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 --> 00:00:09.080 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app, live 3 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:15.240 streaming in HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio App. Hey, welcome home. 4 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.920 I am Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. I design custom homes, 5 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.719 I build custom homes, and I'm your guide to better 6 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:28.839 understanding that place where you live. Today on the show, 7 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:32.320 it is the it's our second to last show. This 8 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:36.000 is the last weekend of twenty twenty four, and today 9 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:39.320 and tomorrow we're going to be taking a look forward 10 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:43.719 as much as we humanly can in a realistic way 11 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:49.280 at predictions and trends for design and decor for your 12 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.359 home for twenty twenty five. So that's where we're going today. 13 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:55.759 And of course it's going to be in my own 14 00:00:55.799 --> 00:01:00.479 inimitable style, my approach to this, which I hope you 15 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:05.079 will find to be grounded and rational and encouraging and 16 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:08.000 inspiring all the like. But we're going to push aside 17 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.319 as much of the BS as possible that you hear 18 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.040 or read. If you've looked at all at trends and 19 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:21.599 predictions like online, there's just so much BS out there 20 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.519 about this kind of stuff. I don't want you to 21 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:26.159 get caught up in it. So we're going to talk 22 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:29.359 about that today, especially today as well. And of course 23 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:32.640 we're also going to take your calls as we do. 24 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:37.159 The number to reach me here at the program eight 25 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:42.719 three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the numeral 26 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:47.239 two Ask Dean A three three two ask Dean. The 27 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:51.040 phone lines are open now. Producer Keana is standing by 28 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:55.200 ready to take your calls and she'll tell you everything 29 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.239 you need to know. Pop you into the queue. I'm 30 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.560 talking trends and predictions today and tomorrow. But when it 31 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.760 comes to your calls, you get to set the agenda. 32 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:09.400 Anything that's got you scratching your head about your home design, construction, DIY, 33 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:11.680 whatever the case may be. If you just want to 34 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:15.000 wish somebody a happy New Year, that's cool to give 35 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.520 us a call. It is a friendly place to land 36 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:22.479 here on a Saturday morning. Let me introduce our awesome 37 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:25.879 team to you. Guess is here. Elma is on the 38 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:35.120 board this morning. Good morning, Bud Saturdays. There he is, there, 39 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:37.439 he is. He's getting in some extra hours this week. 40 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:41.080 It's cool, it's cool. I'm not used to hearing him 41 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:45.439 on a Saturday morning. I know, three hours earlier, exactly exactly. 42 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:52.280 But he's home. Yeah, he's awake, he's alive. You're ready 43 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:58.039 for it. I'm so ready, Like I said, Now, she's 44 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:01.759 nowhere near a microphone. Producer. Oh, she's already screening calls. 45 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:03.560 I'm looking down at the board here there are calls 46 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:06.800 rolling in. Uh so, producer Keana is with us today. 47 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:10.759 She's awesome. Happy to have her and my buddy Eileen 48 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:17.560 Gonzalez at the news desk, so busy. Good morning, Eileen, 49 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:19.599 Good morning. How are you doing today? I hit the 50 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:23.680 wrong button. I was talking to myself. How's it going. 51 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.759 How's your week? It was good. I actually I worked 52 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:29.840 all week. I picked up shifts for you know, other 53 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:31.879 people so they could have the holiday off, and then 54 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:39.719 did my usual regular job and now working again. It's 55 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:42.240 been a working week. Those of us who have not 56 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:44.719 taken the holidays off, we have the right to just 57 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:51.240 call everybody else lazy, cowards and no exactly right, because 58 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:53.199 we're here, we're here getting it downe And by the way, 59 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.360 if anybody I always get, even after we do the 60 00:03:56.439 --> 00:04:00.199 show on a holiday weekend, I always get, you know, 61 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:04.719 emails and comments on social media, like you know where 62 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:08.520 you guys actually in this weekend, we're here. It's December. Wait, 63 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:14.840 twenty eighth, it is December twenty eighth, twenty twenty four. 64 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.040 Do we have a newspaper? Can we take a proof 65 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:23.399 of life photo? What everybody's like, what's that newspaper? That 66 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:26.680 definitely means you pre recorded this show like eight years ago, 67 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.560 twenty five years ago. Yeah, I can hold up my phone. 