1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome home. I am Dean Sharp, the 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 2: house whisper, custom home builder, custom home designer and every 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: weekend your guide to better understanding that place where you 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: live it is and all calls Saturday morning here on 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: the very first day of November twenty twenty five. Good Lord, 8 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: where has the year gone? Man? We are in the 9 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: last eight weeks of this year. I cannot believe it. 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: I just it's been a year, right, yeah, And I'm 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: glad the holidays are here though. It's time to breathe 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: deep and enjoy some good food, good times with great 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: people and nothing. There's just nothing better. There's nothing better 14 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: than the holidays. There's nothing better than autumn in my opinion, too, 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: my favorite time of year. I am glad to be 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: here on the program with you this morning, and I'm 17 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: glad you're up and getting ready for your day and 18 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 2: that you are here with me. It's an all calls weekend, 19 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: like I said, or an all call Saturday like I said. 20 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 2: So just FYI. The number to reach me eight three 21 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: three two ask Dean eight three three. The numeral two 22 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 2: ask Dean A three three two? Ask Dean, it's just 23 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 2: that simple anything that's got you scratching your head about 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 2: your home? All right, I'm gonna go back to Chip. 25 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 2: We have Chip on hold. Chip lives in a one 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: hundred year old house and needs to redo like everything, 27 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: and right now he's concentrating on the exterior, new windows, 28 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: new siding, new roof. And the question is should they 29 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: all be bundled together and is handled by one contractor 30 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: should we work them independently of each other? And if so, 31 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 2: what's the timing of all of that? Chip? Are you 32 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: still with me? I didn't hang up on you today? 33 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 2: Oh yes, okay, uh so did I get that right? 34 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: We're you know, those are the three things that we're 35 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 2: we're trying to figure out when it comes to the 36 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: order of events here generally speaking, generally speaking, uh you know, 37 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: let me ask you this, what's going to be up 38 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 2: on the roof? What are we doing up there? 39 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 3: Probably just just replacing the shingles and all of the 40 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 3: wood trim. 41 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: Okay, but I see as far as the roofing material is, 42 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: as far as the roofing material, is it asphalt composition? 43 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: Is it? Are we doing the lightweight concrete. What have 44 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 2: we got going on up there? 45 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 3: It is, it's just asphalt shingle right now, Okay, all right. 46 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: The reason I'm asking is because is because you know, 47 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: the heavier the roofing material is, the more important it 48 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: is that we actually get that roofing material up there 49 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: before we do other things down low. Okay, So let 50 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: me we weave this into a narrative for you. Generally, 51 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: speaking of those three things windows, you know, roofing, and sighting, 52 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 2: the most logical progression is to get the roof at 53 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 2: least dried in. Okay, Now, dried in does not mean 54 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: that all the shingles are finished and that it's all 55 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: all the edgemental is done and done and done and done. Well, 56 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: we're concerned about are two things moisture and you know, 57 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: protecting the house, and and the weightload of the roof 58 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 2: up there. The dried in means that at least the 59 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: roofing membrane, if there's re sheeting to happen, we get 60 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: that done. And the roofing membrane, the underlayment of the roof, 61 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 2: the thing that really does the primary job of protecting 62 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: the house from water intrusion. That that is in place, okay, 63 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: and we don't want to leave that exposed for two 64 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: long And by too long, I mean most roofing membranes 65 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: don't want to have you expose them to the direct 66 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: sun for more than like ninety days, so I mean 67 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: that's three months. That's long time. Something's gone wrong if 68 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 2: the roofing membrane is sitting up there for more than 69 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: three months. But the point is we want to get 70 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 2: it dried in because that's you know, when the rains come, 71 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 2: as they will not too long from now, that we 72 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: don't have to worry about it whether there's a single 73 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: shingle up on the roof or not. If the membrane 74 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: is in place, you're good to go. The second thing 75 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 2: that is always I think wise now you're not you've 76 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: