WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:02.279 KF I am six forty. 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:05.719 You're listening to Dean Sharp the House Whisperer on demand 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:12.160 on the iHeart Radio app. Welcome to home Where. Every 4 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:16.480 week we help you better understand that place where you live. 5 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:20.039 I am Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer, custom home Builder, 6 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:24.559 custom home Designer. Most importantly, today though your guide to 7 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:29.600 turning your ordinary house into something truly extraordinary. We're getting 8 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.240 a little late start today, I'm telling you. Sometimes I'm 9 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:36.719 just saying, Jesus, sometimes he just runs a little long. 10 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:39.479 That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. Don't look 11 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:40.240 at me that way. 12 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:47.560 No, I'm up. I'm up exactly. Let the fan you 13 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:49.119 understand what I'm saying. All right. 14 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:54.759 Anyhow, we're talking about a really cool subject today. I 15 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:59.640 think you'll find it very useful. Today's show is about 16 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:05.200 details that matter, or just the fact that details matter. 17 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:09.120 Now here's the thing. Details are often overlooked in our 18 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:12.200 day and age, just about everywhere, and when it comes 19 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.560 to your home, this can be different. You can make 20 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:19.959 a different decision about that, and the quality of details 21 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:23.840 in your home can make a massive difference. And that's 22 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:29.959 why it's so great because details small things do not 23 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:35.519 by definition break the budget. And so this is an 24 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.400 enabling conversation that we're having this morning so that you 25 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:43.200 can make some big changes on some small cash for 26 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:46.840 your home, really really important things. And of course we're 27 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:48.719 going to take some calls as we do. Let me 28 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:52.239 give you the number eight three to three two. Ask 29 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:55.519 Dean A three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight 30 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:59.719 three to three two, ask Dean. And as always, when 31 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:01.920 it comes to calls, anything you want to talk about, 32 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.680 you set the agenda for the calls. Construction design, DIY, 33 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:08.599 what have you A three three two asked in The 34 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.960 phone lines are opened, ye, yes, yes, they are open 35 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.639 now and you can call in talk to producer Michelle Cube, 36 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.560 who is standing by to take your calls this morning. 37 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:23.000 If we do this all right today, we're. 38 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.960 Gonna bring some light into your morning and make you 39 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:26.159 feel glad that you were here. 40 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:27.280 The team is here for you. 41 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:30.840 As always, Elmer is on the board. Good morning, Elmer, 42 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:37.879 Good morning, Los Angeles. There he is Elmer, as I said, 43 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.919 producer Michelle standing by right now to take your calls. 44 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:44.680 Eileen Gonzalez back at the news desk this morning, two 45 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:45.439 days in a row. 46 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:47.599 Good morning, Eileen, Good morning. How's it going. 47 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:52.520 You know what I'm I was exhausted yesterday for yesterday's show. 48 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.759 I just very little sleep, had some troubles on my mind. 49 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:57.840 But I got a good night's sleep last night and 50 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.520 we fell back. So we got the bonus out right. 51 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:02.159 Love the Bonus hour. 52 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:09.039 Loves the Bonus Hour, so forward, so much. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Yeah, 53 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:15.080 Spring is overrated. Hey and look at her. Look at her. 54 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:19.680 Oh my gosh, sitting across the table from me. Clearly 55 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:24.319 anybody who has met us, clearly my better half, uh 56 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:27.719 and my design partner, the co owner and co founder 57 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:33.120 of House Whisper, and most importantly, my best buddy in 58 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:41.000 all the world. Tina is here. Oh that's a That 59 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:45.080 was a loud elephant. That was hello, Tina's uh. Tina's 60 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.159 spirit animal is h is the elephant, her favorite animal 61 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:50.719 in the world. That's why there's an elephant sound in 62 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:54.599 the back. Just to be clear, Tina in no way 63 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:58.800 looks like an elephant at all, But. 64 00:03:58.840 --> 00:03:59.560 It would be cute. 65 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:05.759 You will look more like a squirrel, wouldn't it be awesome? 66 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:07.680 I mean, what would it be like if you could 67 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.800 get like a like a beagle? Sized elephant. 