68 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.879 That's it. I can hold up my phone. See it 69 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:37.319 says all right there, December twenty eighth, Saturday morning, a 70 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.800 few minutes after six. We're really here, and I will 71 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:45.000 really be here tomorrow as well. And here you just 72 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:49.439 heard her sitting across the table from me, my better half, 73 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:53.040 my design partner, and my best buddy in all the world. 74 00:04:53.160 --> 00:05:02.399 Tina is here. So is that me? Somebody asked yesterday 75 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:06.560 somebody somebody We ran into somebody at Costco and they're like, 76 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.360 what's why is the what's what the elephant sound on 77 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:12.600 the show. It's just say Teama's favorite animal. That's all. Yeah, 78 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:15.199 that's all there is. You don't have to read into it. 79 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:21.319 There's nothing more than that. How you doing, I'm good? Yeah, 80 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:27.040 your eyes aren't completely open? Well, I feel great. Okay. 81 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:30.480 Good you and Sammy the beagle who is sitting next 82 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:33.199 to you on the sofa, so his eyes aren't open 83 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.120 at all. Yeah, No, he's very content, that little one. 84 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:40.079 All right, y'all, let's dive in. H here's the number 85 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.160 one more time eight three three two Ask Dean A 86 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:47.360 three three the numeral to ask Dean if you want 87 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:50.279 to call in, and we'll talk about what's going on 88 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:54.680 with your home. But we're going to dive into trends 89 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:58.879 and predictions for YEP twenty twenty five. It's right around 90 00:05:58.920 --> 00:05:59.399 the corner. 91 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.079 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 92 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:05.680 KFI AM six forty. 93 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:11.560 Thanks for joining us on this misty southern California morning. 94 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.920 It's cool. I wouldn't say it's cold. Is it cold? 95 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.040 What's the cutoff for cold? It all depends on where 96 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:21.800 you're used to living, right, It's not cold. It's cool outside, 97 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:24.879 very misty where we are. Like I came out, We've 98 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:31.120 got an outdoor Christmas tree sitting in the backyard, and 99 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:35.519 when I came out through the back doors this morning, 100 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:37.920 you could see it glowing in the distance. You know 101 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:41.160 what I mean, that glow that you get when there's 102 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.720 like fog and mist in the air, was very, very beautiful. 103 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:45.560 Still is the case. I don't know. I'm sure it's 104 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:48.120 going to burn off later at some point, but I 105 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:51.959 really like it. I like drippy, misty mornings. It's as 106 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.439 close as we're getting to winter this year so far. 107 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:58.160 So I'm down. I'm down. I'm glad you're here and 108 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.040 we are talking about this next year ahead. Are you 109 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:04.199 ready for that? That's all right, you know what, it's 110 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:06.680 not gonna be. I'm not taking you there too quickly. 111 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.519 We're going to get there together, I promise. But I 112 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:14.639 do want to talk about trends and predictions because it's fun, 113 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.680 and also I want to issue some warnings to you 114 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.560 along the way as you start to look around and 115 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:25.240 you know, look at stuff on social media and Pinterest 116 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:31.279 and articles that every designer and design influencer in the world. 117 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.120 And I am drawing a distinction between those and I'll 118 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:38.040 clarify that in a second, but there's just so many 119 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.680 articles out there right now, so many sources of saying, hey, 120 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:44.000 this is what's going to happen. I want to give 121 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:48.240 you as rational and sane approach as possible and help 122 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:52.040 you navigate through all of that. Also taking your calls. 123 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.199 The phone lines are open, the number to reach me. 124 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:56.480 You're going to be going to the phones in a 125 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:00.959 bit eight three three two ask the A three three 126 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:06.680 the numeral to ask Dean producer Keana standing by anything 127 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:09.000 that's scott You scratching your head about your house, give 128 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.160 me a call. We'll put our heads together and figure 129 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.600 it out. And of course traffic is always light on 130 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:16.600 Saturday mornings, so if you've ever been frustrated not being 131 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.240 able to get through, it's good, good odds, better odds, 132 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:26.839 I should say, all right. Home Trends and Predictions for 133 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:32.600 twenty twenty five. I've subtitled this topic for us this weekend, 134 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:36.519 separating the brilliant from the bs. You know, as always 135 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:38.919 there's a lot of great stuff happening in the world 136 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:42.159 