got sighting, not stucco going on, So this is much 77 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 2: more of a concern with stucco, but still it's relevant, 78 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: and that is getting the weight of the new roofing 79 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 2: material up on the roof. Okay, it's what we call 80 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: loading the roof. We again, they don't all have to 81 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 2: be installed, but what we want to do ideally is 82 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 2: we want to have the roofer actually load shingles up 83 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 2: in you know, in bundles up there laying out on 84 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: the roof, uninstalled, still in their regional pack. What was that? 85 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 3: Do you like metal roofs? Oh? 86 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: I love metal roofs. I love metal roofs. So that's 87 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 2: that's a serious option as well. But the but the 88 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: point is, as far as order of events, we just 89 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: want to get the weight of the roof up there 90 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 2: because that will cause a little bit of settling to 91 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: happen down through the studs, down through the window openings 92 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 2: and so on, and we want that settling to happen. 93 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 2: We want we want the roof underload so that I 94 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 2: believe me, I've seen it happen where somebody has gone 95 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: ahead and dried in the roof, but they haven't loaded 96 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 2: the roof, like especially in a stucco house. They've done 97 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: fresh stucco all over the outside of the house, and 98 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 2: then the roofing materials show up and they start to 99 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 2: load it, and guess what, we get spider cracking through 100 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 2: all the stucco as the house kind of settles and 101 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: bears down under the load of the roof. So ideally, 102 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 2: dry in the roof, get it loaded up there so 103 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: that the house settles it just resettles into its weight, 104 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 2: and now you have the permanent weighted condition to install 105 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: the vapor barrier for the siding and the siding itself 106 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 2: and of course the new windows. Now the question of 107 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 2: whether or not, and by the way, the order would 108 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 2: be load the roof, at least do the windows, because 109 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: the windows have got to go in presiding, right, because 110 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 2: the windows have to flash in against the bare studs 111 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: and the old walls, and then the siding comes along, 112 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 2: laps on top of those windows and covers up of 113 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 2: those flashings. So it's going to be load, roof, windows, 114 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: and siding, and whether or not that all happens by 115 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 2: the same contractor whether you're going to kind of general 116 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: it yourself. You know, it's all about how comfortable you 117 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: are handling the job. That way, I like the idea 118 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: of using a general to handle all three, or at 119 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 2: least at least the siding in the windows. The roof 120 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 2: is really kind of a separate thing. You can have 121 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: a roofer come up and do that. In fact, a 122 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 2: lot of most general contractors don't actually do the roofs themselves. 123 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: They just have their own roofing sub come in and 124 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 2: do it. And they supervise it. But most general contractors 125 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: also will in fact do the siding and the windows themselves. 126 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 2: And I like the fact that the siding and the windows, 127 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: because they are paired together, are done by the same people. 128 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 2: Because if there is a leak, nobody's pointing fingers at anybody. 129 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: It's like, oh, it's the siding guys didn't do their flat. 130 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 2: Oh it was the window guys didn't flat. No, you 131 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 2: did the whole job right, sidings and windows. That means 132 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: it's all buttoned up and leak proof. Does that make sense? 133 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, it does. There's at least an hour area here 134 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 3: in central Florida. There's quite a few reputable contractors that 135 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 3: have been around for decades that for all three as 136 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: a package, and it seems like the easier way to go. 137 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. I have no issues whether whatsoever. No, I mean, 138 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 2: I mean all three great, at least the two and 139 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 2: and and all three. Why not just you know, just 140 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 2: interview them really well and make sure that you know 141 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 2: you're clear with them that you know, we want to 142 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: get the roof dried in first, wrap the house, get that, 143 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 2: get the windows in place, get the siding in place, 144 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 2: so that we're doing in the in the right order, 145 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 2: especially during hurricane season. Chip, I'm up against a break, buddy. 