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 --> 00:00:10.880 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. I'm 3 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:15.000 Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer. I design homes, I build 4 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:19.039 custom homes, and I am your guide to better understanding 5 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.079 that place where you live. Today on the show, we're 6 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.399 keeping in the theme of yeah, I think where everybody's 7 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:30.359 heads and kind of hearts are at around December ish, 8 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.200 you know, there's a lot of nostalgia floating through the air. 9 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:36.320 There's a lot of decorating on people's minds, and so 10 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:40.240 we're staying in that decorating flow, the decor flow this weekend. 11 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:45.920 Not Christmas decorating, not holiday, just decor. Yesterday, our previous 12 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:51.280 podcast episode, we discussed furniture furniture buying, and I talked 13 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.320 to you about the right way to go about buying furniture. Today, 14 00:00:55.759 --> 00:01:02.719 we're going to talk about demystifying, antiquing and vintage and retro. 15 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:06.560 What the hell do these words mean and what are 16 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:10.040 you looking for and what should you expect Everything that 17 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:17.799 falls under the umbrella of what I call nostalgic design, antique, vintage, retro, 18 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:21.200 and so on and so forth. That is where we're 19 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.000 going today. It's going to be a lot of fun. 20 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.519 Stay with me, and you're going to learn quite a 21 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.680 bit today because I'm always handing out the pearls, always 22 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.719 just giving you the pearls of wisdom that are useful 23 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.400 to you when you go about to trying to make 24 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.799 your home something truly extraordinary. And of course we're going 25 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:43.120 to be taking your calls as we always do it. 26 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.480 When it comes to calls, goes without saying that you 27 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.560 get to set the agenda. I'm talking retro, vintage and 28 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:54.040 antiquing today. You can call me about anything that's got 29 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.799 you scratching your head about your home, construction issue, design problem, 30 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:05.319 landscape into your exterior, anything at all DIY concerns, anything 31 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.479 that's got you in a quandary. Give me a call, 32 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.199 we'll put our heads together and we'll figure it out. 33 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:14.919 Here's the number eight three three two. Ask Dean A 34 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:19.000 three three. The numeral two ask Dean A three three 35 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.879 to ask Dean. The phone lines are open now. Producer 36 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.599 Matt standing by ready to take your calls. He'll tell 37 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:28.280 you everything you need to know. Pop you into the 38 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.240 queue and you can listen to the show while you wait. 39 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.280 There you go, all right. Speaking of producer Matt, let 40 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:37.680 me introduce the rest of our awesome team. Elmer is 41 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:42.560 on the board. Good morning, sir, Good morning Jane. Hey, 42 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:50.479 I'm good, all right. Hey O. I believe Elma and 43 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.520 I were having a very deep conversation just about life, 44 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.479 life before the show started. So we're both in that. 45 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.879 We're both in that place where it's like, you know, yeah, 46 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:03.960 the show goes on. Here we are, we're getting it done. 47 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.919 Producer Matt, like I said, standing by to take your 48 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.120 calls nowhere near a microphone right now. But he's off 49 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:15.520 doing what he does and doing it well. Eileen Gonzalez 50 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.560 at the news desk, Good morning, Eileen, Good morning Dean. 51 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:22.680 How's it going. It's good, It's good. I'd be lying 52 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:24.520 if I if I told you that I wasn't a 53 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:29.439 little tired this morning. But I think it's just I 54 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:31.919 think it's adrenaline letdown is what it is, more than 55 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:36.000 anything else. You know. We got away for a few 56 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:37.960 days here in the middle of the week. We went 57 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:41.159 up to one of our favorite places in California here 58 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:43.120 and just jumped in the car and went up with 59 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:47.879 some friends to Central Coastal California, you know, like Passel 60 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:52.800 Roblos and and more O Bay and just that while 61 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.240 Area Loso Sos and we went up to Cumbria. I 62 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.360 always use I grew up calling it Cambria, and now 63 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.919 I feel like I'm like Thurston half when I say Cumbria. 