of home design. There really always is. There's always some 137 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:45.279 really cool things happening. It's one of the reasons I 138 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:51.840 love this field that I am in. But as always, 139 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:55.159 there's a lot of bogus advice out there on what's 140 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.879 hot and what's not and so. And you know, for 141 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.279 u A students, you may be sitting there saying, well, yeah, 142 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:05.039 Dean and you're a designer, so why should we trust 143 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:10.799 your list? Well, you don't have to, but I will 144 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:12.759 tell you this. I'm here to help you, you know that. 145 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.080 And I got nothing to sell you either, and so 146 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:19.600 I'm going to try and give you as much you know, 147 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:25.799 unvested commentary as possible as always. First of all, what's 148 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:32.840 hot for you? Design advice that helped you tell your story? 149 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:36.639 Your story? Okay. One of the things that is a 150 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:40.799 frustration to me every year is to see designers just 151 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:43.720 take off and say, well, here's our here's our advice. 152 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.919 And what they do is they start telling you what 153 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.559 you should be doing with your home because of the 154 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.840 fashion trends that are out there. To that, I say, nah, 155 00:09:55.159 --> 00:10:01.759 nanna uh. The most important thing as a custom home designer, 156 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:06.159 and that's all I do is custom homes. All right. Now, again, 157 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:08.840 for those of you who aren't familiar with the program, 158 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:11.480 maybe you're listening for the first time, let me make 159 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.759 it really clear. That's not a conceit to say that, 160 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.840 it's just something that I have been fortunate to be 161 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.840 able to do a custom home and a luxury home. 162 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:23.960 That's what most people think when they're like, oh, he's 163 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.639 a custom home designer. He designs for the rich and famous. 164 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:31.000 Well a little that is true. But the point is 165 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:36.320 a custom home and luxury homes totally different categories. Okay, 166 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:39.559 they're not even in the same category. I will say 167 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:41.799 it this way. It doesn't matter what your home is 168 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:47.039 made at. Well, let's use the tailoring metaphor, because I 169 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:50.200 think it works really well. It doesn't matter what fabric 170 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.679 your clothing is made from. All right, you might be 171 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:59.759 wearing burlap this morning. I hope you're not, but you 172 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.519 might might be. You might just be wearing one hundred 173 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.200 percent cotton T shirt, right, or you could be wearing 174 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:12.960 silk or you know, it doesn't matter how fancy the 175 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:17.480 fabric is that you're wearing. The question of whether it's 176 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:21.919 custom or not has to do with whether it's been 177 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:27.200 fit to your body or not. That's tailoring, Okay, that's 178 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:33.679 not necessarily luxurious versus inexpensive. So a custom home is 179 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:36.960 simply a home, be it ever so humble like our 180 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:41.440 little cottage here, that has been you know, tailored fit 181 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:45.159 to the story of its occupants. And that can be 182 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:50.480 a condo, an apartment, it can be a mansion or 183 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:55.200 anything in between. Okay, and Yeah, there are lots, especially 184 00:11:55.279 --> 00:12:02.960 these days, lots of mansionesque eight properties that are not 185 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:08.679 custom in any way, shape or form. They're just speculatative, 186 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.480 typical almost you know. We call them mic mansions because 187 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:17.960 they're kind of mass produced, tracked, kind of big fancy houses. 188 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.080 That's not what I want, That's not how I operate 189 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.799 with our clients. And so the very first bit of 190 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:28.639 a divine design advice for you from me for twenty 191 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:33.200 twenty five is keep it real, keep it authentic to you, 192 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:38.519 because if you really are investing in your home, then 193 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.320 your home needs to find a way to tell your story. 194 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:47.399 And I don't care if your story is not on 195 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:51.200 the front page of every design magazine for twenty twenty five. 196 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:56.720 That is irrelevant. That means nothing. Your story is relevant 197 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.320 to your life and that's what your home should be. Okay. 198 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:01.720 So that's the very first bit of advice. And I'll 199 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.919 give you one warning and this is gonna I'm gonna 200 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.679 set you up for where for my little rant next. 201 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:11.360 But I'll tell you what is not what is not 202 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:17.080 hot for twenty twenty five influencers I hate that word, 203 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:21.879 who are encouraging you to buy into this year's trends 204 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.360 who did that already and are now telling you that 205 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:32.639 that stuff is so yesterday. It drives me crazy when 206 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:36.240 I hear that kind of stuff, treating the home design 207 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:40.080 world as if it was the world of clothing fashion. Okay, 208 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.519 and I've got nothing against the world of clothing fashion. 