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Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to the host of home

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Speaker 1: on KFI. It's the house whispered Dean Sharp morning, Dean morning, Amy.

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Speaker 1: So it's not only time to deck the halls, it's

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Speaker 1: time to declutter your home ahead of the holidays.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. You know, a lot of people go through this,

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Speaker 2: and it came to my attention about a year ago,

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Speaker 2: and I've been following this that around the holidays.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you realize this, but there has

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Speaker 2: been a new trend across America and it's here in

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Speaker 2: southern California as well, and that is people who do

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Speaker 2: kind of a forty eight hour declutter before the in

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Speaker 2: laws arrive, meaning they don't have space to put a

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Speaker 2: lot of stuff that's in the way, actually get a

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Speaker 2: short term storage area and put a lot of their

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Speaker 2: stuff temporarily through the month of December and into January

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Speaker 2: into storage until the family is gone, and then bring

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Speaker 2: it all back.

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Speaker 1: Wait, people are actually getting storage units to make room

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Speaker 1: for family to come visit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it turns out that's storage units offering short term rentals.

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Speaker 2: Are now like they look forward to December, it's one

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Speaker 2: of the biggest months of the year.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so what are some things that people should be

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Speaker 1: thinking about clearing out.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I mean, I'm not advocating getting a

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Speaker 2: storage unit, but if.

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Speaker 1: It cattle extreme, but I mean, if you have to,

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Speaker 1: you have to.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know what it comes from now is that

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Speaker 2: people are utilizing their homes more and more for themselves

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Speaker 2: all the time. So you've got things like guest rooms

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Speaker 2: that aren't really guest rooms. They're spare rooms that have

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Speaker 2: been converted to offices or gyms or you know, other

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Speaker 2: kinds of storage spaces. And if you're having family and

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Speaker 2: all of a sudden, that room has got to be

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Speaker 2: a guest room again, and there just isn't necessarily place

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Speaker 2: to put stuff. But it brings up the whole subject

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Speaker 2: which I love, which is decluttering. People ask me all

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Speaker 2: the time, They're like, hey, what's the one thing I

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Speaker 2: can do inexpensively to my home to make it look better?

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Speaker 2: And I say, there's absolutely only one ant that I

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Speaker 2: always give, and that is, you know, bite the bullet

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Speaker 2: and declutter. Nothing ruins a good design or good decor

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Speaker 2: or anything more than having too much stuff. And so

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Speaker 2: I'm all for the idea of decluttering for the holidays,

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Speaker 2: especially if families coming into town, You're gonna have to

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Speaker 2: make some space, so you're gonna need to clear out

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Speaker 2: some pathways. That's what I like to think about. Think

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Speaker 2: about the pathway of your guests into where they're gonna

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Speaker 2: be staying. Clearing out the entryway, the living room, the

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Speaker 2: guest bathroom, and the sleeping area. Hallways included. Hallways are

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Speaker 2: an area where surprisingly a lot of clutter can form

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Speaker 2: in a hallway. Clear it out so that it's all

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Speaker 2: open and clear, give your guests some space. And then

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Speaker 2: if you've put stuff into storage come January, press pause

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Speaker 2: for a second. Once the decorations come back down, look around,

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Speaker 2: enjoy how open and clean things are, and maybe maybe

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Speaker 2: consider not bringing it all back.

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Speaker 1: Boy, you've got me thinking, because I'm just sitting there thinking, yep,

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Speaker 1: I got that clutter right now, and I hate it.

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Speaker 1: But I've I have a small space. I don't have

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Speaker 1: a large home here, and so I'm running out of

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Speaker 1: room because as you go through years, you accumulate stuff,

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Speaker 1: right absolutely, And they've been thinking about like the entry way,

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Speaker 1: like there's coats hanging by the door, or an extra

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Speaker 1: pair of shoes there. Get that stuff out of there,

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Speaker 1: because then your whole house looks less cluttered.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, absolutely, And the holidays are a great time to

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Speaker 2: make the excuse of getting rid of things or clearing

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Speaker 2: things out. I should say, because you're not getting rid

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Speaker 2: of it, let's just say we're moving it to the side. Okay.

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Speaker 2: But that again is a process that we send a

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Speaker 2: lot of our clients through. We're like, hey, don't get

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Speaker 2: rid of it, Let's just move it to the side.

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Speaker 2: Let's clear it out of the space, get used to

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Speaker 2: living in this space with less stuff in it. And

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Speaker 2: then in a month or two, let's have a conversation

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Speaker 2: about whether you really really really want it to come back.

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Speaker 2: Because you know, I mean, you decorate for the holidays.

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Speaker 2: I decorate for the holidays. It actually adds another layer

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Speaker 2: of things in the room. Yeah, and so it's really

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Speaker 2: good time to think that stuff through.

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Speaker 1: I love that, okay. And then I love this too,

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Speaker 1: where you said, as you're going through the process of decluttering,

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Speaker 1: don't just shove it in the closets. And there's a reason.

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Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, there's a reason, because closets don't belong as

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Speaker 2: storage units. I say this all the time, And this

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Speaker 2: is the one thing if you want to take something

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Speaker 2: and just chew on it and hold this. Closets inside

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Speaker 2: a house should not be considered long term storage. Closets

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Speaker 2: should be considered staging areas for frequently used items. That's

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Speaker 2: what a closet is for. Everything else can be long

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Speaker 2: term storage, but not in your closets and freeing yourself

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Speaker 2: from that burden that can change everything.

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Speaker 1: Well. And plus you said in your notes, if you

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Speaker 1: do use your closets for storage, your in laws are

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Speaker 1: gonna end up noticing.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, absolutely, I mean here, this is why it's

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Speaker 2: such a prime time for this, because because you're showing

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Speaker 2: off your place to somebody else, and that use that

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Speaker 2: impetus to say, you know what, maybe maybe I really

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Speaker 2: just should clean up my act here a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, okay. And then here's like we were talking about

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Speaker 1: getting rid of clutter, but you also say that if

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Speaker 1: you want to just create more space, it only takes

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Speaker 1: one thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, quite often in every room there's one thing

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Speaker 2: that is kind of like the key that if you

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Speaker 2: remove it can free up the space. Maybe one piece

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Speaker 2: of furniture, one chair, one end table, one something. And

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Speaker 2: so it doesn't have to be like, oh, I got

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Speaker 2: to get rid of fifty percent of the things in

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Speaker 2: my house. And no, it's not true. Go into a room.

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Speaker 2: Try removing just one signific signific item. It may unlock

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Speaker 2: the entire room.

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Speaker 1: Okay, perfect, So great advice. And you're gonna be talking

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Speaker 1: about this all weekend. Yeah okay, And you can listen

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Speaker 1: six to eight tomorrow morning right here on KFI, and

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Speaker 1: nine to noon on Sunday. The show is called Home

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Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp. Thank you Dean Sharp. Oh and you

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Speaker 1: can follow him too at Home with Teen.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Amy.

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Speaker 1: Talk to you next week.

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Speaker 2: Sounds good.

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Speaker 1: Oh, it'll be our last show before Christmas, I know. Okay, well,

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Speaker 1: we've got to find some fun Christmas stuff.

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Speaker 2: We will