146 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: I really appreciate the call. Thanks for the call from 147 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: Central Florida, and good luck on wrapping up that one 148 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 2: hundred year old house. I am jealous of you. I 149 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 2: love old houses, oh the best. All right, y'all, more 150 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 2: of your calls when we return your home with Dean Sharp, 151 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 2: the house whisper. Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to 152 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 2: help you take your home to the next level. Thanks 153 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 2: for joining us on the prom this morning. It's an 154 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 2: all calls Saturday morning. As we do. The number to 155 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 2: reach me eight three to three two ask Dean eight 156 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 2: three to three the numeral to ask Dean. I want 157 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 2: to go back to the phones. Let's talk to uh 158 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 2: uh Andrea. 159 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 4: Morning, sir, Thanks for taking my call. We purchased nineteen 160 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 4: twenty seven Spanish duplex in Long Beach. Glad you here. 161 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 4: You love old home. Everything period is good structurally, but 162 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 4: the landscape is horrible. It has probably fifteen palm trees, 163 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 4: and I hate palm trees. So I want to know 164 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 4: some advice from you on how we can do some 165 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 4: good landscape choices that maybe don't involve palm trees, I 166 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 4: don't know three something. 167 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, okay, So I'm going to explode a myth here, Andrea, 168 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 2: I just want you to understand, hear me, because I'm 169 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 2: hoping that you're going to be very, very encouraged by this. Okay. 170 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 2: The idea of a Spanish style home quite often gets 171 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 2: confused here in Southern California, especially with you know, Mexican 172 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 2: style homes. Okay, And the reason I the reason I 173 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 2: draw differential is because by and large, when we do 174 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 2: like a Mexican style home, we're thinking dry, arid, you know, 175 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 2: semi desert kind of things happening around a you know, 176 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 2: a Mexican rancho home. And you know that never it 177 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 2: never doesn't work, but it usually just doesn't really excite 178 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 2: and thrill people in general. They think that, well, because 179 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 2: you know, this is the style of my home, it 180 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 2: can't be green and lush and verdant and shady and 181 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 2: all of the above. And I want to explode that myth. 182 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 2: Number one, that is not a requirement even for a 183 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 2: full on Mexican home setting, but a Spanish home Spanish style, 184 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 2: which the vast majority of homes in Southern California that 185 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 2: are built in that style are. In fact, I just 186 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,719 Speaker 2: want to remind everybody it's a Mediterranean climate. If you've 187 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 2: ever been to Spain, Okay, it's not a desert, far 188 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 2: from it. And so we've got lots and lots and 189 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 2: lots of options. Now. People usually go for things like 190 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: they think, well, you know, I'm gonna put in succulents 191 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 2: and agave's nothing wrong with that. I'm in a As 192 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 2: far as trees go, you know, I might be tempted 193 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 2: to put in cypress trees, you know, like like an 194 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 2: Italian style cypress trees. People. I've honestly, I kind of feel, 195 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 2: if I'm not in Italy, I feel about the same 196 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 2: way about Italian cypresses as you feel about palm trees, 197 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: which is like, I have no use for no use 198 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 2: for the whatsoever. They're just long and tall, and they're 199 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 2: not shading anything, and they're just gonna catch on fire 200 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 2: one day, and so yeah, I feel I feel so 201 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 2: so all of this to say, all of this to say, 202 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 2: go for it on the landscape for your home. A 203 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 2: Spanish style home can actually take a wide, wide swath 204 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 2: of landscape options. Okay, uh, And as long as we're 205 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 2: not you know, intentionally going for a strong theme like 206 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: Southern plantation style for your Spanish home. Then the fact 207 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 2: of the matter is, you know, you're you're You've got 208 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: just about every option available. Don't feel like you have 209 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: to stick with olive trees and things like that. Now, 210 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: all of trees are beautiful. They're beautiful. Okay, they're also 211 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 2: did you know, by the way, everybody that that all 212 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 2: of trees are technically shrubs? Okay, they they are. Every 213 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:03,239 Speaker 2: olive tree you've ever seen, an olive plant is technically 214 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 2: a shrub that has to be trained to grow into 215 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 2: a tree, and they grow incredibly slow. Okay, So if 216 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 2: you're gonna get a full mature olive tree that's gonna 217 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 2: like produce shade for you, you're gonna pay a mint 218 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 2: or you're gonna plant a small to medium size one 219 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 2: and you'll get that shade in about thirty years from