209 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.919 And I understand that, you know, trends change whatever, Okay, 210 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:51.200 but here's the thing, your home that you just spent 211 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:54.919 I don't know, tens of thousands of dollars remodeling or 212 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:59.600 you're planning on. Okay, that's not just like throwing away 213 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:02.799 al blause. No, no, no. And so to think that 214 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:06.840 somebody drives you this year towards do this, this is 215 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:10.600 what's hot and trending, and then in about eighteen months 216 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:15.000 they're gonna tell you, no, that's so, that's so twenty 217 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.960 twenty four. It really is. We just got to get 218 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:21.080 away from that stuff all together, all right. So we're 219 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.120 gonna take a step back from that. I've got no 220 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.519 use for that. More on that. 221 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:28.879 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 222 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:30.440 KFI AM six forty. 223 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.879 Dean Sharp the House whisper here with you on this 224 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:42.639 misty Saturday morning, the last Saturday of twenty twenty four. 225 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:47.080 It's about dang time. Now. It's been a year. It 226 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.759 has been a year, especially the end of the year 227 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:51.320 for a team and me, and we've been through some things, 228 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:53.559 and it seems like we've had a lot of friends 229 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:58.080 and family going through things as well. So you know what, 230 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:07.480 Let's lift our heads up and look anticipate. Anticipate, anticipatingly tee, 231 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:15.120 what how is? Don't look at me like that. Let's 232 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:21.879 anticipate twenty twenty five. Together, we're gonna be going to 233 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.000 the phones in just a bit. The number to reach 234 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:27.799 me eight three three two. Ask dean eight three three 235 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:32.240 the numeral two, ask Dean. All right, back to it. 236 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:35.600 So right before the break, I said, one of the 237 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:41.559 things that drives me craziest about the whole subject of 238 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:48.919 trends and predictions this time of year are influencers who 239 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:52.759 encouraged you to buy into this year's trend but are 240 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:56.320 now telling you that it is so yesterday. You're not 241 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:59.600 going to hear that from me, I promise. I want 242 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:03.840 you to be aware of this. And it's not that 243 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:09.240 you can't glean some interesting or maybe some inspiring ideas 244 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:12.759 from trends and prediction lists that you might be reading 245 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:17.799 or seeing online something like that. But just be aware 246 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:23.600 that the same stuff gets said every year. I mean seriously, 247 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.720 And there are filler words. And if you're reading an 248 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:31.279 article that you find too many of these filler words 249 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.279 in them, then just move away. You're not actually hearing 250 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:39.919 anything substantive, I promise you. And that's one of the problems. 251 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.039 I said, I was going to draw a distinction between 252 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:48.159 designers and design influencers. I wish this wasn't the case, 253 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.600 but there is a huge difference. Tina, back me up 254 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:55.600 on this. There's a huge difference between designers and design 255 00:16:55.679 --> 00:17:01.679 influencers generally speaking, real life design. Okay, And if you're 256 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.480 reading an article, or you're looking at some or you know, 257 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:08.880 watching somebody's YouTube or whatever the case, maybe TikTok, whatever 258 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:12.920 it is. If you're on Instagram and you're seeing somebody 259 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.880 talking about twenty twenty five, find out if they are 260 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:21.599 actually a home designer or if they're just a design influencer. 261 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:25.519 Here's the problem. Design influencers need to feather their nest 262 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:31.200 with stuff that in a little while now there now 263 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.000 they tell you if this is in and in a 264 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.079 little while they're going to tell you that it's out 265 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:38.279 because they need to flip over their inventory and keep new, 266 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:42.599 fresh stuff coming your way. Designers don't work that way. 267 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:48.680 Real designers with real clients, you know. Yeah, we take 268 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.839 on new projects every year, and those projects will shift 269 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:58.079 with trends, you know, the the the ebb and flow 270 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:02.440 of the tides of cold design. Sure they do, but 271 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:06.559 not for the same clients. Okay, And that's the That's 272 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:10.799 the thing that get people all kind of get their 273 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.839 underwear all up in a bunch. Is that that you know, 274 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:18.119 you're spending tens of thousands of dollars maybe remodeling or 275 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:21.640 a few thousand dollars redecorating your home, only to find 276 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:23.960 out that you know, pretty soon it's going to be 277 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:30.440 oh so yesterday. So design influencers are a diamond dozen. 