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.959 that could take two three days to see the results 81 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.720 of that. So again, seal them off from the room first, 82 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.360 and just as a backup, put a little amp bait 83 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:55.240 in the box, put the electrical cover back on, and 84 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:59.000 you should be golden. It works ninety nine times out 85 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.720 of one hundred to keep them from coming inside. That 86 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:04.800 sounds perfect, all. 87 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.720 Right, Thanks, thank you so much for your time. 88 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:11.600 You are so welcome, Kelly. Thank you for the question 89 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:14.399 do we have time. No, we're up against the break. 90 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:14.639 All right. 91 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.040 When we come back, we'll take one or two at 92 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:20.959 the most more calls, and then we will get back 93 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:26.160 onto designing your bedroom, Your home Dean Sharp the house whisper. 94 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:30.480 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 95 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.399 KFI Am six forty. 96 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:37.399 Here in the third hour of our fine little program 97 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:44.439 on this beautiful, beautiful autumn day, October thirteenth, Tina's birthday. Yeah, 98 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.399 it's a good day. All right. We're gonna get back 99 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.959 to talking about designing your bedroom in just a bit, 100 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.240 but I'm taking calls right now. Last calls of the show. 101 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:56.720 Let's start with Jane. Hey, Jane, welcome home. 102 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:02.680 Thank you. Dean. We had an air conditioning technician check 103 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:05.959 the insulation in my attic. He had a marked guide 104 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:09.519 to measure the level of insulation by the year the 105 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:13.360 house was built, nineteen fifty six. He said, my level 106 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:16.639 is really really low and can cause the temperature to 107 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:20.600 be too hot, too cold, among other things. I assume 108 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:25.399 this happens, but I wanted to check with you and 109 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:29.480 then see how I remedy it, who could replace it, 110 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:31.120 and about how much should it cost? 111 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:37.680 Okay, let's talk about that. So we're talking about blowing 112 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:41.600 in insulation up in your attic nineteen fifty five. It 113 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.639 is minimal, minimal. I mean, you know, I've talked about 114 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:48.199 this before when we do our insulation shows that you know, 115 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:53.720 in southern California, especially before the late seventies, there were 116 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:58.560 hardly any energy codes whatsoever controlling how much insulation went 117 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.439 into the house. So we've had we've had a radical 118 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:06.040 change in that. Okay, So they're right. I'm assuming that 119 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.600 they're on point with this, and they're right about not 120 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:14.480 that the key to a really great HVAC system is 121 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:16.879 not only the quality of the equipment and the size 122 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:19.199 of the system and the proper operation of the system, 123 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:22.720 but the insulation in the house. Because the whole idea 124 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:26.839 is that once the the heater or the air conditioner 125 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:30.160 has done its job of getting the room to temperature, 126 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.920 how hard it works after that has everything to do 127 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.120 with how long the house holds on to that temperature, 128 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:40.120 holds on to the heat, or holds on to the 129 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:42.600 cool right because if it leaks right out, then it's 130 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:44.360 got to turn right back on and it's got to 131 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:50.120 work some more. A really really brilliantly insulated home. All 132 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:51.759 we have to do is get it up to the 133 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:53.879 temp that we want or down to the temp that 134 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.879 we want, depending on heating or cooling, and then it 135 00:07:57.040 --> 00:07:59.120 holds for a long period of time, and then the 136 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:03.319 AC just nudges it a little nudge, little nudge, topping off, 137 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.000 topping off. That's the ideal situation. And of all places 138 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.120 to insulate the house because heat rises and cold air descends, 139 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:15.600 it's the attic. So fortunately it's not expensive. Now I 140 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:19.680 can't quote you a price because it depends on the 141 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:22.360 size of your attic and all sorts of configurations like 142 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.839 access and roof pitching up. But I will tell you this, 143 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:29.639 it is not expense. It is a fraction of number 144 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:35.000 one paying for an extra large HVAC system. It will 145 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.879 pay for itself in heating and cooling savings. And we're 146 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.440 talking about blown in insulation, and what you're looking for 147 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:48.120 up there is R thirty R thirty levels of insulation 148 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.799 blown in across the whole attic, sealing up all the holes, 149 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.639 all the gaps, a nice, big, thick, beautiful blanket and 150 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.279 you won't have to worry with today's insulation. Blown in 151 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.720 insult you won't have to worry about it's settling down 152 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:07.679 and minimizing itself for decades to come. So that's the thing, 153 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.799 and there are all sorts of companies ready to work 154 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:14.480 that for you to clean out the old stuff if necessary. 