1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: house Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. What 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: is a house whisper, by the way, Well, it's somebody 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: who sees what's really possible for you and your home 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: and gets you both working together to build yourself a 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: more beautiful life. 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 2: Who is the house whisperer? 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I wouldn't be doing my job if I 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: didn't want you to become the whisperer of your own home. 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: That's our goal here really is to help you understand 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: it better. So let's get to it. Whether your home 12 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: is a castle or a cottage, good design makes all 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: the difference. Every house deserves it, every house should enjoy it, 14 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: because you know what. Once good design is at work, 15 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: every house has a path forward to becoming a great home. 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: Today on the show, we're going to be moving your 17 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: house towards becoming a great home. But talking about bedrooms. 18 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: It's all about bedrooms today. Bedrooms are a fundamental component 19 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: of any home. Bedrooms are an interesting space. They are 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: among the most important spaces. They are among the least 21 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: expensive spaces to do things with because onlink bathroom or 22 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: kitchen that's loaded with cab and try and stone or 23 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: tile finishes and all of that kind of stuff. A 24 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: bedroom is essentially just an open space that has been 25 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: given a certain identity and as a result, you know, 26 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: we have a function for it. But that room in 27 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: and of itself, regardless of its size, not a very 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: expensive room on the scale of You know that when 29 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: I talk about the cost per square foot, when anybody 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: discusses the cost per square foot of building a home, 31 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: that's not your uniform across the entire home. That is 32 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: an average between the most expensive spaces and the least 33 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: expensive spaces. Because you've got rooms like bedrooms or you know, 34 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: even a living room or dining room that is essentially 35 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: just an open box, just an empty box with walls 36 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: and a floor. Those are relatively inexpensive spaces. And then 37 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: you have rooms like bathrooms and kitchens as I mentioned, 38 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: that are just loaded loaded with things, loaded with materials, 39 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: and those are the most expensive spaces. So when we say, 40 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: you know, three hundred, three hundred and fifty four hundred 41 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: dollars per square foot to build a house, we're not 42 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: talking about every square foot in that house. That's just 43 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: an average between the ones that are thousands of dollars 44 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: of square foot and the ones that are tens of 45 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: dollars a square foot. Well, bedrooms fall into, generally speaking, 46 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: the tens of dollars of square foot. So it would 47 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: behoove us to take another look at bedrooms and figure 48 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: out what they need to be, what we want them 49 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: to be, and so on. Of course, in classic house 50 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: whisperer style, I'm going to have you rethinking just about 51 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: everything we can about a bedroom because I want to 52 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: completely change it. No, nope, but by rethinking everything, this 53 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: is the only way we know that what we end 54 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: up with in the end is exactly what we want, 55 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: and what we want reflects what's possible. So we're going 56 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: to rethink the position of the bedroom, the proportions of 57 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: the bedroom, the priorities of your bedroom. No, it's not 58 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: gonna get too sexy, I promise, but we're going to 59 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: talk about all of it, and we will do that 60 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: in our classic style, so that you walk away a 61 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: little bit more informed, a little bit more educated, a 62 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: little bit more insightful about your home. So you're whispering 63 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: your own home. And of course we're gonna be if 64 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: I can get my call screener app here to work. 65 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,839 Speaker 1: We're going to take your calls. The number to reach 66 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: me eight three three to ask eight three to three 67 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: the numeral two. Ask Dean. Anything you want to talk about. 68 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: I'm talking bedrooms today, but when it comes to the calls, anything, 69 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: you get to set the agenda. We can talk design, construction, landscape, decor. 