64 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:05.199 But I was told that that's the proper way to 65 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.560 pronounce it. So all right, anyway, it's so cool up 66 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.719 there right now. It was very festive. And then we 67 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.479 came home and yesterday was sort of relaxing after the 68 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.000 show and so and then all of a sudden, I 69 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.360 start getting tired, and I'm like, oh, well, maybe it's 70 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.720 just the letdown after the trip. Or sometimes you need 71 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.720 a vacation after a vacation nic, you know what, to 72 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.079 unwind it home. Damn right, my friend, there it is 73 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:32.040 right there. So that's what today is. Today. When we're 74 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:35.240 done with the show, it will be a vacation after 75 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:40.879 our vacation, and then tomorrow a vacation after our vacation's vacation. 76 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.079 I'm just gonna keep it rolling anyway, Eileen. Awesome as 77 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:48.600 always to have you here, sitting across the table from me. 78 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:55.680 Sitting across the table from me, sitting across the table 79 00:04:55.759 --> 00:05:01.680 from me. Oh, just staring up in this space. My 80 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:06.040 better half, the co owner, co founder of House Whisper, 81 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:09.800 my co designer, my best friend in all the world, 82 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:11.879 Tina is here. 83 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:13.680 Welcome home. 84 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:15.920 There you go. Now you can return to whatever it 85 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:16.680 is that you were doing. 86 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:18.839 You know what I'm doing is I am doing a 87 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:21.800 crash holiday shopping. 88 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.920 I'm behind. This is weird. 89 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:27.199 I usually have all my shopping done and probably all 90 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.399 my stuff wrapped way before. 91 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:29.639 Now. 92 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.199 Yeah, well you know, feel free to do it while 93 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:33.519 I'm doing the show. 94 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:36.120 Here this morning. 95 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:36.519 Free. 96 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:37.439 I was sitting by the. 97 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.360 No no, no, no, no no, I'll do the work. 98 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:43.800 You just do that. I'll look up for your affirmation, 99 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:48.120 and you'll be staring into that screen and I'll just 100 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:51.000 look away again. Small tear drops from the eye. 101 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:52.759 Now I have seen you. 102 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:55.319 Now, sorry everyone if you don't get a Christmas present, 103 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:58.439 because I need to take care of d Oh. 104 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:03.639 My gosh, now the guilt comes. Good lord, All right, y'all, 105 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:08.360 let's start talking about I'm going to start right off 106 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.720 the bat with explaining to you where the divisions are 107 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.480 between if there are any, are there? Yes, there are 108 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:20.920 between antique vintage retro and nostalgia, nostalgic. We will do 109 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:22.160 it right after. 110 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.399 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 111 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:29.519 KFI AM six forty. 112 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:33.759 Here to help you take your home to the next level. 113 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:37.120 Happy to do it. We have an emergency in the studio. 114 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.199 By the way, I just want to announce this. This chair, 115 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:45.920 this chair, the piston on this desk chair. What are 116 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:47.920 you laughing at? Why are you laughing at me? 117 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:49.839 Because you keep shrinking. 118 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.079 The piston on this chair is I don't know it's 119 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.439 leaking or something. But because I set it up at 120 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.800 their level, at the right level, and even now I 121 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.600 can literally feel it moving, I think no, So I'm 122 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:09.240 gonna I end up. You know, I start out segment 123 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.000 as an adult, and I end up as like a 124 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.720 six year old sitting by sitting in a big chair. 125 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:18.000 All right, I'm just saying, wait a second, I got 126 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:22.600 to adjust it. All right, I'm tall again, just for 127 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:28.279 a moment. All right, let's talk about vintage, antique, retro 128 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.680 and nostalgic. How do you when you go for this 129 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:35.519 kind of decor and you're looking for pieces like this, 130 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:38.279 how do you tell the difference between the two. What 131 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.720 are the line, where are the lines. I like my 132 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:47.439 mom's definition of vintage and antique, and she's absolutely one 133 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:53.720 hundred percent right. Her definition is vintage is, you know, 134 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:59.720 somewhat affordable, and antique is unbelievably expensive. And so when 135 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.560 something gets labeled antique, just know that, you know, you 136 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.439 got you gotta write a big check for it. And 137 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:11.000 she's right about that. She's right. However, there there actually 138 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:16.160 are within the industry some a little bit harder lines 139 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.519 of definition between the two. And here it is, right. 