now. 220 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 2: So again, nothing against olive trees. I love them. If 221 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 2: we're using them for a decorative motif, that's great. But 222 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 2: if we're really looking to get like shade and other 223 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 2: elements like that going with our home, then you know, 224 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: branch out and feel free to widen the palate you 225 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 2: don't have to go with the typical iconic things lush 226 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 2: verdant planting. Now, do I want you to primarily use 227 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 2: native and and California tolerant plants? Of course I do, 228 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 2: because I don't want you to pull and pouring tons 229 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: and tons of money into, you know, watering the yard 230 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 2: just to keep it done, because you've filled it with 231 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 2: eastern plants that need ten times the water that things 232 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: do out here. Plus, I want you to build a 233 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 2: habitat around your home, and a habitat means that I 234 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 2: want you to use as many California native plants as possible, 235 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 2: because with those come the little critters, and with the 236 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 2: little critters come the larger critters, meaning birds and bees 237 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: and things that you actually want in your garden and 238 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: in your yard. And it all starts with the tiniest 239 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 2: of insects. And another fun fact for everybody to understand 240 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 2: about landscape design is that insects co evolve with the 241 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: plants in any given area. And so when we don't 242 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 2: use California native or friendly California friendly plants, they don't 243 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 2: all have to be native, but they have to be friendly, 244 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 2: then no insects. And if there are no insects, then 245 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 2: there will be no birds. And so to bring bird 246 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 2: song into our gardens, we've got to start with plants 247 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 2: that the insects can actually use and utilize. And so 248 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 2: that's why we lean in that direction. But the point is, 249 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 2: you've got so many options, and I would encourage you 250 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 2: to not go dry and desert y with your landscape choices. 251 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 2: And I would also encourage you to start with not 252 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 2: to start with trees. Okay, trees and the options of 253 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: trees are in fact the things that change our climate 254 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 2: and that change the microclimate around your home. Everybody who 255 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 2: I almost almost to a person, everybody I talked to 256 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 2: about landscape design, they want to talk about flowers and 257 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 2: shrubs and grasses. And I asked the question, all right, 258 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 2: what's going on on the lot, on the property with 259 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 2: your trees? And they're like, what trees? And I'm like, exactly, 260 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 2: let's get some tree going on here. Okay, trees are 261 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 2: the cornerstones. They anchor. And I'm talking about big, beautiful 262 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 2: trees that bring shade and cooler temperatures. And the reason 263 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: I say that as well, and I'm pushing up against 264 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: a breaker. You know what, Andrea, You know I really 265 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 2: want to talk to you about this a little bit more, so, 266 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 2: can you hang tight, because I'm gonna I'm gonna get 267 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 2: up my soapbox and I'm gonna talk to everybody about 268 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 2: landscape design when it comes to their home, and I 269 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 2: want to explain the place of trees as the anchor 270 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 2: plants for any good landscape design, and why they open 271 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 2: up not only are they beautiful and do amazing things 272 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: to your property, but they open up other options for you. Anyway, 273 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: you hang tight, We'll talk about this more on the 274 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: other side. Your Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. 275 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 276 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. 277 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: Dean Sharp the house Whisper here to transform your ordinary 278 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 2: house into an extraordinary home, as we do every weekend 279 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 2: here for you on the show and of course on 280 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 2: the podcast. If you are listening, welcome. If your home 281 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 2: needs some personal house Whisper attention, you can book an 282 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 2: in home design consult with me and Tea. You just 283 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 2: go to house Whisper dot Design for more info. House 284 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 2: Whisper dot Design. All right, it's an all calls Saturday morning. 