1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Welcome 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: to the third hour of our fine little program. Here. 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: I am Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, here to help 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: you better understand that place where you live and to 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: remind you that every home has a path forward. Once 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: you see it, that's when everything changes. You gotta find it. 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: You gotta find it, and it takes some work, take 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: some effort, take some creative thinking. It's not as easy 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: as just oh, maybe we should repaint the cabinets. Okay. 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: We want to take a holistic approach to your home. 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: Really see it for what it is, find the path, 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: and once you find the path, you jump on it 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: and you're like, I get this, I got this. It happens, 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: happens all the time. I can say that with confidence 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: to you. Why because I don't just spend time talking 17 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: on the radio. I am a real world custom home designer, 18 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: and we have clients, real clients, doing real things in 19 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: their real lives, and this is the path that we 20 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: show everyone. And by the time they find their path, 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: they know and they get in the flow and the 22 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: momentum I always say this about homes that good design 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: and bad design both have momentum. Unfortunately they both do. 24 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: They both snowball, and so bad design decisions is why 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: we got to cut it off. You got to tournique 26 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: tie that thing off. Stop it now, stop trying to 27 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, put lipstick on the pig as it were 28 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: got to stop it. Sometimes you got to go back 29 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: and just correct big problems to get you back on 30 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: the path. Bad design decisions snowball. They just they beg 31 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: one after another after another, and then you know, you 32 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: get to a point where it almost feels hopeless. Good 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: design decisions work the same way, though, they begin to 34 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: pick up momentum, and by the time you get, you know, 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: just a little bit down the road, it's easier and 36 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: easier and easier to design the next thing. And eventually 37 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: the whole house is moving so smoothly in one cohesive direction. 38 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: It's virtually virtually designing itself. And that really happens. It 39 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: really really happens. I'll give you one good example. Let's 40 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: say you want to get lighting. You're going to get 41 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: some lamps or some new lights for your house, and 42 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: you do that. Clients asked me this right at the 43 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: beginning of a project, they're like, what kind of light 44 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: should I get? Because I was at the light store 45 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: and I got so confused. I was so overwhelmed. They've 46 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: got like ten thousand lights there, and I'm like, well, 47 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: the problem was, my friend, that you went to the 48 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: light store. Now, all right, it's not time to go 49 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: to the light store. We have other decisions to make 50 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: about the house, more significant decisions to make about the house. 51 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,399 Speaker 1: And once we make a few of these other decisions, 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 1: when the time comes, we'll go to the light store. 53 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: Because once the house has already like, oh, it's this style, 54 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: and then that's the is in this one and this 55 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: is a continuait ah, Okay, Now we go to the 56 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:09,119 Speaker 1: light store. We're looking for a very specific kind of light, 57 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: and that light doesn't matter that there are ten thousand 58 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: lamps there. We're only looking for a very specific kind, 59 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: which means they may have eight or ten to choose 60 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: from of what we're looking for. That's not overwhelming, not 61 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: at all. You see, the house is now designing itself anyway. 62 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: There you go, just a little bit of detail. Now 63 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: we're having conversation today, seeing that it's the last show 64 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,839 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty five about trends and predictions. That's kind 65 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: of what I normally call it, a little bit different 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: angle this year because I'm wanted to show you, and 67 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: I did this in the beginning of the show, really 68 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: show you that trends are not the thing to follow. 69 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: They aren't. They're just flighty, they're fashionable. They're in one day, 70 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: they're out the next. If you embrace a trend, it's 71 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: going to be replaced by another trend. So you just 72 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: got to know that, all right. What I'm more interested 73 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: in you understanding is a deeper understanding of your home. 74 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: I want you to understand the movements that are happening 75 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: in the design and architectural world. These are not trends. 76 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: These are not silly decisions about, well, what's the color 77 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: of the year or what's the fabric pattern that's the 78 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: in this year versus last year? Who cares? I want 79 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: you to understand the real movements that are taking place. 80 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: And those movements are not being determined by internet influencers 81 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: who just are in a mood for animal prints this year. No, No, 82 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: the real movements are being determined by architects, by the 83 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: science of building. In other words, the science of home construction. 