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 --> 00:00:10.039 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Hey, 3 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.160 welcome home. I'm Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I design 4 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:17.920 custom homes, I build custom homes, and I'm your guide 5 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:23.039 to turning your place that you'll live from something ordinary 6 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:28.640 into something truly extraordinary. Today on the show, Part two, 7 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:32.320 Part two of a two part series that we are 8 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.039 calling The Secrets of Ish. 9 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.840 Now, what the heck is that? Well, of course you 10 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.359 need to go back and listen to part one just 11 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:44.000 to catch up, because there was a lot of good 12 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.000 stuff shared on yesterday's program as well. But to bring 13 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:51.399 you back up to speed, ish Ish is just a 14 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:57.920 way that Tina and I like to describe real eclectic decor. Okay, 15 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.079 the fact that most people in the real world, In fact, 16 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.200 I would say all people in the real world don't 17 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:10.560 live in some magazine spread pure air quotes pure decor environment, 18 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:14.519 right like you've seen one pure theme like you see 19 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.200 on a Pinterest board, or you know, like I said, 20 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:22.000 a design magazine spread. Those things they look great, but 21 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:24.760 they aren't where all of us live. All of us 22 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:28.920 live in the real world, and the real world is 23 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:32.120 full of all sorts of other things that come into 24 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.879 our lives, things that mean a lot to you, things 25 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:39.640 that have a lot of deep meaning and sentimentality and attachment, 26 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:45.760 but don't necessarily fit one particular decor, even your primary decor. 27 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.680 So the question is how do we pull off real 28 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:57.560 beautiful interior home decor and when it's not pure, Well, 29 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:01.640 that's the secrets of ish and the idea being well, 30 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:05.239 I have a modern home. Well, it's modern ish. I've 31 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:08.520 got an arts and crafts kind of you know, craftsman 32 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:12.719 bungalow home. Well, in the real world, it's arts and 33 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:19.000 crafts ish, it's Victorian ish, it's ranch ish, it's farmhouse ish. 34 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:22.919 You get what I'm saying. The ish is where we thrive. 35 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.280 The ish is where we find out the difference between 36 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.639 a decor that fails and one that is capable of 37 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:35.360 embracing sources from different time periods, from different styles and 38 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:40.280 still looks beautiful. And that really is what we would 39 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:45.840 call eclectic design. It's not chaotic, it's not cluttered, but 40 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:49.560 it doesn't all have to come from one pure source 41 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.199 in order for a room or a space or a 42 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:57.520 home to be stunning. Stunningly fantastic. So that's where we're at, 43 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:01.360 and there are rules. There are rules. We'll get to 44 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:03.639 that in just a bit. Right now, though, I want 45 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.280 to introduce you to our fantastic team. Elmer is on 46 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:13.159 the board. Good morning, Elmer, Good morning Dean. Producer Richie 47 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.840 standing by. Oh my gosh, he's already taking calls. The 48 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:19.039 board is open. Let me give you the number for 49 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:22.159 those of you who are late to the program. Here 50 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:27.159 just a few seconds in eight three three to ask Dean, 51 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:31.280 Well you guys are you guys are hungry for answers 52 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:36.240 this morning? Eight three three two, ask Dean eight three 53 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.039 to three the numeral to ask Dean. It doesn't matter 54 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:41.599 that there are already calls on the board, because you know, 55 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:45.520 we select calls at random, so you got as much 56 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:47.360 a chance of getting on the air as anybody else, 57 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.960 even if you call now A three three two, ask Dean. 58 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:53.400 I'll be going to the phones as I do throughout 59 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.000 the show. You can give us a call. Richie will 60 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:57.719 tell you everything you need to know. Pop you into 61 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:02.000 the queue. Producer Richie's standing by. II Leen Gonzalez, my 62 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:05.680 buddy at the news desk. Good morning, I Lenk good morning, sunshine. 