Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to mister Sleepyhead, the host
Speaker 1: of Home on KFI. Our house whispered Dean Sharp morning.
Speaker 2: Dean, good morning.
Speaker 1: So glad we could connect with you because we got
Speaker 1: to talk makeovers. I always love a good makeover, but
Speaker 1: we're going to take it beyond our faces and go
Speaker 1: all the way to our houses.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, uncertain times, that's kind of where we're
Speaker 2: at right now, and a lot of people not knowing
Speaker 2: where to go with their money. And there's been a
Speaker 2: change in the wind. People are wondering, is this the
Speaker 2: year to do my remodel? Our price is going to soar,
Speaker 2: our tariffs going to affect the prices of materials, And
Speaker 2: I'm getting that question a lot. And the simple, simple
Speaker 2: answer is don't know. And so as a result, we're
Speaker 2: helping folks spend their time and attention for those who
Speaker 2: want to move forward with certainty on the makeover. And
Speaker 2: the difference between a makeover and a renovation and a
Speaker 2: remodel is some money money really, I mean, when you
Speaker 2: think remodel, what we're really literally talking about is moving
Speaker 2: around bones on the house, and there's a lot of
Speaker 2: money in the pad. A renovation is taking what's there
Speaker 2: and giving it a refresh. But a makeover is the
Speaker 2: most potent and yet least expensive approach to your house.
Speaker 2: And that is, you know, changing colors, changing materials, and
Speaker 2: without having to move around major elements. And something that
Speaker 2: a lot of people look over at times is how
Speaker 2: powerful a makeover can be in changing the vibe of
Speaker 2: the house and if you know how to approach it,
Speaker 2: it can really have a big impact. So that's what
Speaker 2: we're spending the weekend, focusing on the makeover, the magic.
Speaker 1: Makeover, the magic of makeovers. And you're going to be
Speaker 1: covering everything from bathrooms to bedrooms, to living rooms to
Speaker 1: kitchens and even whole house projects and looking through some
Speaker 1: and the exterior too, looking through your list and I'm like, oh,
Speaker 1: I've done that. Oh my mom did that to her house.
Speaker 1: So like in the bathroom, there are some things you
Speaker 1: can do that don't cost a ton of money, but
Speaker 1: are really going to update the look. Like instead of
Speaker 1: having that whole mirror that covers the wall, bring that
Speaker 1: up to date.
Speaker 2: How do you do that exactly? So you know, you
Speaker 2: might have a nineteen seventies or nineteen sixties circa large
Speaker 2: frameless mirror, that's sort of plastered across the wall above
Speaker 2: the vanity in the bathroom. And you know, which is
Speaker 2: fine and if you love it great. A lot of
Speaker 2: people are like, I don't know about this thing, but
Speaker 2: what do I do instead? Well, that mirror can be removed,
Speaker 2: and mirrors from a glass shop not that expensive. Also,
Speaker 2: sometimes you can remove the mirror and preserve it and
Speaker 2: have it cut into a smaller mirror and then a
Speaker 2: frame placed around it, replace it in place, so that
Speaker 2: now we've got a full sized mirror framed that has
Speaker 2: this modern, contemporary look to it as if you've just
Speaker 2: hung a framed mirror on the wall.
Speaker 1: Okay, I love I love that. A lot of these
Speaker 1: projects that you have, I'm like, oh, my mom has
Speaker 1: done that to her house, so when I go home,
Speaker 1: I always am watching for stuff that she's done. Here's
Speaker 1: one we're moving over to the living room that I
Speaker 1: actually did. That a fireplace, I think is one of
Speaker 1: the most fabulous things you can have in your house.
Speaker 1: But sometimes they are really dated and ugly. But you
Speaker 1: can update it and what I did, and you can
Speaker 1: tell me whether this was a good decision or not.
Speaker 1: Was I painted my fireplace and I retiled the hearth myself.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it's a fantastic idea. Fireplaces are a funny thing.
Speaker 2: I mean they were designed to be the centerpieces of rooms.
Speaker 2: A lot of people find them in the way, and
Speaker 2: a lot of folks, I would say, I think the
Speaker 2: current number is like eight out of ten homeowners don't
Speaker 2: really use their fireplace. And yet it's there. And the
Speaker 2: point is if you're not going to get rid of it,
Speaker 2: which of course is expensive, then igne the fact that
Speaker 2: it is something to look at, that it's a showpiece,
Speaker 2: that it's a viewpiece, and yes, tile over the hearth.
Speaker 2: Paint the firebox. And when people say paint. When I
Speaker 2: say that, people are like, what do you mean? Paint
Speaker 2: the firebox? You know you may have dated, stained, sooty
Speaker 2: ugly firebrick inside the firebox. Go down ten dollars worth
Speaker 2: of high heat barbecue paint at the hardware store will
Speaker 2: allow you to paint out the entire firebox so that
Speaker 2: it's black dark, doesn't show any soot stains anymore. And
Speaker 2: yet if you decide to have a fire in there,
Speaker 2: it can handle that heat no problem. And it's like
Speaker 2: a jeweler's cloth behind a jewel and even if you
Speaker 2: don't use the fireplace, find something to put in there,
Speaker 2: a bouquet of flowers, a pile of fire wood. I mean,
Speaker 2: the list can go on and on and on. But
Speaker 2: use the fireplace for what it should actually be, which
Speaker 2: is a visual showcase of something most of the time
Speaker 2: when we're not actually using the flames.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I can tell you from my personal experience,
Speaker 1: it made a world of distance. I did do the firebox,
Speaker 1: plus I did the front, the facade or whatever you
Speaker 1: call it, and the hearth, and it was just like
Speaker 1: the whole room like was lit up and it looked
Speaker 1: so much better.
Speaker 2: It was.
Speaker 1: It was just and it was a quick fix. It
Speaker 1: wasn't easy. It took a weekend and it was great.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's the point of the makeover. A little
Speaker 2: elbow grease, just a tiny bit of money invested and
Speaker 2: a big change.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then one last one before I let you
Speaker 1: go in the kitchen. I love this idea. And that's
Speaker 1: just putting some lighting under the kitchen cabinets.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean, and I think everybody understands that.
Speaker 2: It's just that that most people are waiting like, oh,
Speaker 2: I'll do that when I replaced my kitchen cabinets because
Speaker 2: that's an expense and it's probably really expensive, and I
Speaker 2: don't want to mess with that with my existing cabinets.
Speaker 2: But the fact of the matter is LED lighting. We're
Speaker 2: in the golden age of LED strip lighting. And if
Speaker 2: you just take a peek online, you'll realize that strip
Speaker 2: lighting comes in rolls and self adhesive roles. It is
Speaker 2: so inexpensive and it looks so good. I'd yet to
Speaker 2: have somebody say to me anything other than oh my gosh.
Speaker 2: If I realized that it was as inexpensive as it is,
Speaker 2: I would have done this years ago. And so take
Speaker 2: a look windows. Shopping is free. Do your research. You'll
Speaker 2: find that some of these moves you can make right now.
Speaker 1: Absolutely. I love it and your whole show this weekend.
Speaker 1: Your shows this weekend are going to be focused on this.
Speaker 1: And those were just a couple of the really easy
Speaker 1: quick fixes. There's so many more good ideas, so be
Speaker 1: listening this weekend six to eight on Saturday, nine to
Speaker 1: noon on Sunday. The show is called Home on KFI.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much to our house whisper Dean Sharp
Speaker 1: can't wait to hear more tips