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 --> 00:00:10.240 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. I 3 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:14.480 am Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I design custom homes, 4 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:18.519 I build custom homes, and today I'm your guide to 5 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.280 better understanding that place where you live. Today. On the show, 6 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:26.920 part two of our series. This weekend, the final weekend 7 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:31.519 of twenty twenty four, we are talking about trends and 8 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.520 predictions for twenty twenty five. And if you caught any 9 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:40.079 part of yesterday's show, you know that I have a 10 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.920 different kind of take on these things when it comes 11 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:46.479 to home design and decor and trends and all of 12 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:49.479 that kind of stuff. I am endeavoring to give you 13 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:53.880 the most honest, straightforward and useful approach possible. Not a 14 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:59.840 lot of design influencer kind of stuff that you just 15 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.920 online all the time. And so I'm picking a little 16 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:07.200 bit of that apart not to be overly critical, and 17 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.840 I'm not an overly critical guy, but I want to 18 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:13.280 help and there's just a lot of there's a lot 19 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.680 of bs out there, That's all I can say. So 20 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.959 what we're doing today is we are separating the brilliant 21 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:23.040 from the BS for you when it comes to what's 22 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:27.439 coming and what to expect in the world of design 23 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:32.920 for your home for the year to come. And if 24 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:35.760 we get it all done the right way, you will 25 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:38.200 be the better off for it, I hope. And of 26 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.400 course you know, as always going to be taking calls today. 27 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:44.680 The number to reach me, I'll give it to you 28 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:49.680 right now, eight three three two Ask Dean A three 29 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.760 three The numeral to ask Dean eight three three two 30 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:58.959 ask Dean. Producer Richie standing by right now. Phone lines 31 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.719 are open. He is ready to take your call and 32 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:03.560 he'll tell you everything you need to know. He'll pop 33 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:05.760 you into the queue. And who knows you and I 34 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.120 we can put our heads together. We can figure out 35 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.719 what's going on with your home. Of course I'm talking 36 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:13.560 trends in prediction. But when it comes to calls, you 37 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:16.400 set the agenda. Anything you want to talk about regarding 38 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:22.280 your home, design, construction, DIY, questions, whatever the case may be, inside, outside, up, down, 39 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:27.919 all around everything and anything regarding your home. All right, 40 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:31.319 let me introduce you to our awesome team this morning. 41 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.520 Once again Elmer is on the board. Good morning Elmer, 42 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:41.560 Good morning Dane. I thought I thought that a silver 43 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:45.919 back Gorilla had somehow made it into I'm like, wait 44 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:50.520 a second, what happened to Elmer? I don't even know. 45 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:54.120 I just I just had some random thing that was deep. Bro. 46 00:02:54.360 --> 00:03:00.159 I like that. I like it sounds good. As I said, produce, Sir, 47 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.240 Richie is with us this morning screening calls. He's busy 48 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:06.280 doing that right now. We love him and can't live 49 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:09.919 without him. Also, somebody I can't live without. Eileen Gonzalez 50 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:12.319 at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen, good morning. I 51 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:15.039 felt like I needed to do something like haa hello, 52 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.000 I see see Elmer's setting the bar. He's just setting 53 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:24.960 the bar for us. You know, come after you could 54 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:26.680 make you're gonna have to come up with your own 55 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:29.719 animal sound. We're just gonna fill the studio with the 56 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:34.400 sound of animal and elephant. Nope, no, who can, by 57 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:38.800 the way. Uh but yeah, all right, So how's everything 58 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:41.719 going with you? Everything good? Going great? Looking forward to 59 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:44.400 some time off coming up and celebrating the new year. 60 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:47.360 That's good. You see, you get the time off because 61 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.280 you've worked all the way through these other holidays. Good. 62 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.360 I did Thanksgiving, I did Christmas, and now I'm going 63 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:59.319 to get to play enabling our other hosts and newspeople 64 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.919 to just sit around and not earn their keep. Basically, 65 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:07.719 so it's good that that you get the time off. Now, 66 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:12.280 somebody who does earn their keep, let me turn on 67 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.719 her microphone here. Oh, that's a strange dog you've got 68 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.920 sitting next to you. That is not our normal beagle. 