63 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:09.000 How are you doing? I always left when you call 64 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:11.919 me sunshine? Are you so bright and cheery? I don't 65 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.439 feel it. I don't feel that way at all at all. 66 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:18.560 I was talking last night. I was at a thing 67 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:24.560 with Stefan Steffouche, who is uh Tim Conway's aboard op, 68 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.839 and he's like just staring at me. He's like, you know, 69 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:29.519 I just don't get to see you enough, and I'm 70 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:33.560 staring at your face. The sound of your voice is 71 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.160 coming out of your mouth, and I just think, like 72 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:41.079 everywhere you go, everything you say just sounds so comforting 73 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:43.720 and so well rounded. I'm like, you have clearly not 74 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:46.319 spent time at my house, my friend, We'll ask your 75 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:50.040 wife about that. Yeah, well Tina, you know, Tina's gonna 76 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:53.079 support stuff. Fush actually in that one, But I wasn't 77 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.879 sure though. I wasn't sure if if he was, I 78 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:57.879 think he, I mean, I know he was trying to 79 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.680 compliment me, but I'm like, really, I mean, there's no 80 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.480 edge to my voice at all. I am I just 81 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:07.439 like am I just forever trapped in like a TV 82 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:10.480 weather man's body? Is that it? It just that's all 83 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:15.639 It's gonna be, just gonna be like, hello, good morning. Anyway, Eileen, 84 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:18.079 I'm so glad. It's always great to work with you. 85 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.279 Glad that you're here with us this morning. Eileen's going 86 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:22.240 to take care of all of our news this morning. 87 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:26.439 Sitting across the table from me. The one who will 88 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:29.920 tell you the truth. She she will tell you the truth. 89 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:33.399 One of the nicest human beings on the planet. And 90 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:35.720 I only say one of the nicest because you know 91 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.560 I haven't met everybody else. Well, no, that's true. You 92 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:45.360 aren't actually that nice, but wonderful and honest as the day. 93 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.959 So whatever Tina tells you about me, actually that's actually 94 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:52.279 the truth because one of the reasons why I was 95 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:56.519 so attracted to her and on day one was just 96 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:59.920 I've never met a person who is more honest, sometimes 97 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:07.519 too honest. Sometimes, you know, our family would say that 98 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:11.720 that Tina has no inner monologue. 99 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:18.279 None, I've gotten better you have. It's not saying everything, 100 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:23.279 not saying everything you're feeling immediately. Yeah, But you know what, 101 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:27.040 I treasure that. I treasure it because if somebody like 102 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:30.279 Tina in your life, you should treasure them, even though 103 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:33.000 sometimes it can be a little tough at moments, just 104 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.759 to hear exactly what somebody's thinking unedited. 105 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.399 But yeah, exactly right. But that's the point. There really 106 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:45.560 is no elephant in the room with Tina. You see that. 107 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:51.839 You see how I did that. That's professional radio right there. Yeah, No, 108 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.240 there really isn't an elephant in the room with you, 109 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.879 because I know exactly where I stay. I know when 110 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:00.279 you're upset with me. And uh and because as you're 111 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:05.839 so honest, when you're like, hey, like you I can 112 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:09.360 I trust it, I trust it, you know, right, the 113 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:14.199 hard edge sometimes of honest people, you know, the the upside, 114 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:17.600 the massive upside, is that you can trust them when 115 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:21.439 they tell you that you are a good person. There 116 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.720 you go, they're not blown smoke. Tina does not blow smoke. 117 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:29.680 I do not. No, she does not. And now what 118 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:33.399 what what are you saying? Just say it? It's time 119 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.920 for the news. Okay, all right, Joall, We're going to 120 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:42.519 dive into the secrets of ish and eclectic decor right after. 121 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:46.800 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 122 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.399 KFI A M six forty. 123 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:54.120 Hey, whether you're home for you is a condo, a cottage, 124 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:58.240 a castle, It makes no difference. The rules are the same. 125 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:01.439 The principles are the same, and I am here to 126 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.319 help you take it to the next level. That's what 127 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:05.079 we're all about here on the show. By the way, 128 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.600 in a bit we're going to be going to the phones. 129 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.279 Here's the number again, eight three three two. Ask Dean, 130 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:15.519 eight three three the numeral two, Ask Dean. And when 131 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.160 it comes to calls, did I say this already? When 132 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:21.120 it comes to calls? No matter what I'm talking about 133 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.839 on the show, you set the agenda. Anything that you've 134 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:27.240 got on your mind regarding your home, anything that's got 135 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:31.519 you scratching your head, design, construction, DIY questions, whatever the 136 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.960 case may be. We'll put our heads together. We'll figure 137 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:38.639 it out, I promise. All right, let's dive back into 138 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:43.720 the secrets of eclectic home design. My favorite way is 139 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:47.639 a little review from yesterday, very quick to describe eclectic design. 