84 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: What every year we're finding more and more capability of 85 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: building how we build a house, and by the shifting 86 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: cultural trend of our culture, in other words, the way 87 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: we live our lives. And so it has come down 88 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: to this, the real overall current movement. It's not about 89 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: a singular new look. It's not about oh, what home 90 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: style is in now, Dean. No, they're all in. Anything 91 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: you want is in if you do it right. It's 92 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: not about that. It's about a fundamental shift toward homes 93 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: that are are you writing this down, because here they are. 94 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: Here are the three points again, homes that are more efficient, 95 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: more personalized, and more supportive of physical and mental health. 96 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: That is what's happening, for real. It's been moving in 97 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: this direction for years. It is really these things are 98 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: really starting to manifest themselves now on the forefront. This 99 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: is like a deep underground energy wave and this wave 100 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: is starting to become very, very apparent on the surface 101 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: of the water. Now, okay, these are the movements that 102 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: are taking place. So I want to give that practical 103 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: legs for you from now until the end of the 104 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: show and show you exactly how that's working out. First, 105 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: of all a term that you've heard me use in 106 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: the past, and it sounds of frufy and theoretical, but 107 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: it's not. Biophilic design. Biophilia is simply a love of nature, 108 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: love of life, a love of nature. Biophilic design is 109 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: a movement within the architecture and design community to recognize 110 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: that natural light and embracing nature around our homes, bringing 111 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: outdoors in to our homes, creates healthier homes and healthier 112 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: human beings. Period. So it is a science based approach. 113 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: It is not a trend, it's not a fad. It 114 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: is what we are learning and have learned more and 115 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: more about how human beings thrive in certain environments, how 116 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: we thrive, what makes us thrive, What makes a structure 117 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: that we live in of a healthier, psychologically healthier and 118 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: emotionally healthier and physically healthier place. It is being driven 119 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: by the science and design is now responding to it, 120 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: and it's called, in a nutshell, biophilic design. More natural light, 121 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: bringing the outdoors in, bringing vistas in, creating healthier homes. 122 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: Now that's one. If I have time, I'll go a 123 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: little deeper into that, but I want to make sure 124 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: I get all the way through the list. When we 125 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: come back, I want to talk about minimalism. This is 126 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: another movement now. It's not what you think. It's really 127 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: not what you think. It's not about getting rid of 128 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: all your stuff. It's not about being stark. It's not 129 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: about an empty room with one uncomfortable wooden stool. That's 130 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: how minimalism has really been portrayed in the past. This 131 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: is a very, very different approach. I will explain my 132 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: approach to it when we return your Home with Dean 133 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: Sharp the house Whisper. 134 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 135 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 2: KFI Am six forty. 136 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: Here to help you take your home to the next level, 137 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: like we do every week. Thanks for joining us on 138 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,679 Speaker 1: the program. I'm having a conversation about twenty twenty six 139 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: and the years that follow here at the last broadcast 140 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: of ours for this year twenty twenty five. This would 141 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: be a time when you know you'll see it all 142 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: over social media, all over the internet. You'll see all 143 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: sorts of trends and predictions. And like I said earlier 144 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: too many times now in the show, I don't do 145 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: the trendy thing. We are always cutting edge and relevant 146 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: with all of our designs. But you don't get that 147 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: way by just doing the trendy thing, because that's just 148 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: silly kind of commercialized stuff. What I want you to 149 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: be able to do is tap into and follow the 150 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: movements that are happening, not the trends, not the fads, 151 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 1: but the movements that are happening in the design and 152 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: the architectural community. And that's what we're talking about right now. 153 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: One of them is, well, let me again summarize the 154 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: movements that are happening that have been rising up, swelling 155 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: up for several years now and are really now taking 156 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: shape and form more efficient homes, more personalized homes, more 157 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: supportive of physical and mental health homes. That's the movement. 158 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: In summary. Now, I had mentioned biophilic design. That's one 159 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: way in which we give this thing legs. That's bringing 160 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: more natural light in and anything we can do to 161 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: a home to bring the outdoors in and create a 162 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: healthier home because of the science that we are now 163 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: understanding of how humans thrive in structures. A second thing 164 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: is minimalism. Now said before the break, don't jump to 165 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: conclusions here because minimalism typically gets a bad rap because 166 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: you get this kind of a spartan darkness to it. 167 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: And you're like, I don't want a minimalist I don't 168 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: want to live in a minimalist house, because you know, 169 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: I like things, and I do want to live in 170 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: an empty room, you know, with a burlap shirt and 171 