278 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:35.440 There are thousands of them out there in social media 279 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:40.720 and online in various places. They are just there to 280 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:45.279 rehash what they think is going to be something to 281 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.759 you know, get your interest. Real designers who are posting 282 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:56.480 information they work from a different perspective because we work 283 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:59.319 in the real world and we know that what we're 284 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.359 going to set up for a client has got to last. 285 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:07.440 It has to last. Otherwise, Uh, you know, we're out 286 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.880 of a job, honestly, or we're out of a reference 287 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:13.400 at least. So look for these filler words when you're 288 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:16.440 reading this kind of stuff. Words and phrases. I just 289 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:19.000 I literally pulled up two or three this morning, and 290 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:24.119 I found the same words and phrases in several of them. Ah. 291 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.880 When when it says, oh, this year we're going to 292 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:33.920 be big on incorporating personal touches. What yeah, here, grab 293 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.039 your well, pull your MinC closer, give me some feedback. Yeah, 294 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:42.400 but they're everywhere. This phrase is everywhere in person, incorporating 295 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:45.480 personal touches. Hello, it's your house. I would hope that 296 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.920 that would always be the case. It's always the case 297 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:53.119 incorporating personal touch. Oh, isn't it lovely? If your designer 298 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:56.720 has given you permission to have something of your own 299 00:19:56.839 --> 00:20:01.319 in the room. That's the most ridiculous phrase I've ever heard, 300 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:07.680 incorporating personal touches. Your whole home should be a personal touch. 301 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.160 All right? How about this, oh, very big this year 302 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:21.359 in twenty twenty five. Classic charm and timelessness. Wow, classic 303 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:27.839 charm and timelessness. Yeah, this is the exact article that 304 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:31.160 in eleven months. People are gonna be like, oh, yeah, 305 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:40.440 that's so last year. Timelessness. The whole point is it's timeless. Yeah. 306 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:44.759 Organic shapes and materials very big this year, Tina. Organic 307 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:49.119 shapes and materials. What? All right, let's just think through this, 308 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:52.799 let's break this do what What is an organic what's 309 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:57.799 an inorganic shape? I guess something that highly geometric? Okay, 310 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.880 I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. All right. 311 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.920 So they're saying triangles are out for you know, it's 312 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.319 in very organic shapes and material When are organic shapes 313 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:13.279 and materials not in exactly? They're organic as in like nature, 314 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.799 everything you need, everything you need is in nature. Tina 315 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:21.920 likes to say nature not in in twenty twenty five. Apparently, 316 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:24.640 Oh no, no it isn't. Oh I'm sorry. Nature will 317 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:28.160 be thrilled to find out that it is in. Let 318 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.119 me guess. Are they saying like bring the outside in? 319 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:32.039 Is that kind of No? No, that's a that's a 320 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:34.119 legitimate thing that we're going to be talking about here. 321 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:37.279 But that's not a trend. But that sounds like right, oh, 322 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:40.400 it sounds so trending, which would be like, of course, yeah, 323 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:45.559 of course, how about this very big in twenty twenty five. 324 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:51.640 Approaches that create a sense of comfort. Well, I hope 325 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:55.559 that all your design not like twenty twenty four. That 326 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.920 was the year that being uncomfortable was in. Yes, being 327 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.519 oddly uncomfortable in your home. All right, one more, maybe 328 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:05.039 a couple, a couple more, we got to go to 329 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:14.160 a break. Uh. Bold patterns and color choices. Yeah, okay, great, Yeah, 330 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:20.640 colors be bold. Uh and then uh, this is a 331 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:26.480 word that's getting thrown around a lot, chicer, chic er, 332 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:31.519 and it looks like cheeser. It's just bet Yeah, be 333 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:38.039 more cheker showers, very big thing this year enlists cheeker showers. 334 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:42.720 Cheeker So your shower isn't she How chic is your shower? 