140 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:52.879 My favorite way is a symphony of diversity, because it 141 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:55.559 really is. You think about a symphony orchestra, all these 142 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:59.600 different instruments, very very very different instruments emitting very very 143 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:02.799 different sounds, and yet we can draw them together. Those 144 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:05.799 who know what they're doing draw them together into one 145 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.960 beautiful melody. And that's what we want out of eclectic design, 146 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:14.639 and so the way to master that is really to 147 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:19.559 master those secrets of ish, the ishness of your theme, 148 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:26.240 farmhouse ish, craftsman ish, whatever the ish may be. Nobody 149 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.120 lives in a ruthlessly consistent magazine spread. It just doesn't happen, 150 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.320 and they're so easily thwarted. I shared this yesterday. I'll 151 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:36.759 share it with you again just to jumpstart our conversation. 152 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:42.720 Imagine a stunningly sophisticated kitchen right in some magazine spread. 153 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:45.840 You can bring that kitchen to its knees by just 154 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.559 taking a refrigerator magnet and putting your kindergartener's coloring project 155 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.559 up on the fridge boom. Real world has struck, and 156 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:58.759 now it's no longer magazine quality spread. Right. You're like, okay, 157 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:02.159 I get it. That's the idea, right, How can we 158 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:04.840 have a beautiful home and live in the real world 159 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:07.440 at the same time. And I'm letting you off the 160 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:12.799 hook that somehow, because you live in the real world, 161 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:15.720 you'll never have a beautiful home like that. Not true, 162 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:17.840 not true. But we have to move away from that 163 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:25.399 magazine concept into real, actual design and decor principles for 164 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:29.480 your home. And if you follow the rules and you 165 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:32.559 put the effort in, then you know what you're gonna 166 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:36.480 be rewarded. It's gonna be gorgeous. Okay, No, it's not 167 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:42.639 necessarily easy, and you want to make sure. Let me 168 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.720 also say this, when you're looking for rules and you 169 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:49.799 go online looking for rules, which you know, I just 170 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.799 did a little search this week, I'm like, you know what, 171 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:55.480 how readily available is this kind of advice? Anyway, I'm 172 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:57.360 gonna make you feel better that you're listening right now, 173 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:01.120 because it's not very readily available you can find if 174 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:04.759 you search like rules for eclectic to core, you will 175 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:12.320 find a gabillion websites advising you quote unquote, but just beware, 176 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.399 make sure when you're looking for rules that you don't 177 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.679 end up just getting suggestions. And that's where they almost 178 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:20.960 all go. Right. They start out with, well, we're gonna 179 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:23.720 explain eclectic design to you, and here's how you can 180 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:25.759 master it. And the next thing you know, it's like, 181 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:30.039 add some plants, add greenery, what like okay, wait, what 182 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:32.639 if greenery is not in my plant? Now you're just 183 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:37.200 giving me suggestions again. Now you're just showing me a 184 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:41.559 photograph again. Okay, instead of helping me understand it. It 185 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:44.720 reminds me of the if you're old enough to remember, 186 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:49.000 you remember the Tutsi roll owl, right, Remember that commercial 187 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:52.679 is so iconic, right, And it's like how many lips 188 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:54.679 does it take to get to the center of a 189 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:57.440 Tutsi pop? And then they finally bring it to the 190 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:00.000 wise owl and he licks it three times and any 191 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:02.879 and crunches it and he's like three, the answer is three. 192 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.639 Well, no, it's not. 193 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:08.720 So Just beware, just beware that when you go for 194 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.399 advice on principles, that you don't end up just getting 195 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:18.000 advice on what to do. Okay, I'm trying not to 196 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:21.120 do that here today with you now. Yesterday we talked 197 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.600 about starting with a neutral canvas, keeping your walls bright 198 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:30.679 and neutral, letting your floor ground your collection, uniting color 199 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.919 and texture. Yesterday's program we talked about the eighty twenty rule. 200 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:42.879 And also I wrapped up yesterday's program with embracing negative space. Okay, 201 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:48.279 if you're going to have diverse design elements in a 202 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:54.120 single space, you got to give them some room. Eclectic 203 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:59.039 design is not clutter. Not clutter, okay, it's not chaos. 