140 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:20.959 And by the way, when you hear me say this, 141 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:25.879 don't ever let anybody call you an antique again, all right, never. Never. 142 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:34.039 Antique within the decorating and designed industry is something that's 143 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.840 one hundred years old or older. All right. You got 144 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:41.080 to hit the hundred year mark for something to be antique. Okay, 145 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:44.480 so there you go. And obviously you know when something 146 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:49.720 is approaching it, then you know these are somewhat arbitrary 147 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.360 and uh, and things get a little fuzzy, you know, 148 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:55.240 around the boundary, around the threshold from one to the other. 149 00:08:55.279 --> 00:09:00.240 But generally speaking, antique is one hundred year old or old, 150 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:05.960 which means I am not antique. However, unfortunately, yes, I 151 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:11.440 am vintage, because everybody's vintage. I'm assuming. I'm assuming there 152 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:14.120 are no teenagers listening to the show, or not many, 153 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.480 and so although we have a lot of young adults 154 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.360 who listen to the show. But guess what vintage. Okay, 155 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:25.080 it's gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt some of you. Vintage 156 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:29.480 in most definitions, right, there's some debate about it, but 157 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:34.639 in most definitions, vintage is anything twenty years old to 158 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:39.320 ninety nine, twenty to ninety nine. What do you say, No, 159 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:45.200 I didn't make it up, Tina, your vintage. I know 160 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:51.440 your vintage. 161 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:53.039 I was born in the nineteen hundreds. 162 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:58.360 That's true. We're from the nineteen hundreds. I anyway, vintage 163 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:02.320 is twenty years old now obviously on the twenty end, 164 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:05.840 you know. But here's the thing. This is true. Right 165 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:08.879 if you're let's say you're you know, you're. I'm gonna 166 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:10.279 touch on this at the end of the show too. 167 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.679 But you know, let's say you're you're twenty eight years old. 168 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:14.679 You're twenty eight years old, and you feel like you're 169 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.600 in the prime of your youth. But you know, to 170 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:21.799 a thirteen year old, you are old. You are old, 171 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:24.559 and out of it. And so that's what I'm saying. 172 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.480 You get twenty years in between the thing, it starts 173 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:30.320 to lean towards the vintage side of things. So I'm 174 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:36.759 guaranteed everybody who's listening right now is probably vintage as 175 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:41.919 far as people go. Here's the thing that is surprising 176 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:45.279 to a lot of folks. Retro. Okay, retro is a 177 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:49.279 tricky one, and I'll tell you why, because most things 178 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:54.600 that are retro, in fact, technically retro is actually new. 179 00:10:55.279 --> 00:11:01.039 Something that is retro is by definition a new product, 180 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:06.519 a new thing that is styled to point back to 181 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:09.799 a previous era. Okay, so here's the thing. So you 182 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:13.480 go to you if you're out, you know, looking for 183 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:17.120 a pair of nineteen seventies genes, you have two choices. 184 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:22.200 You can get yourself to a thrift store right and 185 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:28.000 maybe find a pair of use the word properly vintage 186 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:33.480 nineteen seventies genes, meaning yeah, made in the seventies and 187 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:38.000 still in good enough shape to wear. Or you can 188 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:42.840 dial up one of ten thousand clothing websites online that 189 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:49.759 make retro nineteen seventies ish esque genes and they're brand new. 190 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.960 They're brand new, but they look like you know that thing. 191 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:55.559 So that's the idea. And when it comes to home 192 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:02.200 elements furnishings especially, a perfect example this would be appliances 193 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:09.000 companies like Smeg. No I did not cough something up. 194 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:14.720 That's the name of a retro appliance company, Smeg. They're brilliant, 195 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:19.120 they're beautiful. They make an entire line of appliances that 196 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:23.480 look very mid century, nineteen fifties esque in the colors, 197 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:26.320 the shapes, Socide, but they're brand new, brand new, high tech. 198 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:31.320 Smeg also Big Chill, Big Chill, especially for refrigerators, obviously 199 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:34.120 by the name of the company. So these are not 200 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:40.600 old appliances. These are brand new appliances that would have 201 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.759 looked perfectly brand new in a nineteen fifties kitchen. So 202 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:49.159 antique one hundred years old or older, vintage twenty to 203 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:54.679 ninety nine years old, and retro actually new but styled 204 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.679 to point back to a previous era. Now, all three 205 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:07.200 of theseies fall under one umbrella of nostalgic design, nostalgia, 206 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:08.879 and we're going to talk a little bit about that 207 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:09.960 right after. 