WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.919 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:05.839 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:14.519 MHI I Am forty and live Screaming and HD Everywhere 4 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:18.920 on the iHeart Radio app. Hey, welcome to home Where 5 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:21.920 Every week we help you better understand that place where 6 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.600 you live. I am Dean Sharp, the house whisper here 7 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:28.839 with you live like I am every weekend satwell, not 8 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:32.520 the last two weekends, but now back again live. We're 9 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.000 back from vacation. Where was I at? 10 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:35.200 Oh? 11 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:37.719 I like I am? Every weekend Saturday morning six to 12 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.439 eight Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. 13 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:45.759 By the way, the Big Show Tomorrow, Sunday Show from 14 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:50.359 nine to noon. We're going to be talking about your bedroom. 15 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:52.759 No, I don't know. 16 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:55.399 I don't know why I said that that way. No, 17 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:57.920 we're gonna be talking about bedrooms tomorrow. It's been a 18 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:02.359 while since we've broached that object. You would think bedrooms 19 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.719 are a pretty straightforward thing by way of design to 20 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:09.280 make them, you know, look great. It turns out not 21 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:13.799 so much. Really. Honestly, a lot of people struggle with 22 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.239 their bedroom and so we're going to help you solve 23 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.200 those issues tomorrow. That's tomorrow's big show, but today it's 24 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:23.359 a little bit of everything, plus your calls. I'm right 25 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:25.560 in the middle of taking calls right now. I'm on 26 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.439 a roll, as I do, and so I want to 27 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:33.680 go back to the phones. Let's see here but the bump. 28 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.680 Let's just pick one. I want to talk to Nancy. Hey, Nancy, 29 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:37.439 welcome home. 30 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:42.799 Yes, good morning. I'm lovely to hear you. Yes, I 31 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:47.959 have a problem with a hawk. I have chickens and 32 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.280 their little chicken yard. It's just a small little yard 33 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.799 that I have metal sensing around. But the problem is 34 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:01.560 I have an apple tree and a apricot tree, and 35 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.560 so I can't put netting over it all. Is there 36 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:10.879 any structure coming? 37 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:14.719 You're kind of breaking up a little bit, Nancy. Let 38 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:19.719 me ask you this question. What has been the interaction 39 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.800 so far with the hawk and the chickens? Has Has 40 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.319 the hawk picked them off? Picked off a few? Tell 41 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:28.400 me what's going on there? 42 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:32.680 Okay, I'm moving to a better spot, so I should 43 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.439 be able to be heard better. Is this better now? Okay? 44 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.400 So what okay? So what has happened is the hawk 45 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:45.039 has Okay, I have one hen, and I've had to 46 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.879 secure everything because raccoons came and got my other hen, 47 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:51.759 so I've got one left. So I've got two pullets 48 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:56.560 right now, and I have them in a large, secure 49 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.680 crate so that they can get accustomed with each other. 50 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:03.039 And the hawk yesterday came and landed on top of 51 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:09.039 the crate. Oh yeah, yes, So I went out there 52 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:12.360 and yelled at him, and he kind of gave me 53 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.159 a glaring look and begrudgingly flew off. I thought, you snark. 54 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:23.199 Right right, Okay, well all right, and so you've got 55 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:25.960 a couple of trees in the chicken yard as well, 56 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:30.919 smaller trees though. Yeah, yes, I don't know if I've 57 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:33.360 got the universal solution for this, but you know, Tina 58 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.960 and I have chickens, and so we've had to struggle 59 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:38.039 with the exact same thing. We've got chickens, and we've 60 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.120 got hawk roosts all around us, right, hawks are always 61 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:47.719 flying overhead, And at first we were concerned maybe we 62 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:51.360 should just when we were young chicken owners, naive chicken owner, 63 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.280 We're like, just let's cover over, let's net over the 64 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:58.120 entire yard. Of course, you know that works if you 65 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:02.400 can do it. But at the same time, uh, you know, 66 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.800 we've also seen a little bit of interaction. We've actually 67 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.479 had a juvenile hawk land in the yard with the chickens. 