70 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: We can talk about DIY struggles that you're having, whatever 71 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: has you scratching your head about your home. I got you. 72 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: We'll put our heads together. We will get it figured out. 73 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: Eight three three two ask Dean A three three the 74 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: numeral two, and then you just spell out ask Dean. 75 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: The phone lines are open now you can listen to 76 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: the show while you're in the queue. We're gonna be 77 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: going to calls kind of middle of the show or 78 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: so in just a bit. Sitting across the table from me, 79 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: there she is my design partner, the co owner, co 80 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: founder of House Whisper, arguably the boss, I mean, really, 81 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: my better half, definitely my best friend in all the world. 82 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: Always Tina is here. 83 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: Welcome home. Hi, I'm good. Yes I'm not so great. 84 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I'm good. I'm in a good emotional space. 85 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: But our granddaughter, the walking ball of germs that she is. Uh, 86 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: it gave me the gift. I think of whatever she's 87 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: been carrying around. And it really got to me yesterday 88 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: and I lost it like midday. The energy just dropped out, 89 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: like I ran out of gas, and then the congestion 90 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,119 Speaker 1: came on and so on. So if I don't sound 91 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: that way at the moment, uh, it is thanks to 92 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: heavy cold medicines and caffeine right now. 93 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 2: That's what I'm running off the people. 94 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: The I'm telling you cold, advill, cold and sinus, severe 95 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: cold and sinus. It's got that stuff in it, uh 96 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: Fenomela mean FLA. Whatever it is, whatever it is that's 97 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: in Adville, cold and sinus, that doesn't allow you to 98 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: just grab it off the shelf. You have to go 99 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: to the pharmacist and show your driver's license. I'm pretty 100 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: sure maybe this is what it feels like to be 101 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: I wouldn't know what it feels like to be on 102 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: crack cocaine, but maybe this is what it is. There 103 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: has to be there's something that they make bad out 104 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: of it. I think it's something ventanyl ventanyl. 105 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: I'm on ventanyl right now. No, No, I think they 106 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 2: do so I don't know. See, I know nothing about drugs. 107 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 1: All I know is that my congestion went away, and 108 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: I'm functioning maybe heroin. Anyway, I'm going to try and 109 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: hold it together. And I had a banana which is 110 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: great for breakfast and coffee. 111 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: So there you go. 112 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, you can get me some protein if you want. 113 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: It's a little yogurt or something something something something. Okay, 114 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: all right, why don't we take a break, and when 115 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: we come back, we're going to talk about bedrooms, reinvent 116 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: bedrooms for us. You are Home with Dean Sharp, the 117 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: house Whisper. 118 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 119 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 120 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Welcome to the program. So glad 121 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:22,239 Speaker 1: that you are with us. It is a nasty cold 122 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: day in much of the United States this morning, and 123 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: if you are in that weather, if you are caught 124 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: in that polar vortex, please stay warm, stay safe, stay dry, 125 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: stay inside, let it pass, This too shall pass. And 126 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: keep those pipes warm so that they don't freeze up 127 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: on you. All of the things, you know, just letting 128 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: you know I care, that we care, and we're here. 129 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: And if you've got questions, about your home. You know, 130 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: take your mind off the biting cold and give me 131 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: a call and we'll talk it through. Here in southern California. 132 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: Don't mean to turn the knife, but it is. It's 133 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: in the low sixties and sunny. Because that's why Southern California, 134 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: that's just why people like to talk about leaving California 135 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: all the time for one hundred different reasons. I'll tell 136 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: you why people come here. Because right now, on January 137 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: twenty fifth, at nine something in the morning, it is, 138 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: you know. 139 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: Like sixty five degrees. So there you go. 140 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: We're enjoying that today and right after the show, I'm 141 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: going to be enjoying the conference championships in the NFL today. Yeah, today, 142 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: second most important day in the NFL season. Today we 143 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: find out who is going to the Super Bowl. Among 144 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: four teams, which two will make it? And I'm just 145 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: going to say, go Broncos, Go Rams. That's all. That's 146 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: where I'm at. That's where I'm at. Don't be angry 147 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: with me, because I'm beautiful. That's what I'm hoping for. Okay, 148 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: let's talk about your bedroom. Bedrooms, bedrooms, bedrooms, bedrooms. What 149 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: is the bedroom for It's like oh gosh, Dean, really 150 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna go there? 