204 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:04.679 Negative space powerful, powerful tool for drawing attention to things 205 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:07.440 and giving them some space from each other and letting 206 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:11.559 them breathe as well, so embracing negative space and what 207 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:14.519 really that just comes down to, you know, not too 208 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:18.679 much not too much stuff. Okay. It's an ongoing problem 209 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:21.360 that we all struggle with because we go out in 210 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.919 the world and things, stuff just attaches itself to us 211 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:27.960 and it ends up coming home with us. Don't have 212 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.799 too much stuff if you really want a stunning space. 213 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.000 And I'll tell you why. It's not just a matter 214 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.399 of opinion or preference on my part. Everything that I 215 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.000 tell you design wise here on the program is based. 216 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:45.360 I like to think that it's based in human nature, 217 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:49.279 human physiology, and human ergonomics, because that's what design and 218 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:53.120 architecture is. It's for human beings. If we were mole people, 219 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:56.240 I would be giving you different kinds of advice, okay, 220 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:59.200 but we're not. We're human beings. We are that species. 221 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.960 And when it comes to clutter, when it comes to 222 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.440 a lot of things, you had to understand that the 223 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:10.480 human mind and the human eye vision, we're kind of 224 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:14.159 lazy when it comes to that, so meaning that it's 225 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:16.679 a lot of processing power gets taken up and I 226 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.960 don't want to say lazy. I say the brain is efficient. 227 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:21.480 Let's just call it that. It can't do more than, 228 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:24.120 you know, one hundred things all at once consciously. So 229 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:28.080 when you walk into a really cluttered space, some people think, oh, 230 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.039 I've just put so many things in this room that 231 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:34.240 it's just a wonderland for people to feast their eyes upon, 232 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:38.159 and they'll spend all this time looking at it. No, no, 233 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.600 they won't. When you walk into a room with a 234 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:46.840 lot of stuff to look at, the most common human 235 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:52.480 physiological and psychological reaction is don't look at any of it. 236 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:54.879 You just don't look at any of It's just too much. 237 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:59.480 It's too much. Okay. So if you really really want 238 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:04.200 people to see the decor of your space, you got 239 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:08.679 to get rid of stuff so that we can focus focus, 240 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:12.240 I mean, really see the things that you want to see, 241 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:16.759 the things that are most important. Okay. All right, Now, 242 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:19.840 our next step in the rules and the guides is 243 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:24.159 to start. And this is following that eighty twenty rule, 244 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.679 which I'll review when we come back, but it's to 245 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:31.360 start with a foundation, a foundational theme. Whatever that may 246 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:35.320 be the ishness, right, the modern ish, or you're going 247 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:38.159 to go arts and craftsh or Victorian whatever that is. 248 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:41.600 That's an overarching theme, but in a particular space, in 249 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:43.960 a particular room, we're going to start with a foundation, 250 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:50.159 a foundational color, a foundational pattern, a foundational texture, or 251 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.159 maybe all three kind of working together. And that's going 252 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:56.000 to be our eighty percent in that room that everything 253 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.879 else will work to integrate with as we go along. 254 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:02.960 So we're going to start with the foundation. I'll explain 255 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.799 that right after. 256 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:08.240 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 257 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:10.039 KFI AM six forty. 258 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.559 Dean Sharp the house whisper here with you this morning, 259 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.519 how you're doing. I'm so glad that you're with us. 260 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:23.600 It's a beautiful autumn morning here, holiday kind of weekend 261 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.879 morning here in southern California. A little warmer than I 262 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:30.200 would like it to be personally, because you know, I 263 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:32.360 like winter. I like it. I know we're not at 264 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:36.200 winter yet, but I like cold weather. I don't want 265 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.720 to dig through ten feet of snow every morning, don't 266 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:41.639 get me wrong, but I would like it colder out there. 