68 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:13.120 And uh, strangely enough, though, once a hawk and a chicken, 69 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:17.560 now you've got pullets and everybody, for who's non chicken language, 70 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:22.439 that's a it's a smaller chicken, okay. Uh. And they're 71 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:27.000 they're younger, they're smaller, but strangely enough, full grown chickens. 72 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.399 You know, they're little dinosaurs. And uh, once a hawk 73 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.920 is actually sitting standing on the ground with a chicken. Yes, 74 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.759 their talons are sharper and their beak is a little 75 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.720 bit more sharp than a chicken, but uh, it's not 76 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.879 that uneven of a fight, especially if there's more than 77 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.600 one chicken around when it comes to that. And so 78 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:53.319 the real danger, uh is uh the hawks swooping down 79 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.480 like they like to, grabbing and going okay. And so 80 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:01.639 the thing that I tell chicken owners all the time 81 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:05.600 is you don't necessarily have to cover over the entire 82 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:09.120 chicken area to protect them, because you know, a hawk 83 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:13.079 sitting on the ground is a relatively harmless thing. I'm 84 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:15.959 not saying that they couldn't cause some damage, but it's 85 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:19.399 just once they're grounded, they're not that kind of a 86 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:21.439 threat anymore. And in fact, you know, we have a 87 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.680 rooster in our yard who's about four times the size 88 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:27.720 of your average hawk. And so once a hawk is 89 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.680 sitting on the ground, believe me, they are intimidy. Now 90 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:34.800 this guy is towering over them, so, which I guess 91 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:38.920 is one benefit of having a rooster. But my point is, 92 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:42.480 you see hawks, birds of prey. What they do, Hawks 93 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.240 and eagles and falcons. They love to swoop in, grab 94 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:50.319 and go right. And so the key is disrupt their 95 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.800 flight path. Okay, if a hawk, a hawk could fly 96 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:56.879 over your you know now right now the chickens are created. 97 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:59.240 So now he's like at the zoo where he just 98 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.879 comes down and like is observing them, right, but for 99 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.680 really grabbing them and going a hawk is going to 100 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.839 want to spy out a really good angle that they 101 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:13.839 can swoop down uninterruptedly, grab a chicken out of the 102 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:17.279 yard and keep on going. And in our case, we've 103 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:21.160 got trees around. We have larger trees outside the yard. 104 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:24.160 We've got a couple of trees inside the chicken yard, 105 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.199 and there's just no clear flight path for a hawk. 106 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.639 So if a hawk wants to get at our chickens, 107 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.000 and we have nothing else covering the yard. But if 108 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.199 a hawk wants to get at our chickens, you've got 109 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.839 to come down and land in the yard. And to 110 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.920 this day, and this is with tens of hawks flying 111 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.240 over us just about every day, after years and years 112 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:49.720 and years and years, we've only had a young, inexperienced 113 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:53.160 hawk land in the yard one time and they regretted it. 114 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:58.600 So my advice from my own experience, and maybe there's 115 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:02.480 some keener chicken out advice from more experienced you know, 116 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.959 chicken owners out there, but my advice is cut off 117 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:09.680 the flight the glide path. Okay. Uh So as long 118 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.480 as you disrupted the glide path, you shouldn't. They'll be around, 119 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.000 but they shouldn't be a threat. Does that make sense? 120 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:20.560 Yeah? Yeah, okay, okay, Well, thank you so much and 121 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:21.800 have a delightful. 122 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:24.319 Day and you too, and thank you for the call. 123 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:28.800 All right, See we get it all. Crumbling foundations, chickens, 124 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.800 grass cut too short? What will happen next? Who knows? 125 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:38.000 Can't f kean sharp the house with her at your service. 126 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:41.600 Good Saturday morning to you. The sun is up, look 127 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.160 at it out there, just look at it. Let's take 128 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:51.360 a moment. Mm hmmm beautiful. Also, speaking of beautiful, guess 129 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:54.480 who's up and sitting across the table from me. She's 130 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:57.600 been here for a little bit, Yes, I have. But 131 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:03.319 but but you were a little late this morning. I 132 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.720 was very late, a little sleepy. I was dreaming. All right, 133 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:14.879 you're dreaming of maple syrup now and apples. Yeah, okay, yeah, 134 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.800 I get it. Tina's here, by the way, and she'll 135 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:22.079 be here tomorrow too, on time, or she'll have her 136 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:25.199 pay doct all the money, with all the money we 137 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:29.439 give her to be here in studio with me zero money. 