69 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.360 Who is that? This is Murphy. That's Murphy. Murphy looks 70 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.639 like a small teddy bear. He does, and he has 71 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:32.639 a very cuttle haircut. Yeah, he's interesting. Sitting across the 72 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:36.600 table from me, my better half, truly, my design partner, 73 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.720 my partner in life, and my best friend on planet Earth. 74 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:45.720 Tina is here. You made an elephant sound. I did 75 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.720 Gorilla's Elephants. We got a whole zoo and it is 76 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:53.160 it's very it's very exotic. It's an exotic morning. It 77 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:57.959 is the final show of Hours before the new year. 78 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:01.120 This is the last show of twenty twenty four. We're 79 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:03.800 gonna make it a good one. We're talking about trends 80 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:08.279 and predictions. I do this every year, and you know, 81 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:11.240 look a little bit of a look back. More importantly, 82 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.759 I look forward. But this year, this year, you know 83 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:18.000 what I just I've got. I did a little looking around, 84 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.759 and I shouldn't have. I shouldn't have. Probably, oh maybe 85 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.399 I should have. I don't know. I did a little 86 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:28.639 searching around this week on the interweb, that's the thing, 87 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:35.040 right the interweb. I went looking for, you know, sites 88 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.199 talking about design trends and predictions for twenty twenty five. 89 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:46.600 And some of them were fine. Some of them were fine. 90 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:51.680 Others though, and I have to say, like most of 91 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:56.920 them really got under my skin, like just you know, 92 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:00.519 I ended up with something stuck in my crawl as 93 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:07.360 it were. Are what can I tell you about this? 94 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:11.439 It just seems to me like so many weak ideas 95 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:15.120 being rehashed and rehashed. And the problem I have with 96 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.079 it is not that, hey, if you just want to 97 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.800 be out there just just spreading weak ideas around, find 98 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.800 you know, who am I to stop somebody from wasting 99 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:28.959 their time? But the problem is there are people that 100 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:33.959 I care about, our listeners, you who, you know, I 101 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:39.560 don't want you being frustrated, shamed, led astray by this 102 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.879 kind of so called advice. And so I'm trying to 103 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:45.240 draw some hard lines. So yeah, I'm getting a little 104 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:49.120 critical here at the end of the year about what 105 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:54.680 it is supposedly that is coming that you need to 106 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:58.439 know about. I want to distinguish between the two. And 107 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.680 we're gonna do it. Gosh, we're gonna do it, and 108 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:04.040 we're gonna do it right, and we'll do it right after. 109 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:08.439 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 110 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:10.040 KFI AM six forty. 111 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:16.319 Hey, we've got open callboard right now. The number to 112 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:19.920 reach me eight three three two Ask Dean eight three 113 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:24.480 three the numeral to ask Dean. I was told that 114 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:28.399 also I should open up the calls just for people 115 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:32.439 who want to talk about how much you loved or 116 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:35.480 hated the show this year. So I'm gonna do that 117 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.240 as well. You can call me with a question about 118 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.319 your house. You can also just call me with your commentary. 119 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:45.879 Just keep it clean. That's all I'm asking about your 120 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.000 year with us here at home. Feel free to do it. 121 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:54.360 Eight three three two ask Dean. A three three the 122 00:07:54.480 --> 00:08:03.680 numeral two ask Dean. All right, yes, quick review, I said, 123 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.040 you know, as always, there's a lot of great stuff 124 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:08.399 happening in the world of home design, and as always, 125 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:10.879 there's a lot of bogus advice out there. What's hot, 126 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:15.240 what's not so on. I want you to trust my list. 127 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.959 Why well, because I'm here to help you and I 128 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.199 got nothing to sell you, right, so we want to 129 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.800 separate brilliant from BS when it comes to this stuff. 