68 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:13.360 Maxim My gosh, it would be so cute just. 69 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.040 To have it your little elephant right, slightly larger than 70 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:18.560 a cat, like a small dog. Elephant the size of 71 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:23.519 a small dog. Fun, how about it? Science, Let's get 72 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:28.439 to work, all right. Speaking of getting to work, we 73 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:32.319 should probably do exactly that. We've got some calls that 74 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.079 are starting to pop up on the board. Here. I'm 75 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.240 going to give you the number one more time, eight 76 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.839 three three two. Ask Dean. 77 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.879 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 78 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:45.480 KFI AM six forty. 79 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:49.480 I am here to help you take it to the 80 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:54.399 next level, and today especially that applies to everybody from 81 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:58.199 castle to condo and everything in between, because we're talking 82 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:05.560 about details that matter, and details so so very much matter. Also, 83 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.040 we're going to be taking calls. Let me give you 84 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:09.759 out the number, you give me out, you could let 85 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:15.240 me get Here's the number. I've only been doing this 86 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:20.839 eight years. Okay, here's the number. Eight three three two. 87 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:26.360 Ask Dean eight three three two, Ask Dean A three 88 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:29.120 three the numeral two peep, ask Dean. 89 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.360 There you go? All right? Oh. 90 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:36.319 Also, I'm not gonna spend any time talking about it. 91 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:43.040 This segment, But next segment, just just just know it's November. 92 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:48.199 Guess what's happening right before Thanksgiving this month? The House 93 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:54.399 Whisper Live audience holiday home show returning to KFI Studios 94 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:56.759 yet again. It's going to be a great event. We'll 95 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:58.959 be talking about that a little later in the show. 96 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.879 So hang tai and we will give you details on 97 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:04.639 how you can win a seat to this live audience 98 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.199 event in just a bit. All right, let's dive in. 99 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:13.360 You have heard it said, undoubtedly, don't sweat the small stuff. 100 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:15.680 Somebody has said that in your life at some point, 101 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:20.959 and you know that it's probably a really good advice 102 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:23.759 in a lot of areas, but not when it comes 103 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:28.199 to making an ordinary house truly extraordinary. When it comes 104 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.279 to that, God is always in the details, as they 105 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.600 would say, which is great news because it means you 106 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:39.120 can move the needle quite a bit, even with limited resources. 107 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:42.600 So this is a massive, massive list, by the way, 108 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.079 and we're just going to move through what we can 109 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:49.319 today and hopefully inspire you to figure out your own 110 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:52.399 details as well, even if the ar ones that were 111 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:56.680 not mentioning first thing I want you to understand about 112 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:01.879 details in a home is how to build a room 113 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:06.800 without building walls. And this is just a this is 114 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:12.519 a design truth that not as many people utilize when 115 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:16.120 they're laying out their furniture in their house that as 116 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:20.600 as should. Okay, we have over the last few years 117 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:23.959 gone open concept open concept. A lot of houses now 118 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:28.639 have been remodeled or built brand new with this open concept, 119 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:32.160 which means that we have at least one kind of 120 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:38.920 supersized room in the house, the combo kitchen, family dining 121 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:44.399 ish living area, and it's nice, big and open, no walls. 122 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.879 Some of them have gone too open, but you know, 123 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:48.560 we're not going to get into that today. But the 124 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:52.279 point is this when we've got a larger space like that. 125 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:56.560 And by the way, this applies even to small spaces 126 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:00.279 that are open concept, like an apartment, okay, because you know, 127 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:02.920 you walk in here, you walk in the door and boom, 128 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:05.920 you're right there in the seating area or the living room, 129 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.279 and there's the kitchen, and you know, it's all sort 130 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.879 of this one main area other than the bedrooms are 131 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:15.000 all just sort of right there in one open space. 132 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.759 So when it comes to this particular detail, it is 133 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:25.000 understanding that walls walls that we think of as the 134 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:29.680 things that define a room. Walls are really a story 135 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:34.639 of sorts. They are essentially a construct of our imagination. 