138 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:32.000 We will dock that pay. We will take away your 139 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:35.799 zero money. All right, you know what. I want to 140 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.320 take another call, and then I've got some other things 141 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:43.399 to share with you. So let's talk to Raina. Hey, Reina, 142 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:44.480 welcome home. 143 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:48.919 Hi. Thanks Dean, you are such a gift. I have 144 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.919 a question my family and I want to help out 145 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.679 our seventy midst of these parents whose yard is kind 146 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.799 of overgrown and the front yard and just kind of 147 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:01.879 clean it up, maybe you know, wood chips, native things. 148 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:05.600 But my stepfather has to pull up the car periodically 149 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:08.080 because my mom has limited mobility, and so she pulled. 150 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:10.080 He pulls the car up into the yard to get 151 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:12.519 her closer to the front door. So he didn't want 152 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.039 us to do the main grass part, which is just 153 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.480 really dead and terrible. And I wondered if there's something 154 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:22.080 we could do, like di y simple that would allow 155 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:24.440 him to still pull the car up but clean up 156 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:24.879 the yard. 157 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:30.039 Okay, Uh so when you say pull the car, so 158 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.240 he's pulling the car onto the yard. 159 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:35.240 Now, Yeah, to get it right up by the front door. 160 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.919 All right. So so I'm trying to I'm trying to 161 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.559 get a picture of this in my head. We've got 162 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:47.759 kind of a typical suburban house driveway up to the garage, right, 163 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:49.960 but the front door is off to the side of that, 164 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:53.960 and there's yard there. There's lawn, let's let's call it lawn. 165 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.600 We've got lawn there. And now, because of mom's situation, 166 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:02.879 Dad has to pull onto the lawn area in order 167 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:05.000 to get her as close as possible to the front door. 168 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.399 Yeah, and then he backs out and parks in front 169 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:07.799 of the house. 170 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:13.000 Okay, got it, got it? Okay, Well, okay, so first 171 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:18.879 of all, instead of okay, the first thing that comes 172 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.000 to mind that you can do. And this is a 173 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.480 this is a d i y thing, Okay, a little 174 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:28.720 bit a little bit of of of you know, sweat 175 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:30.279 and toil, but it's. 176 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.639 Definitely the Yeah, we have lots of young grandkids to 177 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.039 help and my brother has some construction experience that we 178 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:36.200 can do some stuff. 179 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.879 Okay, so uh, this is something this is something actually 180 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:45.639 that that that that we've done with clients who just 181 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.440 don't want any driveway at all in front of their 182 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:51.960 house because they love green space. And that is have 183 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:56.519 you considered uh, from the driveway, you know, and marking 184 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:00.919 the path that that he takes, the arc that is 185 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:04.519 necessary for him to pull in that from the driveway 186 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:11.080 over that you put in the you know, a form 187 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:17.960 of grass paver protection that is partial grass and partial 188 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.559 pavers to support the weight of the car. 189 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:26.679 Okay, I wondered if we could do something with pavers. 190 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:30.679 Yeah, now these aren't the thing I'm talking about here 191 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:34.240 is Uh, there's different ways of approaching it. You can 192 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:37.720 go right now to like a place like the big 193 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:40.159 box store, like the home depot and find these. They 194 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:43.440 come in like twenty four by twenty four squares. They're 195 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.639 they're like a little three by three inch concrete nodules 196 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.000 that are all wired together, but they allow either gravel 197 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:56.480 and or grass to grow in between them. Okay, And 198 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:00.519 that way it's a it's like it's like a hybrid space, okay, 199 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:04.559 because once you've leveled it out and supported this, you 200 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:09.080 can keep that area green, you can water it. And 201 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.120 yet it's actually designed to support the weight of a 202 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.039 vehicle being pulled up onto it, so it is both 203 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:21.279 lawn and driveway. You can do this in a couple 204 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.320 of different ways. You can use the nodules. I call 205 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.000 them pavers. They're not exactly pavers, but they're these little 206 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:33.440 semi hybrid pavers that allow grass to grow in between them. Also, 207 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.279 there are and if you look online you can find these. 