285 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 2: We're going to go back to the phones. I've got 286 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 2: Andrea on the line. Are you still there? Did I 287 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 2: hang up on you? 288 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm here. 289 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 2: Okay. So Andrea made the mistake of asking me about plants, 290 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 2: because there are very few things that I get more 291 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 2: jazzed about when it comes to design and a home 292 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 2: than landscape design outside. And I have some very strong 293 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 2: opinions about it, especially as it pertains well, you know, nationwide, 294 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 2: but especially the way that landscape technically gets it's done 295 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 2: here in southern California, boring and very very limited in 296 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 2: its imagination or its thought. And so just a couple 297 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 2: other things I wanted to share with you, Andrea and 298 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 2: everybody before we move on one. I just want to 299 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 2: make it really clear. I know you got a Spanish 300 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 2: style house. That's great, fantastic, And when it comes to 301 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 2: the landscape, don't fall into the trap of having to 302 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: do the you know, typical stuff that goes with Spanish, 303 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 2: whatever people think that is. And you know all you 304 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 2: have to do is go online and put in Spanish 305 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 2: style landscape and you get the same old stuff that 306 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: pops up every time. So the artist in me, the designer, 307 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 2: and the landscape designer in me wants to give you 308 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 2: permission to free yourself because the truth. I will speak 309 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 2: the truth to you now. The truth is that Spain 310 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 2: in its history has been, unfortunately for many, a colonizer. 311 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: A colonizer meaning, you know, like the French, like the British. 312 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 2: You know, they went elsewhere. They left Spain and then 313 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 2: started claiming territories all over the world, you know, from 314 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 2: Honduras all the way to the Caribbean. And the point 315 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 2: is that means that Spanish architecture shows up everywhere. I 316 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 2: mean everywhere. It's one of the most common forms of 317 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: architecture globally. Okay, not a lot of Spanish villas up 318 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 2: in Germany, granted, but to elsewhere across the world, lots 319 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 2: and lots of Spanish style architecture. And what does that 320 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 2: tell you. It tells you that there's all sorts of 321 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 2: landscape that goes with Spanish style architecture. Because yeah, you 322 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 2: can do a Spanish style house right on the edge 323 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 2: of a semi arid desert and use a gave and 324 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: you know, and succulents and things like that. It looks great, 325 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 2: looks fine. But also there are Spanish homes standing in 326 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 2: you know, the Caribbean, and you can surround a Spanish 327 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 2: home with tropical and by tropical, I don't mean palm trees, okay, 328 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,959 Speaker 2: I mean lush, tropical, verdant, green and anything in between. 329 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 2: So the point is I want you to be free 330 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 2: with your landscape. And the second thing is I want 331 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 2: you to think when you're redoing your landscape first and 332 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 2: foremost always about trees. I think of trees in terms 333 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 2: of landscape design like I think of foundations in terms 334 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 2: of building a house. Okay, it's the first and most 335 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 2: important cornerstone, things that everything else builds on. And the 336 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 2: reason why I want you to think in terms of 337 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 2: trees a couple of reasons. At least. Number one, trees 338 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 2: are the most prominent and most beautiful striking feature in 339 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 2: a landscape. When you've got big, beautiful trees, then everything 340 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 2: else drops below it and complements it. But they are 341 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 2: the focal point of most landscapes that they find themselves in. 342 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 2: Number two, trees and their shade ends up giving you 343 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 2: even more landscape options because they create microclimates within your property. 344 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 2: Right now, you've got a barren property. I'm not saying 345 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 2: it is, but I'm saying if you've got a barren property, 346 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 2: that's treeless. You've got shrubs and groundcover. That's what your 347 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 2: options are. And you've got a lot of sun hitting 348 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 2: it all, which means they're all going to have to 349 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 2: be full to partial sun. Shrubs and groundcover, and that 350 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 2: limits your options. You put in trees, you get shady areas. 351 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 2: Now you've got half shade mostly shade areas and under 352 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 2: and around those trees where that shade hits. That means 353 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: you can start shifting to other flowering plants and other 354 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 2: plant I mean, you've got enough trees in your ard. 355 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 2: You can be growing ferns in one side of the 356 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: yard and a gave on the other side of the 357 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 2: yard that gets full sun. The point is it expands 358 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 2: the palette that you can use immensely in all the 359 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 2: best possible ways. And just to top off my little 360 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 2: tree sermon here, trees are undoubtedly the best return on 361 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 2: investment investment you can make in a property, and I 362 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 2: mean period inside or outside. All right. The National Association 363 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 2: of Realtors have researched this again and again and again. 