136 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:37.440 Now I'm not saying that your walls are imaginary. If 137 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:40.000 you've got walls, they're real. But the point is this, 138 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:44.039 a lot of folks think, well, if we're really gonna 139 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:47.480 define a space better, then we got to do construction, 140 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:50.080 and we got to You don't put up wall. No, no, no, 141 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.360 not necessarily the case at all, because a wall can 142 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.679 be many many things. We do this a lot when 143 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:01.399 we talk about exterior landscape design. A wall can be 144 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:05.840 so many things. Specifically, in this case, what I'm alluding 145 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:09.080 to is that a wall can be a properly placed 146 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:13.360 piece of furniture. So let's say we have an open 147 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:17.639 space and we've got a sofa or a little sectional 148 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:22.679 l sofa. The backside of that sofa as it stretches 149 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.879 out into the room is essentially a wall because you're 150 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:30.399 on the back side of the sofa. So aligning it 151 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.440 in a room along the path of a hallway out 152 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:37.279 of the main hallway, or aligning it with its back 153 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:41.200 or its edge leading edge away from the front door 154 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:43.039 can create. 155 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:44.759 A space. 156 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:49.240 Actually, by definition, creating two spaces where before there was 157 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:53.559 just one. Okay, so understand that the arrangement of furniture 158 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:57.799 in a room is a detail that, when done properly, 159 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:04.919 can create rooms within the technical, physical structural room. Okay, 160 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.919 a lot of you suffer from not having really much 161 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:11.440 of an entryway, and entryways are important. That's a detail 162 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:15.200 that I like to draw attention to as much as possible. 163 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.440 But maybe you don't have an entryway in a structural 164 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.679 technical sense. You open up the door and you're standing 165 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:25.840 in a larger room. The reason why that is not 166 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.879 the greatest thing in the world is simply because entryways, 167 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:35.000 just like hallways and front porches and back decks, they 168 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:40.240 are transitional spaces. They are kind of emotional airlocks, as 169 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:43.480 it were. They're not quite out, they're not quite in. 170 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.519 They give you that moment of pause. You can call 171 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.000 them a punctuation in a sentence. They give you that 172 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:53.799 moment of pause where you can reorient yourself and say, okay, 173 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:57.200 all right, now I'm entering into this situation instead of 174 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.440 just being thrown right into it. So instead of walking 175 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.559 through the front door and just stepping into your living room, 176 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.480 you step into an entryway. And you're like, Okay, I'm 177 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:13.639 I'm not outside anymore, but I'm not actually completely in 178 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:15.080 the house, right. 179 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.960 I'm not intruding on anyone. 180 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:21.240 I'm not in anybody's space yet, because this is the entryway. 181 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:26.159 So entryways that don't have walls around them can be 182 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:32.279 created with small details. The properly sized area rug laying 183 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:36.000 in front of an entryway. It defines a certain amount 184 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.559 of floor space and says, while you're standing on this rug, 185 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:42.159 you're not in the rest of the room. You understand 186 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:45.480 what I'm saying. The lines of a rug create and 187 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:49.080 of a psychological perimeter. Now, if you can emphasize that 188 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:52.840 even more with the line of a sofa floating free 189 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:57.480 floating in a room, not so that it's destroying usable 190 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:00.440 space in the room, but so that it's clan a 191 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:04.879 space unto itself. A sofa and a couple of chairs, 192 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:09.200 or an L shaped sofa connected to a coffee table, 193 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:15.639 all touching one area. Rug that combines those elements together. 