208 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.320 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on Demand from 209 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.960 KFI AM six forty. 210 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:23.679 Dean sharp the house, whisper here with you on this crisp, cool, 211 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:28.559 sunny southern California Sunday morning. Here right in the middle 212 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.399 of the month December fifty. Is it the fifteenth? It's 213 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:34.759 the fifteenth of December, smack dab in the middle of them. 214 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:38.399 That means it's ten days still Christmas. Don't panic, Tina. 215 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.600 This is why I was panic shopping this morning. 216 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:46.000 Don't panic. Just embrace it. Just embrace You're like, ah, 217 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:47.919 still ten days still Christmas. 218 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:48.919 That's true. 219 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:52.320 I see. Well, well, don't get caught up in all 220 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:56.399 this materialism. Just breathe it in. Let's do it now. 221 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:04.240 Just breathe. There you go, well done. Oh, Eileen, Eileen, 222 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:08.200 do you have your head? Uh? I was going to say, 223 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:12.519 I have a drone story. Oh yeah, did you see that? 224 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:19.320 That that may or may not calm people's thinking. And 225 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:24.039 I wonder about this because it wasn't that long ago 226 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:27.960 when we were spotting drones, like for four days straight 227 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:29.919 in our backyard. I would walk out and I'm like, 228 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:31.960 what does that sound? And I'm looking up and like 229 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.000 there's a drone. Who's who's doing that drone? You know, 230 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:39.480 you feel so violated when they're grone hovering over your yard, right, 231 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.120 So it took me a couple of days to figure out, 232 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:44.200 but I kind of noticed the timing and the pattern 233 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:47.080 of it, and I realized I walked around. We we 234 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.919 have a kind of a corner house, so I walked 235 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.240 her out front around the corner and here is a 236 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:59.279 guy from California Edison, uh, operating that drone and UH 237 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.720 and I to him and he's like, oh yeah, he said. 238 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:03.840 I said, you guys didn't send out notice about this. 239 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.360 He's like, no, we didn't, but technically, you know, we're 240 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.960 allowed to have the airspace over the the easement over 241 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:11.559 the power lines. He's like, but you know, with all 242 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:16.399 the recent fires all over southern California, cal Edison is 243 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:21.759 inspecting their power lines and especially the residential ones to 244 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.320 make sure that there aren't trees growing over and touching 245 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:27.519 lines and any and they're using drones. They start out 246 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:31.360 by using helicopters, but they're now using drones. So you 247 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:35.360 might be in a neighborhood where you see drones all 248 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:37.639 of a sudden for two or three days and you're like, 249 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.080 what is going on there? And for us, it was 250 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.759 Edison just inspecting power lines, which I thought, all right, 251 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:46.080 that's you know, that's fine. I'd rather actually have a 252 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.440 drone doing its thing than maybe a helicopter over my 253 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:52.360 house for an hour. So there you go. It's possible. 254 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.960 It's all I'm saying. It's possible or aliens. It's one 255 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.360 of the two. 256 00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.679 I like that choice. 257 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:06.960 I'm going for either meaninglessly safe or tremendously meaningfully terrifying. 258 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:11.440 So there's no middle ground. Aliens you don't know very good. Yeah, 259 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.639 they could be. They could be aliens inspecting the power lines. Also, 260 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:19.360 I'm just saying, okay, I should move on to actual content. 261 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.320 I promised I would talk to you about nostalgia, because 262 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:29.759 nostalgic design or nostalgia is really the umbrella category for 263 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:35.600 everything that is a period design, everything that is a 264 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:39.919 theme of the past, okay, which is most architecture and 265 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:44.639 most design. Because there's only a very slim category of 266 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:50.039 current contemporary, and I don't really buy it's only contemporary. 