130 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:29.000 I'm going to repeat one thing I said yesterday specifically 131 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:31.600 just to get us started out on my hot and 132 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:36.159 not list. What is hot for you this year design 133 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:42.200 advice that helps you tell your story. Okay, what is 134 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:49.000 not hot this year is influencers who last year encouraged 135 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:52.399 you to buy into twenty twenty four trends, but are 136 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:56.360 now telling you that it is so yesterday. I am 137 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.960 just so done with this cycle and I got a 138 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.120 I'll tell you most of the professional designers I know 139 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:06.799 are equally fed up with it. And I want to 140 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:10.039 draw a distinction for you. While you're online looking at 141 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:14.240 whatever is you're looking at Instagram, TikTok, pinterest boards, whatever 142 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:17.000 the case may be, I want you to be very 143 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:21.799 careful to kind of dig a little deeper and find 144 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:30.039 out whether you're getting this information from actual professional designers, architects, decorators, 145 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:34.639 and so on, or whether you're just reading the board, 146 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:37.600 looking at the board of a what we've now come 147 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:41.799 to call design influencers, which are just folks out there 148 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.759 saying what they want to say about stuff whose main 149 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.759 job it is to get you caught up in a 150 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.600 loop of sticking with them because what they say this year, 151 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:54.679 they're going to change up next year. And the problem 152 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.000 that I have with that is the shaming that happens 153 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:02.360 and the lack of reality. Okay, there are some areas 154 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:05.559 in which design is not unlike the fashion world. I mean, 155 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:10.399 it's artistics. It has to find the balance between form 156 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:14.000 and function and so on and so forth. But there 157 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:18.840 are huge differences when you've just laid down tens of 158 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:22.919 thousands of dollars to remodel a bathroom or a kitchen, 159 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:26.840 or you know, just even a few thousand dollars redecorating. 160 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:29.759 The fact of the matter is this is not just 161 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:32.279 like an old blouse from a couple of years ago 162 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.919 that you've decided to donate to goodwill. So for somebody 163 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:39.240 to come along and first tell you, oh, these colors 164 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:43.000 and this cabinet tone is great, and then you know, 165 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:47.080 eighteen months later to be pronouncing that that was so 166 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.600 yesterday and it's so not where things are going, and 167 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:53.200 to make you feel bad that you've got whatever it 168 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:56.240 is that you've built that ain't cool. It's not cool 169 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.039 at all. Right, So this is what I'm going to 170 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:02.759 tell you is in. What is in is your story. 171 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:07.279 Your story is in. Your story will always be in 172 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:10.600 for as long as it is your story. So if 173 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:13.559 you find the way that you live in your home, 174 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:18.399 you discover your preferences, you discover your likes and your dislikes, 175 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:23.679 and you conscientiously build that into the home of the 176 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:27.240 house that you call home, then you know what it's in. 177 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.679 It's in. It's hot, it's right and h and let 178 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:36.120 nobody tell you that it's past due or passed over. 179 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:43.200 It's just not true. It's not true. Every facet every 180 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:49.960 style of architectural design on the planet that isn't literally 181 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:57.159 today's cutting edge contemporary effort is by definition past old 182 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:02.039 and out. Okay, if it's like, oh I just love 183 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:05.799 Art Deco, that's out, man, that's like a hundred years old. 184 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:12.279 So does that mean it's no good? Absolutely not. It 185 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:15.200 is absolutely gorgeous enough that's what you want to pursue, 186 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.879 then pursue it. You get what I'm feeling, So there 187 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:22.320 you go. Okay, let's move on to my list. I 188 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:28.639 took some stabs at maximalism. Maximal maximalism yesterday. Listen to 189 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:33.759 yesterday's show. You find it on the podcast, and you 190 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:36.399 know you can catch up with that. I'm gonna talk 191 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:41.440 to you about something that truly is Should we call 192 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:44.360 it a trend? I don't, I don't really care. It's 193 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:48.279 actually just a facet of furnishings, something that Tina and 194 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:52.360 I are both impressed with, something that's hot right now 195 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:55.320 and growing hotter, and that I expect we will see 196 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:59.960 more and more of in the world of sofas. Okay, 197 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:06.559 low profile sofas with adjustable headrests. Tina, jump in here 198 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:10.639 with me on this right, low profile sofas with adjustable 199 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:14.320 headrest Now what am I talking about here? Well, here's 200 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:20.440 the thing. As designers, we know that when it comes 201 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.840 to setting up a really you know, sexy living room 202 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.919 and spent and this is by the way, even more 203 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:31.600 appropriate if you have a smaller space with lower ceilings. 