208 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:44.039 There are very very high strength like black plastic interlocking 209 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:49.559 grids that allow a lot of either gravel or grass 210 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:53.480 to grow in between them. But the grid again sits 211 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.159 there and supports the weight of the vehicle. So the 212 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:59.399 very first the point of my suggestion is this, I 213 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:05.360 think sight unseen that I want to embrace the situation. 214 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.720 And you know, you guys obviously don't want to pour 215 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:12.600 a driveway over there, obviously, but a temporary situation that 216 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:16.320 will last for years, okay, would be to kind of 217 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.440 hybridize that follow the path that the car has to make, 218 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:27.320 make a comfortable actual temporary driveway there, and then outside 219 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:31.639 of that zone, clear everything else out and go like 220 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:37.279 crazy to uh to you know, replant, rebuild and uh 221 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:41.120 and beautify the rest of the lawn in in landscaping 222 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:46.960 and all the normal landscaping rules lawn shrubs, flower color 223 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.759 and anything in front of height. And when I say height, 224 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.960 I don't mean, you know, five or six feet, but uh, 225 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:56.120 but the shrubs growing up in front of that pull 226 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:59.440 in driveway area that that obscures the view of it, 227 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:03.000 so that from the street it's not like, oh, look, 228 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.120 you can see all of that driveway. It's still it's 229 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:09.080 usable and can be pulled in, but it's behind a backdrop, 230 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.440 as it were. Does that make sense not it? 231 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:11.919 It does? 232 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:16.399 Okay, So it's theatrics. It's it's theater staging, you know, 233 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.679 going out a little bit high in front of it, 234 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:23.279 lower down towards the sidewalk, greening all of that out 235 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:26.639 and we don't necessarily have to see that driveway air. 236 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:29.240 In fact, if you can obscure it all together, then 237 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:32.519 you could just again isolate that driveway area and maybe 238 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:36.240 go to gravel pea gravel in there, which is easier 239 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:39.879 and walkable, or the grids. The pea gravel would be 240 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:45.159 the least expensive of all, incredibly incredibly inexpensive and drains 241 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:51.120 really well, maybe with some stiff yes, absolutely absolutely. Now, 242 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:54.639 if she has a little trouble navigating and walking getting 243 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:57.679 out of the car, then maybe just a few stepstones 244 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:00.679 in the pea gravel to just stabilize that area until 245 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.519 she gets onto the front porch. But otherwise a pea 246 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.879 gravel path so that the car isn't destroying lawn, isolated 247 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.039 off as a temporary driveway, and then landscape the heck 248 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.879 out of everything else that's around it. Yeah, I love it. 249 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:15.879 Thank you so much. 250 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:19.480 You are so welcome, Raina. Thanks for the calling. Good luck. 251 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.960 You know what this is real life? You know, this 252 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.399 is the kind of stuff that I love being on 253 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.000 the radio and talking to you about. I gotta tell 254 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:35.000 you I've spent my entire career designing a state level homes, 255 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:38.200 you know, I mean, you know, mansions and big fancy 256 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.519 the kind of stuff that you see in fancy magazine 257 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:45.120 spreads and all of that. And guess what never ends 258 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:52.360 up in big, open spread magazines. Practical normal life issues 259 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:56.200 like mom needs to be dropped off right at the porch, 260 00:15:56.360 --> 00:16:00.200 and nobody has the budget to repour a driveway, and 261 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:04.039 how do you make a home a home beautiful and 262 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.879 functional and accommodate for those kinds of things. That never 263 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.720 makes it into Architectural Digest, by the way, but it 264 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:17.519 is design, nonetheless, and really really good design is the 265 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:20.799 solution at the end of the day to problems like that. 266 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.039 This is why I always tell you that design matters most, 267 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:27.320 and this is why I love sitting here talking to 268 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:30.720 you about real world problems in real world homes. And 269 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.639 we will do more of it when we return. 