267 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:54.519 I don't. I don't buy into futuristic design because that's 268 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:59.000 just not true. Nobody's designing futuristic design because as far 269 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:02.080 as we know, no architects are designers are time traveling 270 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:05.480 into the future, and we all know how futuristic design 271 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:08.440 turns out. It's kind of you know, if we were 272 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:11.319 to believe futuristic design when we were all kids, then 273 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:14.720 right about now, we would all be wearing those silver 274 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:19.359 shiny suits because that's how all people in the future dressed. 275 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:24.839 So yeah, it's contemporary design that means today, what we're 276 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:30.079 doing with today, and then everything including modern modernist is 277 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.880 now this period, you know, locked mid century of the 278 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:39.559 twentieth century. So anyway, nostalgia drives all of this, antiques, 279 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:46.160 vintage items, retro design. The word nostalgia, if you didn't know, 280 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:51.880 means a sentimental yearning for the past that evokes feelings 281 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:58.119 of pleasure with occasional notes sounds like I'm sizzling a dish, 282 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:02.240 pleasure with occasional notes of sad. It's true. In fact, 283 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:07.599 the word itself, the word nostalgias, derived from ancient Greek, 284 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:13.839 the word nostos meaning return and like in time and 285 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:19.559 algos meaning pain okay, And it was first coined and 286 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:23.960 started being used even though it has Greek origins, in 287 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:26.839 the design world about three hundred years ago. So this 288 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:32.640 idea of nostalgia, it is those fond memories nostalgia is 289 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:35.839 a powerful human emotion, right, and it can be Yeah, 290 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:39.559 it can be unhealthy if you get lost in the past, 291 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:45.319 if you get trapped in the past. But nostalgia usually, 292 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.559 and it's surprisingly that there have been major studies done 293 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:56.920 on nostalgia, nostalgia usually produces really healthy benefits, psychological and 294 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:06.039 emotionally healthy benefits. Excuse me. It creates a determined hopefulness 295 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.599 about creating the future. And you would think why looking back, 296 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.000 because it's kind of that like, we did it once, 297 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:16.880 we can do this again kind of thing. It creates 298 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:22.839 motivation to resolve interpersonal issues and rekindle relationships and reconnect 299 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:28.920 with old friends and reprioritize important things. Nostalgia in design 300 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:34.680 and decor can be a way of clarifying and embracing 301 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:39.000 personal values rooted in lessons of the past. And I'm 302 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:43.880 not talking about I'm not talking about political stuff. I'm 303 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.920 not talking about like, well, yeah, you know that's the 304 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:50.759 way when things work great, That's not what I'm talking about. 305 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:56.240 But I am talking about looking back at things from 306 00:19:56.279 --> 00:20:03.799 the past, things like craftsmanship, passion, patience, simplicity, a simpler life, right, 307 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:09.119 a higher quality of life, contentment, engagement, wisdom, whatever you 308 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:12.519 want to call it, that kind of they don't make 309 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:14.599 them like they used to, So guess what, we're going 310 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:18.480 to start that again right now. And then the whole 311 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:20.880 idea of like those who don't learn from history are 312 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:25.960 doomed to repeat, and so nostalgia has locked up inside 313 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.160 of it, all of that kind of stuff, all of 314 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:35.279 these personal values that you can declare through design and 315 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.119 decor that you know, these things are important to me, 316 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:40.880 These things are important to me. Therefore, these are the 317 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.680 items that we have, the pieces or the facets of 318 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:49.279 our home that harken back to a time when dot 319 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:51.480 dot dot and then you just fill in the blank 320 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:54.640 from your own personal story. So they're way again as 321 00:20:54.680 --> 00:21:00.680 all things of designing and defining a personal story. Okay, 322 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:04.559 and I think this. I think any design theme rooted 323 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:10.000 in the past brings emotional comfort, the comfort of being 324 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:13.319 a kind of a known quantity, right because the future 325 00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:17.559 is unknown, the present is confusing. The past, you know, 326 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:20.960 we like the past because it feels more settled. It's past, 327 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:25.279 it's it's knowable, it's comforting, and it's dependable because it 328 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:29.079 doesn't have any more surprises for us. Right there, it is, right, 329 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:31.920 And so there is a sense of rootedness to that, 330 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:35.160 like I like this because guess what, I'm