204 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:35.759 One of the things that we prefer is to keep 205 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:40.080 furnishings as gorgeous as they are as low profile in 206 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:42.799 the room as possible, so that they're not climbing halfway 207 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:46.480 up the walls and kind of chunking up a space 208 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.879 and so you've got more room on the wall for 209 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:53.799 art and just the whole you know, space feels area. 210 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:57.240 It's a good thing. It's a good thing. Okay. However, 211 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.799 it's also equally to me that when you sit down 212 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.759 on the sofa, your love and your life. Okay. And 213 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:08.919 for the longest time there has been this tension between 214 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:13.279 the artistic effect of a low profile sofa or chair 215 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.879 and the fact that nobody wants to sit in them 216 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:22.919 because they come up so short that they're just dang uncomfortable. Okay. 217 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:28.000 But in recent years something has been developing in the 218 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:30.679 furnishings world that I want you to be aware of. 219 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:33.360 And this is not even though I'm saying that this 220 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:36.519 is a contemporary idea, this is not limited in any way, 221 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:40.399 shape or form to contemporary style furniture. This is an 222 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:44.759 adaptation that I absolutely love, and that is a low 223 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:49.679 profile sofa with a cushion built into the top back 224 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.279 of the sofa that lays flat but is either on 225 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:56.120 well some of them are, you know, the fancier ones 226 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.279 are like on a little electric servo that you control 227 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:04.200 with the button. They're simply like on a ratcheted gear mechanism, 228 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:07.000 and what you can do is it can be down 229 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.039 when no one's using the room, and therefore you get 230 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.320 that low profile with lots of wall space, makes the 231 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:18.679 ceiling feel higher, all of that. But when you sit down, 232 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:23.240 all you do is reach back, you flip up this headrest, 233 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:27.320 and now you've got the comfort of what otherwise would 234 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:31.559 be a really big, tall piece of furniture. It is 235 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:36.080 literally the best of both worlds. So if you want 236 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:39.480 to know a real trend that's happening right now that's 237 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:42.279 going to only be growing. And if you're even thinking 238 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.240 about possible new furnishings or furniture for a special room, 239 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:51.279 then get on the interweb right now and just do 240 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.679 a search for low profile sofa with adjustable headrests. You'll 241 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.080 see exactly what I'm talking about, and you know what, 242 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:02.679 it might be the perfect for you. That's something really 243 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.600 cool that we're going to see more of in twenty 244 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:07.399 twenty five. All right, I got more for you. I 245 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.120 did one that's hot. Let's talk about one that's not. 246 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:11.159 Right after. 247 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.639 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 248 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:21.720 KFI AM six forty. 249 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:23.200 Live streaming everywhere on the iHeartRadio app Dean Sharp the 250 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:28.159 house whisper here at your beckon call. Hey, we're gonna 251 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:29.720 be going to the phones top of the hour in 252 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:32.000 just a bit. So here's the number to reach me. 253 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:36.039 Eight three three two ask Dean. Eight three three the 254 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:39.960 numeral to ask Dean. All right, let's dive back in 255 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:45.240 to trends and predictions Dean's special Trends and Predictions list 256 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.919 for twenty twenty five. All right, so we talked about 257 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:52.360 something that's very hot right now, low profile sofas with 258 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.279 adjustable headrests. Right before the break. Now, let me give 259 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:02.679 a cautionary half thumbs out aft thumbs down to something 260 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:06.000 that I've seen on a lot of lists this week. 261 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:13.359 Feature ceilings feature ceilings. What is a feature ceiling. A 262 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:17.839 feature ceiling is simply a ceiling that has more going 263 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:22.720 on than just flat drywall up there, okay. In other words, 264 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:27.039 a feature ceiling is any ceiling in which some added 265 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.119 feature or a feature has been added to it. Whether 266 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:35.039 it's you know, something as crazy and intense as a 267 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:40.160 full coffered ceiling in a beautiful library setting, or whether 268 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:44.039 it's applicate moldings, or whether you know, whatever the case 269 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:46.519 may be medallions, there could be all sorts of things 270 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:51.160 on a feature ceiling. Feature ceilings are on a lot 271 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:55.519 of lists right now out there that say this is 272 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:58.920 a hot trend for twenty twenty five. So how do 273 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:04.000 I feel about feet your ceilings? Well, here's the thing. 