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 1: an uncomfortable stool and a little candle in the No, 172 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: we're not talking about a monastic experience of minimalism or 173 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: a vow of poverty. I think maybe even minimalism in 174 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: one sense is not the right word to use, although 175 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: it does apply. But here is my definition of minimalism, 176 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: the kind of minimalism that I would wish every one 177 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: of my clients and that I wish you would embrace 178 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: in regards to your home design. It's what I would 179 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: call what some people call warm minimalism, but what I 180 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: like to call essential storytelling. Okay, So the minimalism that 181 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: I'm looking for is this. It's the kind of editing 182 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: that takes place in any great story to get to 183 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: the essential story. So when I talk about minimalism as 184 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: a design trend for homes, I would say it's not 185 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: even a trend or a movement. I would call it 186 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: a fundamental design principle for a well designed home. What 187 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 1: I'm talking about is the minimal amount of things that 188 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: you need in a room or in a space in 189 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: order to efficiently and effectively communicate the story that you 190 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: want to tell. So you have a story that you 191 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: want to tell, and you're going to need some things, 192 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: focal points, elements, props, you know, all that kind of stuff. 193 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: You need language, Like if you're writing a book, you're 194 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: going to tell a story. We need sentences and paragraphs 195 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: and chapters, right, But first drafts of this they're always 196 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: heavier than they need to be. They always need to 197 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: be edited down. And what I want is the minimal 198 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: amount of things, not one thing too many, in a room, 199 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: in order to tell the story that you want to tell. 200 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: Because alongside the storytelling of a space is the spaciousness 201 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: and the breatheability of a space, and the clarity, the 202 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: mental clarity and the emotional clarity of a space. And 203 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: that requires that we have enough stuff and not one 204 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: thing too many. That's the minimalism I'm talking about. Think 205 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: of it as essential storytelling. It's not starkness. It's about 206 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: clean lines with warmth from textures and anything that you 207 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: need in that space, that doesn't go so far as 208 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: to clutter the space and distract you from the focal 209 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: points and the moods that are being set in that space. 210 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: Now that means some spaces will have more things in 211 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: them than others. That's entirely fine and acceptable. And this 212 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: is not me preaching to you that you should own 213 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: less stuff. That's not what I'm talking I'm simply talking 214 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: about the design of a space, and you can extrapolate 215 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: from that all that you want. I'm talking about the 216 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 1: design of a space. Essential storytelling. We have all, and 217 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: I think this is maybe a good metaphor, we have 218 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: all watched a movie that was long, and we walked 219 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: out of and we thought, you know what, that was 220 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: a long movie. But not a minute went by that 221 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: I was bored. Man, it just carried me along. That's 222 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: essential storytelling. It's not about the length of the show, right. 223 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: I've watched a movie that was an hour and fifteen 224 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: minutes and wanted to leave fifteen minutes after it started. 225 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: But we've also all watched a long movie and walked 226 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: out of the theater and thought to ourselves, you know what, 227 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: that thing could have been easily half as long as 228 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: it was, and it still would have hit all of 229 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: its marks and it wouldn't have bored me. That's what 230 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. Your space. How many things can you 231 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: tell take out of it without damaging the story, actually 232 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: refining it and making it better? All right, More on 233 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: this on the other side of the break your Home 234 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. 235 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 236 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 237 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the show today. Here the 238 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: final show of twenty twenty five. Next when we speak, 239 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: it will be next year. I'll talk to you next year. 240 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: How's that You don't have to wait a year? Though, 241 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: just a few days. It's going to happen for us. 242 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: We're talking about trends. Oh actually, I'm not talking about trends. 243 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: I'm intentionally telling you I don't want to talk about trends. 244 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: But we are talking about movements, real things that are 245 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: happening that will last in the world of architecture and design. 