151 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. Here's the thing. 152 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: We label rooms. 153 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 2: It's just a space. It's just a space. It's a box. Okay. 154 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: Uh. And with those labels come all of these stories 155 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: about what that room means. So if we call something 156 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: the dining room, we get you know, I mean, it's 157 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: right there in the name dining room. We call something 158 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,719 Speaker 1: the bedroom. Yeah, well, I guess what you expect to 159 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: see in there? Yep, Okay, that's fine. I'm not taking 160 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: it to that extreme. But I will tell you this 161 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: that we need to question, even challenge the stories that 162 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: come with the labels to find out what they really 163 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: mean to us. To us, bedrooms are often designed as retreats, 164 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: and in the case of kids rooms, they usually are retreats. 165 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: You think about that through But for most adults actually 166 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: these days, even though a lot of bedrooms in very 167 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: definition of luxury bedroom has this retreat aspect to it. 168 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: There may be a sitting area, there may be you know, 169 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: most adults in our experience as designers, are not usually 170 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: using their bedroom as a retreat. That doesn't mean you 171 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: can't and that you shouldn't. It's just simply this. It's 172 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 1: an example of one of those sets of stories that 173 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: has changed quite a bit over the last few decades, 174 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: and so I just use it as a way of 175 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: illustrating we want to set the bedroom up for you 176 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: for the life that you live in it, and if 177 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: your space challenged, like a lot of people are maybe 178 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: holding on to an older definition. If you're thinking about 179 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: remodeling the house or you want to make changes, maybe 180 00:10:56,679 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: holding onto an older definition, an older store of what 181 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: the label bedroom means is keeping you from expanding another 182 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,079 Speaker 1: part of the house. I don't know many folks who 183 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: wouldn't like to have larger closets. I don't know many 184 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: folks these days who wouldn't like to have larger bathrooms, 185 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: especially the primary bathroom attached to the primary bedroom. As 186 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: a result, you know, where's it going to give? Are 187 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: you going to expand the envelope of the house? Well, 188 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: a lot of people think in that direction. They're like, well, 189 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: what if we just push out the backside of the 190 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: house and then we can you know, and maybe that's necessary, 191 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 1: maybe maybe, But what about this, What if we can 192 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: gain space by tightening up the bedroom itself, If especially 193 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: all that happens in the bedroom is getting dressed and 194 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: going to bed, sleeping and getting up from bed. In 195 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: other words, if we're not using it for anything apart 196 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: from that, do we need all of this extra space 197 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: around the bed and around the dresser? Do we need 198 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: a sitting area? I have walked into so many homes 199 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: that have sitting areas in their bedrooms, and there's a 200 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 1: couple of chairs over there, and I always ask the question, 201 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 1: so how often you guys spend time there? Oh? 202 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 2: We never do, We never do, We never touch those chairs. Ah. Interesting. 203 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: Now, you know, for a lot of people doesn't matter 204 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: because they got plenty of room everywhere else. But if 205 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: you are struggling with space in other places, especially personal 206 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: primary suite space, then maybe the bedroom can give up 207 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: a few square feet to allow a little bit more 208 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 1: closet and a little bit you know, you see what 209 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: I'm saying. Now, Yes, there are concerns, and this kind 210 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: of you know, this kind of pokes the bear a 211 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: little bit because every time I mentioned this, people get 212 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: a little fearful that their room won't be as luxurious 213 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: looking as it was before they picture, you know, this 214 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: match box little space. 215 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 2: That's not why I'm advocating for. 216 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: But you know, I know that it stirs up some 217 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: people's worries about their image, about you know, the fact that, oh, listen, 218 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: the idea of having lots of extra space that we 219 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: never use. That's the epitome of luxury. That means I've arrived, 220 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: all right, But that's your definition of it, and that's 221 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: important to you. That's fine. But I'm talking to the 222 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: rest of you about what's useful in a bedroom. 