274 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:10.000 There is no question as your designer that I take 275 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:13.720 the ceiling into account in every space that where we 276 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.319 are asked to do work in Take the seat you got. 277 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.079 You can't ignore the ceiling. The ceiling is critical. The 278 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:24.920 ceiling is essentially the fifth wall in any room, all right, 279 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:28.759 And a lot of people who can and maybe should 280 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:33.200 do something with their ceilings miss that opportunity by just 281 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:36.920 never even thinking about it. So I'm going to give 282 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:39.680 it a qualified thumbs up as far as I'm kind 283 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:43.720 of glad that, you know, if it's true that more 284 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:47.480 people are thinking about things to do on the ceiling. 285 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:53.839 But what and believe me, it's a big butt. Okay, 286 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:58.720 what you do with the ceiling has a lot to 287 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:05.519 do with what size room you're in and how high 288 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:10.960 that ceiling is. In this designer's opinion, Okay, here's what 289 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:13.640 I don't want to have happen. I don't want you 290 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.519 to just take it the idea of, you know, you 291 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:19.839 should really take the ceiling into account, which is always true. 292 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:23.359 But I don't want you to take that as license 293 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:27.200 or somehow a mandate that you have to do something 294 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:31.039 on the ceiling. And here's why. If you're working with 295 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:34.599 what is, you know, kind of old tracked standard, that's 296 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.680 what we have to say nowadays, old tracked standard ceiling high, 297 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.960 which is eight feet. That is, it's an adequate ceiling, 298 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:43.559 but it's not a high ceiling, right, And we say 299 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:47.319 old track standard because new tracked standard ceilings are nine 300 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:50.720 and that makes actually a pretty big difference. Actually, that 301 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:54.799 extra twelve inches makes a significant difference in the feel 302 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:57.680 of a room. But a lot of people, most people 303 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:02.759 still living in eight foot ceilings. In your case, we've 304 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:07.039 got to be really, really careful how much attention we 305 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.759 draw it to the ceiling, simply because I don't want 306 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:13.200 the ceiling coming down at you. I don't mean falling down. 307 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:17.279 I mean that the more color, the more stuff, the 308 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:21.039 more moldings, the more trims that we put up on 309 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:26.880 that ceiling, the more it is going to draw its attention. Okay, 310 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:30.480 your attention to it, I should say. And therefore, the 311 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:34.559 more keenly aware you're going to be that it's just 312 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:38.640 right there, right up at eight feet, not very far away. Okay. 313 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:44.160 So I have a design theory that in order to 314 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:49.920 make a room as voluminous as possible, as airy as possible, 315 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:55.599 I love the idea of doing moldings and all sorts 316 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:59.200 of details on walls, get as hot and heavy as 317 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:03.559 you want. But I tend to leave ceilings alone if 318 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:06.680 they are lower, because I tend to want them to 319 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:11.160 kind of not draw attention to themselves. Now that's a 320 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:15.400 lower ceiling. If we are above nine feet, even at 321 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:17.759 nine feet, we can do some things. But if we're 322 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:21.960 above nine feet, okay, then I want to do just 323 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.319 the opposite. When we get above nine feet ten eleven, 324 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:29.920 some people have, you know, vaulted ceilings, fourteen foot ceilings, 325 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:33.160 big seat, then I want to draw attention to the 326 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:37.799 fact that we've got volume in the room, and I'm like, hey, 327 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.240 this sky's the limit, man, Let's let's let's get crazy with 328 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:44.119 what we want to do up there. So it's one 329 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:48.359 of those things where, you know, I'm sorry to say, 330 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:52.920 it's just true. You know, if you have a taller ceiling, 331 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:57.160 then you get to have more, and if you don't, 332 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:01.119 then you probably should stay away for putting too much. Now, 333 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:06.240 there are always exceptions to that rule. Okay. One of 334 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:11.200 the exceptions to that rule is in a bedroom scenario. Okay, 335 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:14.880 we could take our little cottage as a perfect example. 