270 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:37.960 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 271 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:43.799 KFI AM six forty. 272 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:47.600 AM six forty live streaming and HD everywhere on the 273 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:52.200 iHeartRadio app. You are Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. 274 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.399 Thanks for joining us on the program this morning. What 275 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:59.080 a stunning, stunning weekend we've got ahead of us. Here 276 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:01.759 falls in the air. I don't care what the temperature is, 277 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.440 you can smell it. You can just tell the quality 278 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:06.519 of the air changes this time of year. It is 279 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.920 just different. I don't think we're pushing up past the 280 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:11.160 seventies today, are we? 281 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:11.759 No? 282 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:16.119 Huh? In most places in southern California, it's just going 283 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:18.880 to be a beautiful, beautiful weekend, and I hope you've 284 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.319 got plans to get out in it and make it special. 285 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:25.519 I want to comment very shortly here, very quickly, because 286 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.519 I ran a little along that last segment, and so 287 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:29.559 this is going to be a shorter one, but I 288 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:35.759 want to I was very, very touched by Raina's call 289 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:41.359 about her aging parents because something I alluded to when 290 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:46.480 I was answering her question is this. You know when 291 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:53.039 I was first recruited to do this show years and 292 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:56.519 years ago, Now, what has it been like over eight 293 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:02.200 years ago when Robin Bertolucci approached me and said, Hey, 294 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:06.519 I think you should do this show on the weekends 295 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:10.559 on KFI, and she said, don't say no. Because I 296 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:13.720 was about to like, why, why are you disrupting my 297 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:18.000 beautifully planned out life. She's like, I know that you're 298 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.839 gonna love it. It's going to be an adventure. But 299 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:23.880 I also know that that there's this part of you, 300 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:26.640 this part of your heart that just kind of longs 301 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:32.319 to help, you know, normal people, mainstream homeowners. And it's 302 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:36.400 true because most of my career has been wrapped around 303 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.039 a state level. I say a state level because I 304 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:42.759 you know, I don't like saying the word mansion, but 305 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:46.319 that's basically what it comes down to, big, big, big, 306 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:51.240 beautiful custom homes, and and I don't regret that at all. 307 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:56.240 I love that. I love that that level of creativity 308 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:59.079 that you get to pour into that because you know, 309 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.039 people write the checks for it, honestly. But I have 310 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:05.359 always lived, as you know, if you're a fan of 311 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:09.119 the show, very very simply, and you know, I just 312 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:12.559 live a suburban existence, in a regular old suburban neighborhood 313 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:17.079 and in a smaller than average by far suburban home. 314 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:21.039 And because I come from a blue collar family, a 315 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:24.599 lower lower middle class, blue collar family growing up. And 316 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:29.960 don't regret any of that either. So the point is, 317 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:33.599 this is where I come from. This is the life 318 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.279 that I'm most comfortable with, even though during the day 319 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:40.960 I design mansions for the wealthy and it's all good, 320 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:47.519 it's all great. I love, love, love helping mainstream homeowners 321 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.559 with real issues. And I alluded in my answer to 322 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:54.319 Raina's call because she's got aging parents now, and her 323 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:57.319 dad has to drive up onto the lawn in order 324 00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:59.359 to get near the front porch in order to help 325 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:02.440 mom get directly out of the car and into the house. 326 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:06.799 That's real world stuff, real life stuff. And you are 327 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:12.720 never ever ever going to see a front yard like 328 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:16.119 that displayed in Architectural Digest. You know, those are just 329 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:23.920 real world situations that you know, hote couture design magazines 330 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:28.680 have no concern about because it's just not jougie enough. 331 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:34.039 But design is still the answer to that problem. And 332 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:37.759 that's what I love about talking to you about your 333 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:41.160 home every weekend, not just solving the little nuts and 334 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:45.279 bolts issues, but also encouraging you that design matters most 335 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:49.759 on every single level. You know, I wrote this last 336 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:52.759 week for a different reason, but I want you to 337 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:57.799 hear this. Billions are spent every year on home improvement. 