155 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:19.159 But if there's no let's say, like rodent intrusion or 156 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:22.440 anything like that up in the attic, the simple fact 157 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:24.480 of the matter is that you may not have to 158 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.279 clear out the old stuff. It's not like the old 159 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.840 stuff is stale or anything like that. They can just 160 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:32.519 blow in right on top of it. It is such 161 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.399 a common thing these days. You can even rent your 162 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:40.360 own insulation blower at places like home Depot and buy 163 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:42.639 the blocks of insulation. I'm not saying you should do 164 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:44.919 it yourself, but I'm just saying that's that's the thing 165 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:48.879 if you're DIY minded. So yeah, have an insulation company 166 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.639 come out. And the way to know again what a 167 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:54.240 thing is really going to cost for your particular home 168 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.960 is always get two or three estimates from a reputable company. 169 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.399 Make sure they're bi you know, they're bidding the thing 170 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:03.799 apples to apples, And then you look at the numbers 171 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:05.639 and you realize, oh, look at that, Look at they 172 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.840 all fall within this range. This is kind of and 173 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:12.080 then there if there's an outlier who's unusually inexpensive or 174 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:15.279 unusually expensive, then you can deal with that. But you 175 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:21.000 will find them clumping from reputable contractors right in one zone, 176 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:22.919 and you'll find out real quick. So you have the 177 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:25.039 confidence of knowing, like, you know what, I bid this 178 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.519 thing out four times, uh, and I know this is 179 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.399 what it should cost for my addic. So that's where 180 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:34.159 you go, my friend, and uh, and it's going to 181 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:36.600 be quick and easy. We're talking about a one day 182 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.600 deal that's going to radically change the way your whole 183 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:42.559 your whole house holds on to the heat and the 184 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.600 AC from here on out. Jane, thanks for the call. 185 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.799 I appreciate the question. Dorive room. Just can I squeeze 186 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:53.919 one more in? Sure? Let's try it. Uh, let's talk 187 00:10:53.960 --> 00:11:02.240 to uh. Let's see Jack. Hey Jack, welcome home. Hello Jack. 188 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:04.519 Yeah, this is a Jack. 189 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:08.480 What can I do for you? I'm here? 190 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:15.080 Yeah, regarding my roof, I have cement tiles. The house 191 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:17.240 is not that old. It's only about twelve years old. 192 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.120 But I've had several weeks in a couple of different places, 193 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:23.000 and they talked to the roofer, and I asked them, 194 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:25.639 is there some kind of a spray or something that 195 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:29.799 you can spray on these cement cement tiles, I mean 196 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:33.559 they're they're not. I prefer asphalt, but the house had 197 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:36.799 you ask all, I mean the cementele Is there anything 198 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:37.600 I can do about that? 199 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:42.799 No? No, that would be a waste of time actually, 200 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:47.639 because here's the thing cement tiles. In fact, this is 201 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.000 something that that that I talk about often that everybody 202 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:54.960 needs to understand about their roof. Is that the tile, 203 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:59.120 the shingle, whatever the case may be, whatever else the 204 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.960 surface is that you've got up there, that is not 205 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:06.559 your primary line of defense from keeping your house waterproof. 