246 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: We've hit a few of them now, biophilic design. I 247 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: just got done kind of hitting you up with this 248 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: new idea that I want you to get in your 249 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: head about minimum not stark extremes. I don't want you 250 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: to get rid of all your stuff, but I want 251 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: you to become a really good editor of the stories 252 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: that you tell in your home, in every space, in 253 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: every room. And I'll tell you right now, most people, 254 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: most people. All right, this is a generalization, but in 255 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: my experience it's true. Most people have too many things 256 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: on display. I don't care if you own those things, 257 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: put them in storage somewhere. But in terms of optimal design, 258 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: optimal design for a room, too many things, too many 259 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: scenes in the movie, some things could have got cut, 260 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: some camera angles should have been edited. Too many words 261 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: in the book, some things could have been edited. So 262 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: the minimalism that I'm talking about is not an empty room. 263 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: The minimalism is coming to understand and refining. Distilling again, 264 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: maybe that's a really good term to use. Distilling the 265 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: essence of the story that we are going to tell 266 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: in this room, and having in that space exactly the 267 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: right number of things to tell that story, and not 268 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: a single thing more. That's the essential storytelling minimalism that 269 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. When we say minimalism, this is absolutely 270 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: of movement in architecture and design. It has taken us 271 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: maybe the entire history of architecture and design to actually 272 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: put it into these words. But it is now swelling 273 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: up and becoming a visible thing. And for the future 274 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: of your home and for the quality of its design. 275 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: This is something again. It's based in the science of 276 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: human nature, focal points and spaces being uncluttered clear. A 277 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: clear uncluttered space is a clear, uncluttered mind. They are 278 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: equivalent to each each other. They make people happier, they 279 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: make people breathe better. They are simply a million reasons 280 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: why we want to encourage that kind of warm, essential storytelling. Minimalism, 281 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: not starkness, not spartanness, not a monastic vow of poverty, 282 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: but simply good storytelling without any extra fluff. Get to 283 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: the story. Get to the story. Okay. What else will 284 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: continue to be a movement of obviously goes without saying 285 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 1: tech integration. Okay, Now, I hope that we are through 286 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: all the fluff and huff of smart home, smart home, 287 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: smart home stuff. You know, some manufacturers of electronics are 288 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: still not past that. They're still trying to sell you 289 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: on things that are just superfluous. Okay. I love Samsung, 290 00:17:55,480 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: some divisions of Samsung. I love their frame TV fantastic. 291 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: I love some of their other products. I have no 292 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: use for a refrigerator that plays videos on it and 293 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. It's just like, okay, there's a 294 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: point in which you just got to say no. So 295 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: picking and choosing the technology that really really works, that 296 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: really works. So smart home tech is becoming seamlessly built 297 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: into homes. Does not have to be out front, It 298 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 1: does not have to be visible. It just needs to 299 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: truly be smart, not just tricky or cool or oh 300 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: guess what we can do with a computer now. No, 301 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: it just needs to be smart, which means it makes 302 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: sense and it doesn't bog you down with another ten 303 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: things that you have to master. It. Actually, a smart 304 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: home relieves you of the burden of certain things. Okay, like, 305 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: for instance, my smart irrigation system that by itself, because 306 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: it watches weather reports, shut down and paused all watering 307 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: on my property for days and days and days because 308 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 1: of this recent rainstorm we just had in southern California. 309 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: All Right, I didn't have to go around and shut 310 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: anything off. It did it all by itself. That's smart. 311 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: That saves me trouble. There you go. So tech integration 312 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: is clearly a thing that continues to happen, and it 313 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: is not all just doesn't. None of it has to 314 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: look modern. None of it has to look modern. I 315 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: was turning some clients on who have a turn a 316 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: century house to push button switches, which are very, very, 317 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: you know, evoke a lot of nostalgia. These clicky push 318 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: button light switches, which are brand new, passing every current 319 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 1: electrical code and have inside them all the brilliant guts 320 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: of twenty first century technology, and on the surface they 321 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: looked like they were made, you know, in nineteen oh six. 322 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: That's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. It's all possible. 323 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: And then in terms of movement, and you've already heard 324 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: me say this, Yes, lots of revivals. Every style counts, 325 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: every style is a go. Okay, modern farmhouse great, fine. 326 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: A lot of people are sick of it. If you 327 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: are great, if you love it, great, Okay. No judgments 328 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: about any form of true architecture from me. You like craftsmen, 329 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: let's do craftsmen. You like modern farmhouse, let's do that. 330 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: You like Mediterranean, let's do that. You want a Victorian 331 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: home that can integrate all of these hybrid things in 332 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: the twenty first century. Let's do it. Let's explore everything, 333 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: every best style of nostalgia, and let's adapt it to 334 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 1: life in the twenty first century so that you live 335 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 1: your best life inside those stories. Okay. Essentially, future styles 336 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: aren't just about esthetics, but also about the responsibility for 337 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: the human lives in them. The comfort, smart living, the 338 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: blending of new tech with timeless natural designs. That's how 339 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: it's going to work, and that's how it's beginning to work. 340 