267 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:45.279 But anyway, it's a lovely weekend, and I hope wherever 268 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.320 you are you are safe and warm. And comfy and 269 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:52.559 filled with the beauty of the holidays, and I'm glad 270 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.080 that you're here with us. We are talking about decor today. 271 00:16:56.159 --> 00:17:00.159 We're talking about not Christmas decor, not holiday decor, but 272 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:05.200 just year round decor for your home and tackling one 273 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:10.079 of the most difficult concepts to master in decor, and 274 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:14.119 that is how do you handle establishing a really strong 275 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:17.599 theme of the decor that you want and live in 276 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:20.400 the real world at the same time, because other things 277 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:24.160 come in. And that's what we call eclectic design. Right now, 278 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.559 there are some levels of eclectic design that are just hey, 279 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:30.880 I just want to throw one hundred things together from 280 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:35.519 different sources. Okay, that's not really in my thinking. Again, 281 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.720 the real world where we all live. What eclectic design 282 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:42.200 is really all about. What eclecticism is about is the 283 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:47.160 idea that you know, we're diverse people and so a 284 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:50.279 lot of things come into our lives that aren't necessarily 285 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:54.000 themed with our decor, but they still mean things to us. 286 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:55.920 And so how do you do that, how do you 287 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.880 bring it all together? That's the true art of eclectic 288 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:02.960 decore mastery. So I want to get back to the list, 289 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:05.759 where did I leave off By the way, oh, starting 290 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:12.079 with a foundation, a foundational color or pattern or texture, 291 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.559 or maybe all of the above. And what I mean 292 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:17.960 by that is I got to get to Tina, our 293 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:21.839 decore master on here. But Tina will have a vision 294 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:24.720 for a room. She'll be like, you know what, I 295 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:27.480 would like to do something in a smoky you know, 296 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:32.480 gray blue for a color theme. I think that would 297 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.079 just so work with this end of the house, this 298 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:38.160 particular room, taken into account what we see out the 299 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.119 windows and so on, and she just wants to cool 300 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.359 this place down. And she's like, I want to add 301 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:47.519 a little bit of this kind of a hard area 302 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:49.359 here with a lot of walls. I want to add 303 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:54.160 some texture, something that is soft and kind of flowy 304 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:59.440 and texture. And then maybe this secondary tone will be 305 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.480 something off white along with the gray blue. And there 306 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:07.359 we are. That's what she'd like to see, you know, 307 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.640 in this space. That's what we call a know, kind 308 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:15.920 of a foundational color, pattern and texture. And then from 309 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:19.279 that the question is how can we get And this 310 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:21.920 is to review what I did in the previous program, 311 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.039 the eighty twenty rule and the eighty twenty rules essentially this, 312 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:28.279 if you can get eighty percent of the stuff in 313 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:34.640 a space working along that foundational pattern texture color. Tina's 314 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:37.039 nodding her head here. If you can get eighty percent 315 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:39.839 of it working along that flow, then you can drop 316 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:44.440 in expertly. Drop in the other twenty percent can be 317 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:52.480 completely diverse and coming from different places without destroying the flow. 318 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:55.039 Now you still have to do it skillfully. But the 319 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.200 point is, that's what we mean by a foundational texture. 320 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:01.240 The eighty of the eighty twenty the eighty percent of 321 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:06.480 the room. So a lot of you struggle though with 322 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:09.319 this idea of like, all right, now here we go 323 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:12.440 talking about colors. I have no taste when it comes 324 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:15.440 to colors, Dean. I don't know what to do with colors. 325 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:19.079 I've seen designers do things with colors that I would 326 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:23.920 never dream of in a thousand years. And I get you, 327 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:26.839 I feel you, I get it, and believe me, I'm 328 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:30.920 not trying to turn you into a designer or a 329 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:34.599 decorator in the sense that you know, I'm not trying 330 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:37.279 to work myself out of a job. Here for big 331 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.480 jobs and for really amazing results. It's always a good 332 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:45.160 idea to bring a creative into the situation. But there's 333 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:47.480 a lot you can do a lot of research, you 334 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:49.839 can do a lot of thinking, you can do up front. 