206 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.639 It is the underlayment underneath. And a cement tile has 207 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:13.360 already been treated to whatever degree that it needs to 208 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.440 be treated to not be like normal cement, which means 209 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:20.519 super porous and just a giant water sponge. So there's 210 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:23.080 no additional coating to put on a cement tile that's 211 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:25.279 going to solve the problem if you've got a leak. 212 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.080 If you have a leak with a cement tile roof, 213 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:32.559 guarantee that it has something to do with the underlayment 214 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:36.360 and or the flashings around it. So a qualified roofer 215 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:38.639 needs to get up there, figure out where this leak 216 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:41.679 is coming from, pull back a few tiles, get to 217 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:46.320 the paper and or the membrane underneath, get to the 218 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:49.600 flashing problem, get that fixed, and put the tiles back 219 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:53.480 in place in order to seal you up. It's not 220 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:55.879 the tiles. It's not going to be the tiles, not 221 00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:00.759 unless somehow there's no paper underneath whatsoever. But again that's 222 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:04.720 a paper problem, so it's really not your cement tiles. 223 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:07.679 We don't need to waterproof the top surface of the tiles. 224 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.879 We just need to let them do their job. But 225 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:15.720 they have to get the major assist from the moisture 226 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:20.120 membrane underneath the tiles, and where that membrane connects to 227 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:23.360 the flashings. That's the metal stuff on the edges of 228 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.440 the roof, and where it meets the chimney and all 229 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:27.360 of that kind of stuff. All those things have to 230 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:30.320 be tied together in order for the tiles on top, 231 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:34.720 which essentially you could make the argument are just there 232 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.799 to look at from the street and to protect that 233 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:44.399 critical waterproofing membrane from the elements like direct exposure to UV, sun, wind, rain, 234 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:46.840 all of that kind of stuff. But the real key 235 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:51.200 is the membrane underneath, and then the tile on top 236 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.759 is the cherry on top of the Sunday. There you go, 237 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:56.039 my friend. Thanks for the question, thanks for the call, 238 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.679 Thanks for all of our callers today. It's time now 239 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:02.679 to turn back to you designing our bedrooms. 240 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:06.879 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 241 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:08.759 KFI AM six forty. 242 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:13.279 Your Home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. Thanks for 243 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:16.320 joining us on the program today. What a beautiful day 244 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:22.360 it is. We are talking about designing your bedroom specifically. 245 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.159 I'm focused on not just every bedroom, you know, because 246 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.720 that would take us all afield, the kids room and 247 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:30.440 guest rooms and so on. But I'm really focused on 248 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.960 the primary bedroom, the master bedroom, the bedroom where you, 249 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:39.960 the master of the house, spend your time doing what 250 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.559 you do in a bedroom. So well, where are we 251 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:48.080 at now now? I left you dangling when we last 252 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.639 spoke of this before I took calls this last hour 253 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:54.840 with the idea of the soaker tub out in the room. 254 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:59.480 I know, listen, I'm a designer, so again I'm giving you, 255 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:02.480 you know, all sorts of different options. Maybe your bedroom, 256 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:07.559 like mine, has no prayer whatsoever of having anything like 257 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.840 that in the room, because we can barely fit in 258 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.759 our bed into our bedroom. I feel you, all right, 259 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.840 But a lot of folks do these days, especially if 260 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.639 you live in a house that was built in the 261 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.759 eighties forward. That was a period of time in which 262 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:25.320 all of a sudden, builders, in order to hush it up, 263 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:31.120 started kind of oversizing master bedrooms. And here's the problem, 264 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:36.639 oversizing master bedrooms to the detriment of the bathroom in 265 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:40.159 the master suite. Okay, and now we have definitely turned 266 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:43.440 a corner from that period of time in which bathrooms 267 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:47.360 have become far, far more important. And yet okay, third 268 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:50.600 point along this line, we live in a time in 269 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.600 which most people are really scratching their heads about those 270 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:57.600 oversized jacuzzi tubs in their bathrooms and whether they want 271 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:00.759 a tub or all at all. Are advice are kind 272 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:05.799 of standard, you know. Template advice is that keep a 273 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:10.200 tub in a house somewhere, a tub somewhere, because whether 274 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:17.000 it's you, kids, grandkids, guests, somebody