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: And it's even taking over new home builds of tracked builders, 341 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: happening more and more and more. Okay, real world lifestyle 342 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: changes are reshaping footprints of homes, they're reshaping rooflines. Okay, 343 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: so these movements in architecture right now, they're having a 344 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: significant effect on things because it's healthier living, it's more 345 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: flexible use. So let me just touch on a couple 346 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: more real quick. We've talked about indoor outdoor floor plans 347 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 1: built around natural light, and we're seeing what we call 348 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: in the design world daylight architecture. What is daylight architecture? Well, 349 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: think about this. Instead of designing a home with the 350 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: walls and the rooms and everything, and then figuring out 351 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: window placement almost kind of as an afterthought. There is 352 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: a whole movement in architecture now to position the house 353 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: on the property, take a look at its cardinal positioning 354 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: to the sunrise, the sunset, the traveling of the sun 355 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: across the sky, so on and so forth, and then 356 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: figure out where are we putting all the windows, where 357 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: do we want all the light coming in, and then 358 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: building the walls to accommodate them. That is brilliant and 359 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: it is called daylight architecture, and it is taking over 360 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: more and more of our design thought space because it's right. Okay, 361 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: natural light is a quality of life feature that every 362 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: home should have in it, and so we're designing for 363 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: light first and then adapting windows, walls and styles to 364 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 1: those things. Okay, we're designing smaller footprints of homes. We're 365 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: eliminating dead square footage. We're scaling homes more efficiently. Okay, 366 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: you're going to see more rectangular or L shaped footprints 367 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: that reduce framing complexity in homes. You're gonna see a 368 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 1: reduction of oversized two story foyers because it's a volume 369 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: waste in a house. Hallways are getting shortened, sometimes they're 370 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: getting eliminated. I don't. I'm not a pro. I'm not 371 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: in favor of eliminating hallways because I think they're important 372 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: transitional spaces, but they certainly don't need to be wastes 373 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: of space. I want the hallway to get you from 374 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: point A to point B and not take up so 375 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 1: much room in the house. Primary suites are positioned to 376 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: reduce noise transfer, and a lot of single story or 377 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: what we should call main level living happening in a 378 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 1: design thinking about aging in place. These are all the 379 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: movements that are taking place, all right. A couple more 380 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: thoughts on that and some closing thoughts for you right 381 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 1: after the break your Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. 382 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 383 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 384 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: Here to remind you that every home deserves great design. 385 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm here for, to help you take 386 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: your home from where it is to where it could be. 387 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: We do this every week, and I'm glad that you 388 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: are here. Here we are in the final segment of 389 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: the show. Last minute thoughts about these movements that I've 390 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: been talking about. I just want to get a couple 391 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,239 Speaker 1: more in here. I knew I was going to get 392 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: through my whole list, But I'm glad that we've covered 393 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: what we have so far. But real movements, not trends, 394 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: not flighty things, real movements. Let's see what we were 395 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: talking about daylight. I talked about simplified footprints on houses, 396 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 1: the rise of the one story house again or even 397 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: in a two story setting, main level living, in other words, 398 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: at least having a possibility of the primary suite downstairs 399 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: so that aging in place, which is a permanent, long 400 00:24:54,880 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: term thing now. And multi family living, you know, adas, 401 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: those kinds of setups, including guest spaces and and all 402 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: of that kind of stuff. Ad Us did I say, Adas? 403 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: Ad Us? That's what I meant to say, adah ADUs, 404 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: Accessory dwelling units, these kinds of things, separate entrances, all 405 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: of these kinds of things. Multifunctional flex rooms are a 406 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: reality now in current designs. In other words, we're looking 407 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 1: for and I think COVID brought this on, but I 408 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: think it's here to stay. We're looking for rooms that 409 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: can flex into you know, it can be a spare 410 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: bedroom or an office and and find its way and 411 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: giving priority to the thing that it gets used for 412 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: most Most of you understand this that now it's a 413 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: very real architectural movement and design movement to make kitchens 414 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: as the architectural anchor of a home, not just a 415 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: room off to the side or wherever, but really being 416 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: fully at the at the court corner, the cornerstone of 417 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: most interior space, kind of wrapping itself around the kitchen, 418 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: because that's just how we live. That's the cultural trend 419 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: visibly minimalized garages, meaning that we take a two guar 420 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: garage and we actually break it into two doors, not 421 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: just one door, but two doors, so that we can 422 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: reduce the scale of its appearance on the front of 423 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: the house. And sometimes in new builds now we're starting 424 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: to design two garage bays at opposite ends of the house. 