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<v Speaker 1>Let's say good morning to the host of home on KFI.

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<v Speaker 1>The house whisper it's Dean Sharp morning, Dean Morning Ean.

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<v Speaker 1>So recent reports are showing that a lot more people

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<v Speaker 1>are renting now rather than buying, and even people with

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of money are choosing to rent rather than buy.

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<v Speaker 1>So I thought, maybe, you know, we do a little

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<v Speaker 1>home therapy, apartment therapy and find out some ways to

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<v Speaker 1>make a rental feel more like a home, knowing that

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<v Speaker 1>you can't replace the cabinets to knock down walls exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And a lot of people get discouraged because they think, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm renting this place, it's an apartment, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a house, whatever the case may be. I just can't.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't really make it home. And that's so not true.

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<v Speaker 2>Home is where you live. You just have to take

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<v Speaker 2>a different strategy. Of course, you're not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>knocking down wall Please don't not walk down knock on

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<v Speaker 2>walls in your rental house. But that doesn't mean that

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<v Speaker 2>you can't actually, you know, own the space for yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Things like color coordinating a room is such a simple concept,

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<v Speaker 2>but once you've done it once, things like drapes and

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<v Speaker 2>carpet or rug areas and throw pillows are all working

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<v Speaker 2>off the same color palette. Man, that place becomes yours.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've done some of these. You send a list

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<v Speaker 1>of all these pictures and ideas and I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>done that. Oh wait, need to do that. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you also said, along with colors, like lighting can really

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<v Speaker 1>help make your home feel more homey.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, of course. You know. We live in the

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<v Speaker 2>age now in the twenty first century, a very very

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<v Speaker 2>high tech wireless lighting control right, things like smart lamps

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<v Speaker 2>being able to control and to dim things. Let's say

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<v Speaker 2>you live in an apartment. You're like, there are no

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<v Speaker 2>dimmer switches in my apartment. That doesn't matter. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to rewire the place. There are smart light dimmer

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<v Speaker 2>controls that you can down to the hardware store and

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<v Speaker 2>buy take with you whenever you move, plug them in

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<v Speaker 2>into an outlet, hook them up to your Wi Fi,

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<v Speaker 2>and plug the lamp into that. And all you have

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<v Speaker 2>to do is say, hey, I'm gonna avoid seeing the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the personal assistance so it doesn't respond to me. Here, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>turn the lamp down to ten percent, and boom, You've

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<v Speaker 2>got dimmer control over the lighting in a room and

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<v Speaker 2>you have not called an electrician to get that done.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that, okay. And then one of the other

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<v Speaker 1>things is like, I'm sitting in my apartment, which I

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<v Speaker 1>love and I've decorated, but the walls are white. Is

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<v Speaker 1>there anything you can do without painting the walls.

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<v Speaker 2>There are lots of things you can do without painting

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<v Speaker 2>the walls. There is removable static cling wallpaper these days,

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<v Speaker 2>which is fantastic. I mean static cling, not glue. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't leave a residue when it's done. There are sections

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<v Speaker 2>of wallpaper that you can put up. There are things

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<v Speaker 2>like magnetic refrigerator panels pulling up drapes, creating drapes for

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<v Speaker 2>your windows. And you may think, wait, hey, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>allowed to drill into the walls. They're quick hang no

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<v Speaker 2>drill curtain rod brackets out there now, which means that

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<v Speaker 2>they can rest right over the top of the window

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<v Speaker 2>and hold that curtain rod and you can have your

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<v Speaker 2>own drapes, your own curtains, your own aesthetics in the

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<v Speaker 2>room without making any permanent damage to walls or changes.

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<v Speaker 1>I love this, okay. Then one other one that I

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<v Speaker 1>like this idea too, just to personalize it, you're not

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<v Speaker 1>making any structural changes, but like just swapping out like

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<v Speaker 1>light switch plates or cabinet knobs and poles, you can

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<v Speaker 1>always put.

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<v Speaker 2>Them back exactly. Cabinet knobs are just screwed onto the

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<v Speaker 2>front of the cabinet with a simple bolt from the

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<v Speaker 2>backside of the drawer or the door. The same with

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<v Speaker 2>the light switch plates. You can customize them to have

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<v Speaker 2>your own kind of going on. And again, take it

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<v Speaker 2>with you. It's a screwdriver. It's going to take you

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<v Speaker 2>two minutes to change these things out. You put the

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<v Speaker 2>old ones in a drawer. When you move out, you

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<v Speaker 2>just swap them back out again.

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<v Speaker 1>I love this, And of course plants always help make

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<v Speaker 1>a home feel more homey, so that's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I love this one, which I just did

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<v Speaker 1>it not too long ago. It's update your betting. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna have to do it again because my cat

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<v Speaker 1>likes to need and she's destroying my expensive duvet cover.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, so many great ideas. So just because it's

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<v Speaker 1>not your house, it doesn't mean it can't be a home.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely. You are the thing that makes your place your home,

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<v Speaker 2>and finding creative ways of getting you all around, whether

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<v Speaker 2>it's your color, whether it's your picture frames, whether it's

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<v Speaker 2>your stuff, that is what makes that place you.

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<v Speaker 1>You're so wise. If you want to hear more wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>from Dean Sharp, you can listen to them tomorrow morning

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<v Speaker 1>from six to eight right here on KFI, and or

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<v Speaker 1>nine to noon on Sunday. It's home on KFI with

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<v Speaker 1>our House whispered Dean Sharp. You can also follow him

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<v Speaker 1>at home with Dean Thank you, Dean, Thanks Amy