336 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.400 I live in a little cottage house, right, and I've 337 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:20.359 got a couple of areas in my home where I've 338 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:23.640 got vaulted ceilings in the main entertainment areas, but in 339 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.720 the bedrooms, you know, we're down at eight feet. However, 340 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:29.480 when Tina and I are laying in bed staring up 341 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:32.400 at the ceiling, the height of the ceiling is not 342 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:36.079 really relevant. Okay, It's not like you're walking in and 343 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.640 you're not worried about it. You're actually your head is 344 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:44.640 now lower in relationship to that ceiling than if you 345 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.799 walked in and the ceiling was twelve feet tall, just about. Okay. 346 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:53.960 So because of that, we've got a beautiful ceiling applica 347 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:57.680 on our master bedroom ceiling, on the primary bedroom ceiling 348 00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:00.599 up there, and it's beautiful and it gets a lot 349 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:03.880 of attention from us because we're the ones in bed 350 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:06.839 staring up at it. So stuff like that in a 351 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:10.200 qualified sense, got no problem with an eight foot ceiling, 352 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:15.559 But otherwise I generally generally okay, and these are not laws, 353 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:20.880 they're just guidelines. I generally encourage people. Let's let's avoid 354 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:23.759 putting too much heavy stuff. And you've heard me say 355 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:26.039 this before if you listen to the show that you 356 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:28.079 know I'm not. I want to do all sorts of 357 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:30.599 moldings in the room, big moldings at the bottom of 358 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:34.720 an eight foot ceiling, room, wainscots, anything you want to do, 359 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:38.480 but I actually try to avoid like heavy crown moldings 360 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:41.319 up at an eight foot ceiling cut for the exact 361 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:43.880 reason that they draw attention to the fact that the 362 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:48.400 ceiling is just right there, right there. Now, you feel 363 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:53.200 free to differ from that opinion, but I'm right about it. 364 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:57.920 So let's just you know, I'm sorry, Just get over it. 365 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:01.559 It's just advice. It's advice. Okay. So the idea of 366 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:04.839 feature ceilings, I'm staring at a photo on one list 367 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:10.079 right now where this designer had herringbone wood floor. They 368 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:13.720 took herringbone wood up one wall and they ran herringbone 369 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:17.839 across the ceiling in this room. And you know what, man, 370 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:21.839 that is like a cave. It makes for an interesting photo, 371 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.519 but in the real world, I know exactly what that 372 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:30.559 room feels like. Weird, just weird. So a qualified thumbs 373 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:34.599 up for feature ceilings. Absolutely, always consider the ceiling in 374 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:37.000 any space. It is a big part of the space, 375 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:40.359 but not necessarily licensed to go up and do it. 376 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:43.160 Especially the lower the ceiling, the more cautious you have 377 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:46.240 to be. All right, when we come back, I got more, 378 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:50.160 I got more. Let's talk about sustainable design. 379 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:55.640 M you're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand 380 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:57.480 from KFI AM sixty. 381 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:03.319 I'm just glad that you are with us today. We're 382 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:06.200 talking about trends and predictions for twenty twenty five. Yes, 383 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:09.480 I have a somewhat skewed view of it. I think 384 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:12.680 I have a fairly accurate view from where I'm sitting 385 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:16.200 of all of these trends and prediction lists. But you 386 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:20.680 know you're free to disagree. I'm just sharing you my 387 00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:23.839 opinions and my advice as we go, as I always do. 388 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:27.359 By the way, right after this next break, coming up, 389 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:30.240 we are going to the phones. The number again eight 390 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:35.160 three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two. 391 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:40.039 Ask Dean eight three three two. Ask dean producer Richie 392 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:43.000 standing by ready to take your call. He'll tell you 393 00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:45.160 everything you need to know. Pop you into the queue. 394 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:49.000 Anything you want to talk about regarding your home or 395 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.519 our show this year, feel free to give me a 396 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:57.160 call and we'll get at it all right. Here's one 397 00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.799 I wish there weren't so many of these on the 398 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:07.920 list that I felt kind of dubious about. But sustainable design. 399 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:14.640 Those are two words that are difficult to quantify. Sustainable design, nevertheless, 400 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:18.559 is on just about every trend list this year. In fact, 401 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.359