425 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: It's just as easy to do that as it is 426 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: to put one garage all together. So lots of options 427 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: there when it comes to that. And then just making 428 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: more wonderful luxury layouts in smaller footprints. Homes between fourteen 429 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: hundred and two thousand square feet are getting architectural features 430 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: now that traditionally we're reserved for larger homes, and that's great, 431 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 1: all right, That's about as far as I can go 432 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: with that today. I want to leave you with a 433 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: I want to answer this question, why do most people 434 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 1: not have extraordinary homes? Okay? And I know there are 435 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: folks whose lives are not been toward home, and for 436 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: whom any warm bed and a roof that doesn't leak 437 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: is just fine. So not to lump everyone in the 438 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 1: same pile. Okay, So maybe the better question is why 439 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: do most people who want to live in an extraordinary 440 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: home not live in an extraordinary home? And it's you know, 441 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,959 Speaker 1: it's more than just I can't afford it, And I 442 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: get it. I'm as budget sensitive as you are, I 443 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:34,199 Speaker 1: truly am. But I've seen far too many extremely modest, inexpensive, 444 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: truly extraordinary homes where creativity has conquered cost to believe 445 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: that cost is just the biggest reason, the biggest reason 446 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: from my experience, And I know I'm treading on to 447 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: sensitive ground here, so please believe I say this with 448 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: all empathy and compassion and without judgment. But from where 449 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: I am standing, the biggest reason why most people who 450 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: would love to live in an extraordinary home actually don't 451 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: live in an extraordinary home is courage or rather the 452 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: antithesis of courage, fear to have an extraordinary home. We 453 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: have to make some moves that are extra ordinary, that 454 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: go beyond ordinary, and that requires courage. Words like extraordinary 455 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: and exceptional mean unusual, uncommon, rare, beyond the norm, out 456 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: of the ordinary, which all sounds rather exciting when it's 457 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: not you who's being asked to stand out, when it's 458 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: not your reputation or your tastes exposed for everybody to 459 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: see in judge, or your hard earned money on the line. 460 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: I get it. Being exceptional an extraordinary requires risks, and 461 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: let's be honest, we wouldn't call them risks if there 462 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: wasn't a chance of failure. So the longing to be 463 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: exceptional is real, and the fear of failing is just 464 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: as real. And there are a lot of things attached 465 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: to that fear. Fear of wasting your money, fear of change, 466 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: perhaps the biggest and strangest fear of all, the fear 467 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: of what might happen if I let go of all 468 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: my excuses for not becoming my fullest, most honest, most 469 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: authentic me. Excuses are a shield that we build from 470 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: our fears. They're a slow poison they're fatal. My high 471 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: school football coach helped me see this a long time ago, 472 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: he said, in the kindest, most encouraging way possible, but 473 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: with deadly seriousness in his eyes. He says, Dean, I 474 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: know you have been through a lot. Take my advice, though, 475 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: and never let the reasons your life has been difficult 476 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: become excuses for not doing everything you can to live. 477 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: There are always reasons for everything. There are reasons, but 478 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: there are no excuses. And then he said the second 479 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: thing that I'll never forget. I know you're afraid. It's 480 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: okay to be afraid. If you weren't afraid, you wouldn't 481 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: be smart. But you don't have to get rid of 482 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: your fear in order to be courageous. Courage is not 483 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: the absence of fear. Courage is simply the understanding that 484 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: some things in your life are more important than your fears. So, yeah, 485 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: because of those fears, because of excuses, most people who 486 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: want to live in an extraordinary house won't. I don't 487 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: want that to be you, not because I have this 488 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: thing about houses, but because I have this thing about 489 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: wanting people to live their own extraordinary life. It doesn't 490 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: mean you'll be rich or famous or make it into 491 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: the history books. It just means you'll be you, and 492 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: you the real, healed, healthy, imperfect but authentic. You are 493 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: exactly what the world needs. Most importantly, you're exactly what 494 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: you need. It's your life, so live it. So this 495 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: is my wish for you in twenty twenty six. It's 496 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: your life. 497 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 2: Live it. 498 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: Find the thing that's most important and more important than 499 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: your fears, and then leave your excuses behind and get 500 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: busy building yourself a beautiful life. Happy twenty twenty six. 501 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: We'll see you next year, right back here next weekend. 502 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: This has been Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 503 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: Tune into the live broadcast on KFI Am six forty 504 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: every Saturday morning from six to eight Pacific time, and 505 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: every Sunday morning from nine to noon Pacific time, or 506 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.