194 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:22.120 That's room with walls. There's a clear psychological sense in 195 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:25.200 which you are either in that room or you are 196 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:28.200 not in that room. You're on the other side of 197 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:31.840 those edges. And because you're on the other side of 198 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.679 the edges. You don't have to think of that space 199 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:39.240 as being all a part of the greater, massive space 200 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.519 that it finds itself in. You understand what I'm saying, 201 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:44.720 And again I keep saying the word larger space as 202 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:48.639 if I'm alluding to like a super big room. It's 203 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.240 absolutely critical in super big rooms, but it's just as 204 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.639 critical in smaller spaces like apartments and condos, where there 205 00:12:56.679 --> 00:13:00.240 aren't a lot of defining structural features. There's not oh, 206 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:02.919 a dining room, clearly, that's the dining room. Clearly this 207 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:05.120 is a living room, and there's the kitchen. It's all 208 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.919 sort of you know, most apartment in condos, it's all 209 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:12.879 sort of an amorphous one sort of open space, and 210 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:17.799 that puts it upon you to carefully design the details 211 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:21.679 of where the furniture sits so that we get entry away, 212 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.159 a free passage to other rooms, other spaces like the kitchen, 213 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.639 a place to eat, a place to sit, and so on. 214 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:31.960 I think you get the point there, all right. So 215 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:35.519 first tip of the day, building a room using the 216 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:41.600 details of furniture and things like area, rugs, lamps, all 217 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:47.559 that to create rooms without building walls, and in that 218 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.000 Chiching money saved along the way. All right, so much 219 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.600 more when we come back. Let's talk about controlling the 220 00:13:55.639 --> 00:14:00.159 size of a room with the detail of color, and 221 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:04.120 integrating some of that old furniture that you inherited then 222 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:05.080 and like but. 223 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.240 Doesn't really feel one hundred percent of yours. 224 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.399 How do you integrate that truly into your stuff and 225 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.360 own it for yourself? All of that and more when 226 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.240 we return your Home Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 227 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:21.559 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 228 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.200 KFI AM six forty. 229 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.480 Hey, welcome to Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 230 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:28.919 That's me. 231 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:33.320 We are talking about details that matter this morning, and 232 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:36.080 we're going to continue to do so. But first let 233 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:39.200 me give you the phone number to call us, because 234 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:41.279 in just a bit we're gonna be going to the 235 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:45.039 phones and talk about anything that is got you scratching 236 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:49.159 your head about your house. Eight three three two. Ask 237 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:53.440 Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight 238 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:58.399 three three two Ask Dean. Producer Michelle is standing by 239 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:00.879 ready to take your calls. She'll tell everything you need 240 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:02.960 to know. Pop you into the queue. You can listen 241 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.559 to the show while you wait, and then who knows 242 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:07.440 you and I will put our heads together and we 243 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:11.000 will figure it out. I promise you. Eight three three 244 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:14.399 two ask Dean go into the phones in just a bit, 245 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:20.639 all right, back to it. Right before the break, I 246 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:23.000 alluded to the fact that I would tell you how 247 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:26.519 to control the size of a room with color. This 248 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:30.399 is a detail that you know, some people would say, well, listen, 249 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:34.320 Dean color in a room, painting on the paint on 250 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:38.000 the walls. That's not a small detail. No, it's not 251 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.320 a small detail. But it is a detail, and it's 252 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:44.799 an inexpensive way of radically changing a space. And so 253 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.720 I just want you to be aware of this one thing, 254 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.799 just this one simple thing. I shared this with the 255 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:53.240 Conway on Thursday night in our normal like six twenty 256 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:59.320 bit that we do. And it's this warm colors. If 257 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:03.120 you're a human being, warm colors meaning anything on the 258 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:07.080 warm side of the spectrum, they tend to come toward us. 259 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:10.399 And I think you understand what I'm saying when I 260 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:14.639 use that language, that they come toward us. Warm colors 261 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:19.840 embrace us. They kind of approach us and wrap themselves 262 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:23.000 around us. That's that warmth they are cozy, all right. 