sort of 331 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:39.039 just embracing the idea that some things aren't gonna change, 332 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:41.519 some things are just set the way they are, and 333 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:44.240 I like it this way. So that is what is 334 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:46.839 driving And now that felt a little bit, you know 335 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:50.000 ethereal that all that, But you got to understand when 336 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:58.160 we're reaching for this massive, massive section of design and decor, antiques, 337 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:02.799 vintage items, retro items, got to understand what lies at 338 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:05.519 the root of it all, and it is nostalgia. It 339 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:11.000 is the nostalgic effect that these elements have upon our 340 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:16.400 human brains and upon human beings that we are all right. 341 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:21.880 So now the question is what do you do with 342 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:25.079 an antique or a vintage item? Right, I'm not talking 343 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:27.240 about retro because we know it's brand new, But if 344 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:32.440 you're shopping for vintage or antique, then you're going to 345 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:38.079 find those things in various states, various conditions, various states 346 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:43.799 of repair or disrepair or preservation. And the lesson is 347 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:47.920 going to be what we do two antique inventioned items 348 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:52.799 vintage items depends on what we plan to do with them. Okay, 349 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:56.359 what we do to them has everything to do with 350 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:58.960 what we plan to do with them. And there's about 351 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:02.960 five categories of things that you might do with them. 352 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.200 We'll talk about it all. 353 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:08.480 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 354 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.799 KFI AM six. 355 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:18.480 Forty Welcome home, Hey, coming up kids, next segment, right 356 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:21.759 after the next news break, we're going to the phones. 357 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:24.240 We got a few calls on the board. We've got 358 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:28.160 room for you. Eight three three two. Ask Dean A 359 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:31.880 three to three the numeral two ask Dean eight three 360 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:36.559 three to ask Dean. 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We'll put our heads together, we'll figure it out. 366 00:23:54.839 --> 00:24:02.720 We will all right back to antique, vintage, retro, nostalgic design. 367 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:06.200 Kind of trying to demystify this for you today, for 368 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.920 those of you, and I know there are a lot 369 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:11.839 of you who are thinking in terms of, yeah, that's 370 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:17.519 kind of my bag and I've always wanted to acquire 371 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:21.680 these items, find places for them, integrate them well into 372 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:25.400 our home, all of that. So now the question is 373 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:28.359 what do you do to these items? Because, as I 374 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:31.400 said right before the break, you know, you go out 375 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:35.920 shopping for antiques and vintage items, and this is probably 376 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:40.039 more likely that you find a vintage item in disrepair 377 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:45.440 than an antique, because the longer something hangs around and 378 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:50.799 is handed around from person to person, the more antique 379 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:54.759 it gets, the higher the chance is that somebody along 380 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:59.119 the way has restored it, or preserved it or what 381 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:03.119 have you. A lot of vintage stuff that's just it's 382 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.960 showing its age, showing weathering, may be broken in part, 383 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:11.200 may be in need of refinishing, all of that kind 384 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:13.839 of stuff. So the question is do you just treat 385 00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:16.759 it all the same? Is that going to be the plan? 386 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:21.480 And my answer to that is no, what you do 387 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:25.680 to an antique or a vintage item depends on what 388 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:29.079 you plan to do with them. Okay, now what does 389 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:34.279 that mean? Well, there are let's say five or six 390 00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:38.319 I'm gonna look at my notes here, I think, yeah, six, 391 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:42.519 I've got six categories of things that you generally do 392 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:49.720 with it. Okay, so we're going to preserve an antique 393 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:52.680 or a vintage item, if it's already in the shape 394 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:54.720 that we want it to be in, Tina, catch me 395 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:58.759 on this. We're going to restore it. Okay, that's a 396 00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:02.319 whole nother category. Now we're going to bring it back, Okay. 397 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:06.200 Restoration means that our aim is to bring it back 398 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:12.559 as close to its new state as possible, or we're 399 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:18.960 gonna remodel it, Okay, depending on you know, whether or 400 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:21.039 not we are how we plan to use it. So 401 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:26.920