364 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: They always present the exact same data. It hasn't changed, 365 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 2: and that is that a house with big, beautiful feature 366 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 2: trees like out in the front and in the back. 367 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 2: The cost of those trees, whatever they were, adding them 368 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 2: to a well landscaped home increases the value of a 369 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 2: home anywhere from five up to ten percent. Let's just 370 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 2: take the low side of that. I had a seven 371 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars house and you add a ten thousand 372 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 2: dollars tree to the front yard. That tree, the minute 373 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 2: it goes in the ground is now where thirty seven 374 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 2: thousand dollars has added thirty seven thousand dollars to the 375 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 2: value of your home outright, Just boom. So the point is, 376 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 2: you know, and as a as a designer, I'm always 377 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 2: getting asked. In fact, I was with some beautiful clients 378 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: just the earlier this week add a tree nursery. We 379 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 2: were dealing with this. They wanted a shade covering in 380 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 2: their backyard and they're like, how much will it cost 381 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 2: to build this thing? And you know, and we went 382 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 2: through all the options, and I said, you know, in 383 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 2: your situation especially, I'm not sure a built cover is 384 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 2: what you want. How about we create all this shade 385 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: that you want with a big, beautiful feature tree instead 386 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 2: of spending twenty thousand dollars building a pergola, another man 387 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 2: made structure, and they really dug into that and they're like, yeah, 388 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 2: let's do that. So we would easily have spent twenty 389 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 2: thousand dollars plus on this big, beautiful shade pergola. What 390 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 2: we ended up with is spending eight thousand dollars on 391 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: a twenty foot tall ash tree that's going to continue 392 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 2: to grow and get even more shade and shade. So 393 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 2: the point is I'm big on that. It allows you 394 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 2: to spread out your landscape options and Andrea, you know 395 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 2: what landscape your yard any way you want, you know, 396 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 2: primarily focus on California native plants. That gives you, you know, 397 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 2: thousands of options. It does, it doesn't limit you in 398 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 2: any way. Then you can add in non natives as 399 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 2: accent pieces, but get some shade is integrated also so 400 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 2: that you've got the full palette of landscape. There's no 401 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 2: reason that a Spanish style house in southern California can't 402 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 2: be lush and verdant and have all sorts of interesting 403 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 2: things happening, as opposed to whatever is typically considered Spanish 404 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 2: boomp in quote. Okay, how is that? 405 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 4: Thank you? Thank you so appreciate your time have a 406 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 4: great day. 407 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 2: You're You're so very welcome. 408 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 4: Uh. 409 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 2: I probably talked your ear off, but you know what, 410 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 2: it's so important for everybody to realize how many options 411 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 2: you are have when it comes to landscape. All right, more, 412 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 2: when we return your home with Dean Sharp, the house 413 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 2: whisper Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to remind you 414 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 2: every home deserves great design, including yours, especially yours. Why 415 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 2: because you're there? That's why, my friend. All right, it's 416 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 2: an all call Saturday morning. Let's go back to the phones. 417 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 2: I want to talk to Jen. Hey, Jen, welcome home. 418 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 5: Hidin, Thank you. So I have a nineteen thirty storybook 419 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 5: house in Los Angeles and it's getting a complete refurbishment 420 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 5: and the exterior paint's going to be kind of a 421 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 5: toe with black trim, black gutters, and black around the windows. 422 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 5: So I'm wondering about the vents. Should they be black 423 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 5: or the tope? And I'm wondering about a third accent color. 424 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 5: I had thought of either a creamy or a dark 425 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 5: olive green, or should I just stick to the two colors? 426 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 2: So thoughts hmmm, Okay, Well, first of all, events, are 427 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 2: the vents architecturally detailed. Do we have architectural detailed colors 428 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 2: on the vents or are they just plain screen? 429 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 5: They're original to the house, and they're they do stand out. 430 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 5: They're not just screen. They're kind of bars that go across. 