263 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:29.240 Warmth radiates at us. Maybe that's the tie into nature, right, 264 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:33.360 it comes at us. And therefore a warm color on 265 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:35.919 the walls of a room, and warm color in terms 266 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:41.360 of furnishings, accents, all of that. These are things that 267 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.679 come at us and as a result make a room 268 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:51.799 feel smaller, okay, more comfortable, cozier, more homey in that side. 269 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:56.759 In that sense, cool colors the inverse of that, anything 270 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.440 on the cool side of the spectrums, the blues, the greens, 271 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:03.679 and so on. These colors tend to move away from us. 272 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:08.039 They recede from us sort of psychologically, emotionally, the sides 273 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:13.279 of the vastness of the ocean, the blueness of the 274 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:18.640 sky above us, the height of trees. Cool moves away 275 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:22.680 from us. Warm comes toward us. So in this case, 276 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:24.640 how do you apply this, Well, let's say you've got 277 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:28.519 a small room. You've got a small space, and you 278 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:31.920 don't want it to get any smaller because it's already 279 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:33.559 maybe smaller than you want. 280 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:33.720 It to be. 281 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:39.640 Then favor cool colors, especially when it comes to the 282 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:44.440 walls and furnishings and accents, and that room will be 283 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:49.599 as roomy and open feeling as it can be without 284 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:53.200 actually physically moving the walls. And the inverse of this, 285 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:56.799 of course, is we've got a large space, and I 286 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:59.160 actually deal with this a lot. You know, we have 287 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:04.559 clients well with very large spaces, very large homes, and 288 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:08.039 sometimes some of these large spaces really need to be 289 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:10.680 made more intimate because they get away from you after 290 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:14.640 a while. All of the pomp and circumstance of having, 291 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:19.759 you know, big cavernous space doesn't always feel great. In fact, 292 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:23.319 it rarely feels great in terms of making people feel 293 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:27.359 good about being in the space. And so we want 294 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:33.119 warmer colors there in spaces like that that sort of 295 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:35.519 reach out and embrace you, draw you in, and make 296 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:38.599 you feel more comfortable about being in that larger space. 297 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:42.680 So warm colors come at you and shrink the size 298 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:46.680 of rooms. Cool colors move away from you and expand 299 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:50.680 the size of the room, all of which happens without 300 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:52.400 actually moving walls. 301 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.519 Got it all right. 302 00:18:54.680 --> 00:19:01.000 One aspect of a rustic or a vintage item something 303 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:07.839 that you have inherited that can be changed, is its color. 304 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:13.200 But we very very rarely recommend changing the color of 305 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:17.160 something entirely, unless you're just convinced. You know, you're all 306 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:22.039 into that. But changing the color of a thing is 307 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:27.119 a way emotionally of taking ownership of it from a 308 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:30.119 decore sense. I'm interesting to think about that for a second. 309 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:34.839 Let's say you've inherited this, this grand old dining room 310 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:39.680 table from great grandma, and you love it. You love 311 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:44.839 the table, and you want to honor her and the heritage. 312 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.160 You don't. 313 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.640 You're not going to give it away. You're going to 314 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:51.440 keep this item. But here's the thing. It doesn't quite 315 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:55.440 tie in with everything else you got going on that's 316 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:58.039 yours around it. You can see the dining room table 317 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:00.440 from the living room and it just seems a little loft, 318 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:02.960 It seems a little out of your color scheme or 319 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:05.839 what have you. So here's the thing that we have 320 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:11.200 often seen can be a relatively small detail that can 321 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:15.000 make a big difference. Most tables, and I'm just talking 322 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:17.920 tables right now. Apply this theory to any piece of 323 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:20.960 furniture that you've got. But you know tables, right below 324 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:24.519 the table top, there's a skirt underneath that table. Unless 325 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:27.240 it's a glass top table, if it's wood, there's a 326 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:31.240 skirt of some sort underneath it. You know, relatively small, 327 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:35.200 you know, three four inch skirt from which the legs 328 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:40.400 are extending down to the floor. That skirt is not 329 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:44.599 a huge, glaring detail, but it is something that's visible 330 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:48.079 from the room, from other rooms when you're room adjacent 331 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:51.839 to it. And to take that skirt and make the bold, 332 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:55.839 sexy jougi decision, you know what we're gonna do, just 333 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:58.519 the skirt. We're not gonna touch Grandma's table any other way. 334 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.960 Just the skirt underneath the tabletop. We are going to 335 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:06.359 take some paint, the same kind of paint that we 336 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:12.079 used on these other items in this room, or matching 337 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.359 the color of some of these accent items in the 338 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:16.799 other room, and we're going to put that accent color 339 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:20.759 on just the skirt or just the legs. Or you're 340 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:25.119 getting what I'm saying. By putting just that element of 341 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:30.359 color onto that table, you have owned it, You've integrated 342 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:35.240 it into the decor complement of everything else in the room, 343 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:38.440 and suddenly you're doing both the best of both worlds. 