could practically use a 275 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:20.240 tub resale value. You sell to a young family, they 276 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.440 need a tub for washing little ones. So keep a 277 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.360 tub somewhere in the house. But if it doesn't work 278 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:28.080 for the primary bathroom, then you know, lose the tub 279 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:33.399 in the primary bathroom unless you are a soaker. Okay, 280 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:35.519 if you're a soaker, if you're a person who just 281 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:39.559 loves that long, luxurious soaking bath and you've got room 282 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:43.159 for it in the bathroom, great, If not, if you've 283 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:47.639 got an oversized bedroom. What about the room itself? And 284 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:51.080 the reason I say that is because free standing tubs 285 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:57.399 are absolutely stunningly gorgeous. And I could show you one 286 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:05.000 hundred images right now of high end hotel rooms in 287 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:10.799 which the room itself, the bed room utilizes its extra 288 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:14.319 space with a soaker tub out in the room. You 289 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.359 think about this that you know the bedroom itself right, 290 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.200 maybe the TV is out there, maybe it's the best lighting, 291 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:25.440 and so on, and so many folks these days have 292 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:29.680 floors that could handle the soaker tub. Now I'm one 293 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:31.759 to tell you that even if you have a hardwood 294 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:37.559 floor in a in a primary bedroom, that it qualifies 295 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:39.640 for a soaker tub. You just have to be you know, 296 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:42.759 adult about it and not have a big splash party 297 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:46.359 in the tub, you know, soaking your hardwood floor constantly. 298 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:49.960 But most hardwood floors that are polyurethaned and well finished. 299 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.000 They can handle, you know, a little bit of moisture 300 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:53.799 dropped on them as long as you twel it up 301 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:56.599 after the fact. But even at that, going beyond that, 302 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:01.200 so many homes have tile in the bedroom or have 303 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:07.759 these days luxury vinyl plank. These are waterproof materials. Okay. 304 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.160 So the idea of like right over there in that 305 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:13.000 unused corner, if you're not gonna sit there in a 306 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:15.720 chair and read, if you're going to put a work 307 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:19.559 desk there, think about pulling that tub out of the bathroom, 308 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:22.920 giving the bathroom more space and putting it as a 309 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:27.720 pure luxury decor idea in the corner of the bedroom. 310 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:31.519 I'm just saying, I'm just saying it's possible. Okay. Also, 311 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:35.359 get creative with closets and closet doors, right, They don't 312 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:38.799 just have to be another sliding mirror door. Now, I 313 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.559 don't have anything to have any issues with sliding mirror 314 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:46.640 doors on a closet, especially a smaller bedroom. Mirrors obviously 315 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:49.880 are a way of making a small space seem larger, 316 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.920 but they just don't have to be the conventual, the conventional, 317 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:59.279 you know, the little brass framed, you know, full size, 318 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.880 full height sliding mirror doors. You could use louver doors. 319 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.079 You could use doors that match the other doors in 320 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:10.039 the house. Literally, you can hang those doors as closet 321 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:13.759 doors and get that uniformity throughout the house. You could 322 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:18.640 use draperes. Don't you go telling me that that's a 323 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.559 cheap way out. It is inexpensive, less expensive than most 324 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:26.480 closet door setups. But draperes over a closet can be 325 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:31.359 sexy as hack. Okay, ask Tina, because we've got draperes 326 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:34.079 in front of our closets. And also, can I mention 327 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:38.400 not only can they be super sexy, but they can 328 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:41.359 be twice as practical as a conventional door. You know 329 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.640 why because let's say you've got an eight foot wide 330 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:49.279 closet and you've got two four foot slider doors. You 331 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:52.480 slide one right, nice big opening, but it's not the 332 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:56.079 whole thing, right, because there's always a door covering half 333 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:01.279 your closet. But guess what happens in my draped closet opening. 