431 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 2: Okay, so they've got his. You know, it's a toss up. 432 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 2: Without seeing the house and evaluating it with eyeballs on, 433 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: I would say it's a toss up. The question is 434 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 2: do you want them to pop? In other words, that 435 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 2: are they an architectural feature that you want to pop. 436 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: If so, then you know, paint them with the black 437 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 2: against the you know, the the tope wall. If if 438 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 2: they're fine, they're not unattractive, but it's not really a 439 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 2: place where you want my eyeballs to zero in and 440 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 2: focus on. Then just paint them along with the tope 441 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 2: wall and let them do their job, and then and 442 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 2: look for other ways of exciting the exterior detail of 443 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 2: the house. Does that make sense? 444 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 5: Yes? 445 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 2: Yes, And I think your idea about a third color 446 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 2: now the question the question really is what are we 447 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: doing with that third color. I love I love color 448 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 2: trios as opposed to just two colors going on a house. 449 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 2: But the third color, it sounds like you've got really 450 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 2: good taste color. So the black, the tope and then 451 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 2: this kind of green that is blended in sounds like 452 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 2: a wonderful opportunity. The big question is you know where 453 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 2: we putting it. I would definitely use it as an accent. 454 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 2: So when it comes to you know, tricolor combos, we 455 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 2: want we've obviously we have our primary color that the 456 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 2: main surface of the house is going to be the tope. 457 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 2: Then the primary color for trim everywhere, trim, trim, trim 458 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: everywhere is going to be the black. And then in 459 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 2: the same way that we have a percentage of surface 460 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 2: coverage differential between the tope and the black, we want 461 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 2: there to also be a far less percentage of use 462 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 2: of that third color, but in meaningful ways. So it's 463 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 2: just about finding a few places to accent with the green. 464 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 2: But you know, I would give you, I mean, conceptually, 465 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 2: I give you two thumbs up for that whole idea. 466 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 2: I think it's going to sound wonderful and in keeping 467 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 2: with storybook. Especially those muted, kind of earth earthy based 468 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 2: colors I think are wonderful because they really kind of 469 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 2: speak to that more rustic, rugged, fanciful vibe coming out 470 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 2: of the earth Storybook. By the way, for everybody who 471 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 2: is wondering the storybook, what is that? Storybook is actually 472 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 2: an authentic original Southern California architectural style dates back to 473 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 2: the late twenties early thirties, when the studios were first, 474 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 2: you know, making Hollywood here, and we've got all of 475 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 2: these workers, set, decorators, carpenters, crafts people working at the studios, 476 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 2: building their homes in the LA area around the studios 477 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 2: and thinking to themselves, you know what, why can't I 478 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 2: have a witch's cottage for my house. I've got this land, 479 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 2: it's available, And so Storybook does these fanciful homes that 480 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 2: look like they just popped right out of the pages 481 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 2: of snow White or you know this. 482 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 4: Uh. 483 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 2: These were studio workers who were originally saying, gosh, dang it, 484 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 2: I'm gonna have a Hollywood house. So I'm gonna sit 485 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 2: spend my life working on the movies. I'm gonna live 486 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 2: in a storybook house. And that's where Storybook was born. 487 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 2: By the way. That's fascinating, yes, And so you're living 488 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 2: in one of them, Jen, congratulations and make sure you 489 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 2: you know, send me some pics of the house. When 490 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 2: you when you get it all painted up, because I'm 491 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 2: I'm curious and I'd be thrilled to see them. Jen, 492 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 2: thanks for the call. Here we are at the end 493 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 2: of another couple hours together, my friends. Tomorrow's show is 494 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 2: a reality. It's gonna be preempted in Los Angeles and 495 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 2: broadcast because the Chargers are playing tomorrow morning. But I'm 496 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 2: doing the show, doing the show live. You can hear 497 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 2: it on Cogo out of San Diego Live, or you 498 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 2: can listen on the stream on the Cogo stream live, 499 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 2: or you just catch the podcast after we're done. But 500 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 2: it's happening and we're talking about holiday paints, so you're 501 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 2: not gonna want to miss it until then. Get out 502 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 2: there in this beautiful first day of November and get 503 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 2: busy building yourself a beautiful life. 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