344 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:42.400 You're honoring this great piece from your great grandma, and 345 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:46.799 also it now belongs in your space. It's a detail 346 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:50.720 that matters. Tina, and I did it a while back. 347 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:55.160 We have had a grandfather clock. It's not a great grandfather, 348 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:59.720 great grandma. It's not a super awesome, fancy grandfather clock. 349 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:04.839 It's kind of early nineteen eighties, a grandfather clock that 350 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:08.200 Tina's grandparents bought, and it was always a part of 351 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:11.039 their home and it was always something that she loved seeing, 352 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:15.279 I mean, just reminds her of them. And we've had 353 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:18.039 it in various places in the house for a number 354 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:22.440 of years, and finally Tina said, you know what, I 355 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:26.960 really really want that clock to be theirs and ours both, 356 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:30.000 and so she decided to paint several of the elements 357 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:34.319 of that clock the exact same color that we used 358 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:37.000 to paint the walls of our dining room, because the 359 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.759 clock is not in the dining room, but it is 360 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:42.440 sitting right across a walk path from the dining room. 361 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:47.160 And man, did it make a massive difference. That clock 362 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:52.079 now belongs with us and it belonged to them, And 363 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:56.519 it's a great way of kind of straddling the historical 364 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:59.200 fence there, So a detail that matters, just a little 365 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.400 bit of paint, kind of paint on the right aspect 366 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:06.480 of a piece of furniture can take those older, out 367 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:09.400 of date, used to belong to somebody else things and 368 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:12.400 make them yours. All right, when we come back, let's 369 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:18.799 talk about not neglecting utilitarian fixtures and how important is 370 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:21.039 that in terms of details and what I mean by 371 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:25.960 that light switches, lamp chords, outlets, even heating and air 372 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.880 conditioning vents. 373 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.839 What can you do with those? 374 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:32.200 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 375 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.799 KFI AM six forty. 376 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:39.160 Hey, thanks for joining us on the program today. We 377 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:42.519 are approaching the top of the hour. Did you turn 378 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:45.079 your clock back last night or did it do it 379 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:47.039 by itself most of the time. You know, we kind 380 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:49.079 of run our lives off of our phones, and so 381 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:51.599 we don't worry about setting our clocks back. But we 382 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:54.000 have some like the grandfather clock I was talking about 383 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:56.319 in the last segment. You know, those things have to 384 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:58.680 be turned back, but we don't really rely on them 385 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:02.839 too much other than their beauty. So I hope you 386 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:05.200 turned your clock back last night and got an extra 387 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:08.240 hour of sleep. I'm glad you're here with us now. 388 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:11.880 We're talking about details that matter, and I'm gonna let 389 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:15.920 you know next segment. Right after the next news break, 390 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:18.720 we are going to the phones, and so I will 391 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:21.920 give you our number once again, eight three to three two. 392 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.759 Ask dean eight three to three the numeral two. Ask 393 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:30.559 dean eight three three two, Ask dean. Producer Michelle standing 394 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:33.000 by ready to take your call. She'll tell you everything 395 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:35.519 you need to know. Pop you into the queue, and 396 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:37.480 then we will get to that thing that you've been 397 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:40.400 scratching your head about and we will get it solved. 398 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:44.000 That coming up right after the next news break. All right, 399 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:49.079 back to the deats, the details that matter. Where are 400 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:50.799 we at on our list here? What did I say? 401 00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:56.400