338 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:04.200 You would think that means most homes would you know, improve, 339 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:10.759 but they don't. Why because there's a missing piece design 340 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:15.519 Design matters most Most of us have never been taught 341 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:18.960 this truth. The wealthy have always had great design at 342 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:23.039 their disposal, but the rest of us, whose homes, by 343 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:27.119 the way, mean more to us because we've scraped and 344 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:32.119 sacrificed more to have them, we are far more likely 345 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.240 to accept that, Yeah, we get what we get right 346 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:40.839 in the mainstream home. I don't want you to ever 347 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:45.359 accept that, because design is not about good design is 348 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:49.480 not about having a massive budget. Good design is just 349 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:54.799 good design. And when we approach our problems from that perspective, 350 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:58.359 there's almost always a solution, and it always helps, and 351 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:01.480 it always makes things beautiful. So in talking to Raina 352 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:05.160 about here, you know, turf pavers pea, gravel decomposed, granted, 353 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:09.079 accepting the reality of the situation, Let's make a driveway 354 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:13.160 right up to even if it's a temporary one. Let's 355 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:15.880 make a driveway right up to the front porch. And 356 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:18.920 then let's landscape the heck out of the rest of 357 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:24.160 the yard to incorporate it, to disguise it somewhat. There's 358 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:27.039 always a solution. No, it's not going to get in 359 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:31.359 the spread of a big, fancy magazine, but yes, it's 360 00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:33.960 going to improve the lives of the people who live 361 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:39.359 in that home. And that is what makes all the difference. Right, 362 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.839 that's why we're here. All right, I've yacked enough. We're 363 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:45.839 going to get some news from Jackie Ray and then 364 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:48.680 we come back. I've got a couple of little new 365 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:51.319 things that i want to share with you. We will 366 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:53.640 do that right on the other side. Can if I 367 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:58.680 in chart the house whisper Welcome home, Welcome to home. 368 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:03.119 Here we are at the end of another Saturday morning show. 369 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:06.200 By the two hours just fly by, don't they. A 370 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.920 couple of things I want to share with you before 371 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:10.359 we're done today. First of all, if we left you 372 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:12.799 on hold today, which we did, This is the case 373 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:17.160 all the time. By the way, that whenever we don't 374 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:20.640 get to your call, you get to priority status for 375 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:23.200 the next show. So if you guys call back tomorrow, 376 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.480 then you get to go right to the front of 377 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:29.480 the line. It's like a lightning lane pass at Disneyland, 378 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:33.119 except it doesn't cost you anything extra. So it's a 379 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:38.480 good thing. Tomorrow on the show, again, just to remind 380 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:41.799 you that we're going to be talking about bedrooms. Bedrooms 381 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:46.359 are a tricky thing to design, mostly because people don't 382 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:50.039 take the right angled perspective in designing. Then we're going 383 00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:54.319 to talk in depth on bedrooms tomorrow on the program. 384 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:57.519 Plus a little bit more news from Vermont from our 385 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:00.839 recent two week vacation there, got it, share some things 386 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:03.720 with you. I know, it's a funny thing with our show. 387 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.359 Some people are like, get to the information and other 388 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:09.079 people are like, please spend more time talking about your 389 00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:11.720 personal life. And you know what, You're never gonna make 390 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:15.559 everybody happy, but we try and find a balance there. 391 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:19.119 So a little bit more of the love of autumn 392 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:23.000 from our trip to Vermont, plus a few other things. 393 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:25.119 We've got some great things coming up too. By the way, 394 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:28.079 can I just hint at this, Yes, we have secured 395 00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:31.359 the date the Sunday before Thanksgiving we are going to 396 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:36.359 be doing another House Whisper holiday home show live at 397 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:40.480 the KFI Studios in Burbank, and we will be telling 398 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:45.319 you when you can apply to you know, put it, 399 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:47.839 you know, for the contest of who's going to be 400 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:52.799 with us there live audience on that day plus early December. 401 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:57.000