334 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.799 I can push the whole thing back and there it 335 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:09.319 is before me, the entire closet, all of my options 336 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:11.960 right before me. This is one of the advantages of 337 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:16.359 shower curtains in a bathroom and drapes in front of 338 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:19.160 a closet door. Just an option, Just an option. I'm 339 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:23.640 just giving you permission to dream beyond the convention. Right 340 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:27.480 You could, if you really want to get funky and fancy, 341 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:31.319 set up closet doors with bookshelves mounted on the front 342 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:35.480 of them, so that you've got bookshelves in your bedroom 343 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:39.119 if it's a reading kind of room, and secretly behind 344 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:43.279 the bookshelves the closet, or if you've got a weird 345 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.559 shaped room and a lot of these oversized post nineteen 346 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:54.000 eighty bedrooms, they are narrow and way longer than really 347 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:56.960 practically they should be. And so you think, well that 348 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.880 I'm going to have to set the bed on the 349 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:02.240 long wall. But if the if the bed, if the 350 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:06.359 bed is uh is, can fit on the shorter wall 351 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:11.079 with nightstands and so on, UH, then possibly, if you 352 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:14.640 need more closet space, then slide a wall in and 353 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:19.559 pull the old closet behind the bed. Trick in which 354 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:23.440 you actually build a partition wall in that room with 355 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:27.480 a door access either side and door both sides and 356 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:33.680 uh and actually run a walk through closet behind the bedwall. 357 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:40.359 Mm hmm, you got lots and lots of options. Okay, finally, uh, 358 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:44.160 some points for you bedroom art. Just know that this 359 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:47.799 is your private gallery. Don't uh, don't skimp on it, 360 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:51.119 because again, it's a place where you are spending your time. 361 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:55.880 The view outside those bedroom windows, make it what it 362 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.680 should be. Treat each window like a diorama. Make that 363 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:04.240 view what it should and could be. Landscape the outside 364 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:08.400 to complement inside of the bedroom. Cool colors in the 365 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:12.279 bedroom make for better sleep. They do. Dark walls may 366 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:15.240 help shift workers who have to sleep at odd times 367 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:20.160 or during the day. Your sleep temperature, ideally for a bedroom, 368 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:24.640 somewhere between sixty and sixty seven degrees. Yeah. That means no, 369 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.759 I'm not talking about running your ac all night long, 370 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:29.960 but it means that you know if you can and 371 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:33.440 if you feel safe to do so. When you're hitting 372 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:37.359 the hay at night, especially this time of year, it's 373 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:41.119 time to crack those windows open. Sleep cooler, Okay, the 374 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:44.119 air temperature. I don't care how snugly you are underneath, 375 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:46.160 that's one of the joys of it. But let the 376 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:49.440 air temperature go a little cooler, you will sleep better. 377 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:56.599 That's just science. Vaulted ceilings, tall walls, all ago for 378 00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:59.400 a bedroom, think about it, because the volume in the room, 379 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:03.599 the volume up can make up for a small square 380 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:08.319 footage space. Okay, and then decorating the bed, of course, 381 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:12.880 you know you've got everything from nice tight, formalized military 382 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:19.640 style bed dreat you know, comforters and so on, all 383 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:23.880 the way to the ever popular intentionally messy bed with 384 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:27.640 big soft pillows and linens and all sorts of fluff 385 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:33.279 going on, throws, layers of texture, draping. Last thing, last 386 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:38.279 thing for today, don't forget And if this bedroom redo 387 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:41.839 is part of a significant remodel that you're doing to 388 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:43.920 the room, if you're really going to get serious about it. 389 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:49.000 Sound peace and quiet in that bedroom. What does that mean? 390 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:53.240 It means sound insulation in the walls. Now, I'm not 391 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:55.160 trying to protect the rest of the house from the 392 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:57.960 noise you're making in the bedroom, although it does work 393 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:01.119 both ways. But what I'm talking about is peace and 394 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:04.920 quiet for you in that room. Let it be a 395 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:08.200 sound retreat as well, so that when you sleep at night, 396 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:11.799 you're not having to hear every little thing everything all 397 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.720 the time, and the rest of the house can be 398 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:16.799 active and you are still getting a good night's sleep. 399 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:22.319 Sound insulation That means insulation in the interior as well 400 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:25.720 as the exterior walls that your bedroom shares. Does that 401 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:28.440