335 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:46.559 Is it cheak enough? Do they do? They can be cheaper. 336 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:50.079 They're just thrown out there for you to kind of 337 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:52.200 get a sense of what they mean. They're thrown out 338 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:56.440 there to shame you on your existing shower. That's terrible, 339 00:22:56.880 --> 00:23:00.200 you see, because your shower obviously needs to be chicer. Right, 340 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:04.440 all right, let's get into some actual real things that 341 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:08.839 are coming your way that you might want to embrace. 342 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.279 We'll do that. 343 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:13.559 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 344 00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:18.279 KFI AM six forty. 345 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:23.240 Welcome home, Thanks for joining us on this lovely cool misty. 346 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:28.039 Where we are Saturday morning, last Saturday in I was 347 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:30.920 gonna say last Saturday in December. That's true too, last 348 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:34.839 Saturday in twenty twenty four, end of the year. Here 349 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:40.480 we are. We're talking about design trends and predictions for 350 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:45.880 twenty twenty five specifically, though I also am warning you 351 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:49.920 against too much of this kind of stuff. It'll rot 352 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:52.960 your teeth, as it were, just because so much of 353 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:57.599 it is just fluff and influencer kind of respeak along 354 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:01.160 the way, trying to separate the bs from the brilliant stuff. 355 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:03.440 And there is some brilliant stuff that I want to 356 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:08.519 draw your attention to. Next right after the next break, 357 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:11.279 we are going to the phones as well. Here is 358 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:13.400 the number to reach me, and we've got room on 359 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:16.960 the callboard for you. So if there's anything I'm talking 360 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:21.519 design predictions, yes, but if there's anything that you've got 361 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:24.759 scratching your head about your home, now is the time, 362 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:28.680 anything at all you set the agenda design construction DIY 363 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:32.680 eight three three two ask Dean eight three three The 364 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:38.119 numeral two ask Dean eight three three two ask Dean 365 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:41.839 producer Keana standing by, She'll tell you everything you need 366 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:44.680 to know. Poppy into the queue and we'll put our 367 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:47.920 heads together and we'll figure it out. All right, Let's 368 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.960 get back to it. Uh what did I say? I 369 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:53.480 was going to talk about? What did I promise? And 370 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:59.960 I haven't been Okay? Some agay, Yeah, I want to 371 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:02.839 off the negative stuff. In other words, the stuff that 372 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:06.680 I'm warning you about. Tell you about a real thing 373 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:10.599 that I want you to be aware of if you're remodeling, 374 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:15.759 especially making some changes and or you know, even down 375 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:19.680 to the decor level. Let's talk about the word that. 376 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:24.480 One of the hottest words for twenty twenty five is 377 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:30.119 going to be the word bio philia. Biophilia. Now, it 378 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:34.319 sounds like a disease. It's not I promise, I am. 379 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:41.119 I'm afraid I've been diagnosed with biophilia. Biophilia is an 380 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:49.200 architectural term, a relatively new one. It means literally the 381 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:53.720 love of nature. Okay, that's it, bio right, nature philia 382 00:25:54.279 --> 00:26:00.480 like brotherly love love, nature love, all right. Biophilic design 383 00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:09.079 is all about bringing the power of nature inside your home. Okay, 384 00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:12.160 it doesn't just you know, it could be anything from 385 00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:16.599 I guess technically from a decore side bringing more plants, 386 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:22.720 living plants inside the actual interior space of a of 387 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:26.559 a room or a home. But on the larger scale, 388 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:30.920 and it really, its real impact goes beyond potted plants. 389 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:36.119 Its real impact on a larger scale is the actual 390 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:45.799 architectural design of walls and spaces, more glass, more transitional 391 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:50.880 opening and vista between the outside and the inside. So 392 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:53.400 let me be really clear about this. It's gonna be 393 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:59.839 on ninety percent of the good trends lists that you 394 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:06.160 might be perusing on Instagram or Pinterest. Okay, but I 395 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:10.000 want you to understand it is not not a trend. 396 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:16.640 It is trending, this is true. But biophilia and biophilic 397 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:21.400 design is not a trend. And I say that because 398 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.400 I don't want you to think in any way, shape 399 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:26.279 or form it is going away. For those of us 400 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:30.880 in the architectural community, we know that biophilic design is 401 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:37.440