335 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.359 This is the time if you struggle with color and 336 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:58.400 you just feel yourself falling short of what you would 337 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:03.480 call color matching and complementary color mastery, this is the 338 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:09.519 time like no other that you need a color wheel. Okay, 339 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:12.440 you need a color I'm just gonna say to every 340 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:15.559 responsible homeowner who wants to have a beautiful home and 341 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:18.960 you want to do your initial dreaming about what's possible, 342 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:24.039 you need a color wheel. A color wheel is a tool. 343 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:26.160 It's just it's like saying, listen, if you're going to 344 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:28.400 take care of your home, you know, you should probably 345 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:31.039 have a hammer and a screwdriver in the drawer. Okay. 346 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:35.119 If you're gonna physically, utility wise take care of a home, 347 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:37.599 you should have some tools in the drawer. Well, if 348 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:40.759 you're going to take care of your home esthetically, okay, 349 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:43.440 in terms of design and decore, you should have a 350 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:45.680 couple of tools in the drawer. I'm going to talk 351 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:49.839 to you about two tools, specifically, one the color wheel. Now, 352 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:52.519 there are physical color wheels. You can go down to 353 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:56.839 your local art supply store or your craft store, a 354 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:03.400 place like Michael's or Hobby Lobby or Joeanne Fabric. You know, 355 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:06.119 you can go down to places like that and they've 356 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:09.359 got color wheels. And a color wheel is a wheel 357 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:12.559 that has the entire spectrum of visible light color on it, 358 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:17.480 and it has usually a second usually in disc form 359 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:20.880 like a circle, and then it has secondary viewer windows 360 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:24.640 that when you spin it around, you can see, ah, 361 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:27.599 based on this color that I really love, what are 362 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:31.119 the complementary colors? What are the colors that sit right 363 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:34.480 next to it? What are the colors that are opposing 364 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:37.119 on the opposite side of the spectrum. And there are 365 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:41.039 various ways. They are quadratic, there are triune, there are 366 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:46.319 dualistic ways of looking at color combinations, and suddenly you'll 367 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:49.640 see it. You're like, oh my gosh, that green actually 368 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:55.000 goes really well with that shade of blue. Yeah, that's 369 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:57.480 what the color wheel will do for you. We'll open 370 00:22:57.519 --> 00:23:01.839 your eyes to these color combination possible. So, yes, you 371 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:05.480 can still go get a physical disc if that's your thing, 372 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:08.160 but I will tell you this right now. You can 373 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:11.400 attain your color wheel by the time we get done 374 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.039 with the next break. Because the color wheel that TENA 375 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:17.680 and I carry with us at all times. Is just 376 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:20.200 an app. It's an app on your phone. If you 377 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:22.880 go to your app store wherever you get the apps 378 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:25.960 for your phone and just put in color wheel, you 379 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:28.640 know what will be confusing, Like thirty of them will 380 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:33.400 come up, Okay, the vast majority of them totally free, 381 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:38.839 and you will see you will see. Now, granted, we're 382 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:44.200 not using the color wheel to pick a very, very 383 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:48.319 specific color because the way it emits on your phone 384 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:53.119 it is it's a kind of light that we call 385 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:58.400 emissive light, meaning that the phone screen creates a projection 386 00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:02.640 of light out. That is not the same as picking 387 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:05.960 a color for your sofa, which is reflective light. Your 388 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:09.240 sofa doesn't glow at least I hope it doesn't glow. 389 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:13.279 If it does, then you should return it immediately because 390 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:16.119 it has been exposed to some form of dangerous radiation. 391 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:20.920 But your sofa doesn't glow. It reflects light natural light 392 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:23.400 that's in the room. But your screen does glow. So 393 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:26.799 we're not talking about using a color wheel app to 394 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:32.359 specifically nail down the ultimate detail of that color that 395 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:35.640 you want in the room. But we are talking about 396 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:38.799 the value of a color wheel for the sake of 397 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:43.279 finding the themed colors that you're going to be looking for. 398 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:47.799 That's all I mean. It takes five minutes of spinning 399 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:51.039 it around, checking it out until something clicks with you 400 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:54.160 and you're like, ooh, you should try that, should try 401 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:57.640