223 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 2: Okay. 224 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: Again, the direction of residential architecture for the most of 225 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: the twentieth century was aimed at giving you more space 226 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: and ample. Just look at this huge master bedroom. The 227 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: bed didn't get any bigger, but the bedroom keeps getting bigger. 228 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: And at the same time, our actual utilization of that 229 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: space in the latter part of the twentieth century, and 230 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: especially here in the early decades of the twenty first century, 231 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: has radically changed. Bathrooms are retreats these days. Bedrooms not 232 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: so much. Let's talk about that. Right on the other side, 233 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: you are Home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper. 234 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 235 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 3: KFI Am sixty. 236 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: It is a compared to the rest of the country, 237 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: a dreamy day here in southern California. If you're not 238 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: in this dreamy weather, just hang with me and just 239 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: kind of live it vicariously through the sound of my voice. 240 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: Although it seems like today I should probably be in 241 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: the cold, freezing cold part of the country because I'm 242 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: fighting off ahead cold. Hopefully I don't feel Hopefully I 243 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: don't sound too froggy to you, but I'm running on 244 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: cold medicine and caffeine this morning. And then after the 245 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: show hit the couch, watched football and maybe fall asleep, 246 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: but I hope not, because I wanna watch those games. Anyway, 247 00:14:55,720 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: we're talking bedrooms with you today, and hopefully if you 248 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: were with me here at the first couple of segments, 249 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: you've gotten the sense of the things that I want 250 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: to re examine about bedrooms. Does the bedroom need to 251 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: get bigger or smaller? Some bedrooms need to grow larger, 252 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: and because they're pretty tiny as it is for the 253 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: work that has to be done. And I'm not just 254 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: talking about the primary bedroom or what you call used 255 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: to be called the master bedroom. I'm just talking I 256 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: want to talk about all bedrooms and some universal truths 257 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: for all of them. Then we'll get into some specifics 258 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: but this is a question to ask, does the bedroom 259 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: need to get bigger or smaller? If we're talking about 260 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: an ancillary bedroom or secondary bedroom. Quite often the answer is, man, 261 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: we would love it if this bedroom was a little 262 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: bit bigger when we're talking about the primary bedroom. What 263 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: I was alluding to before the break is that a 264 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: lot of primary bedrooms could actually afford to get a 265 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: little smaller. And here's that's a thing depending on the 266 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: kind of framing, the kind of house that you live in. 267 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: But you know, a lot of folks live in California 268 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: ranch homes. Here in California, single story ranch type or 269 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: farm type houses, a lot of people live in those 270 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: across the country, depending on the simplicity of the framing. 271 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: Quite often the walls separating one bedroom to another are 272 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: in fact partition walls, non bearing walls, walls that are 273 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: not holding up a structural load on the house. They're 274 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: simply dividing one room to the other, which means in 275 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: terms of remodeling. Now, I'm not telling you you do 276 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: this without a permit, but what I'm saying is it 277 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily require a lot of structural changes or expense 278 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: to shift a wall a couple of feet one direction 279 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: or another. And if you have a series of rooms 280 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: in which let's say the primary bedroom gets a couple 281 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: of feet smaller, that change could be shared, sometimes in 282 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: more than one bedroom, by just shifting those walls down 283 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: a little bit. That's the kind of stuff that I 284 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: just want you to think about. It doesn't mean that 285 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: that applies to your house directly, But does the bedroom 286 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: need to get bigger or smaller? It's a question everyone 287 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: should ask when you're thinking about a remodel or changes. 288 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: Here's another big change. Now, let's forget about that. Forget 289 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: about for a moment Dean suggesting that walls need to 290 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: be moved. Let's talk about something that more often than 291 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: not I would like to see happen to the bedrooms 292 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: in your home, especially if you have a single story home. 293 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: But this also applies to second story bedrooms. And I'll 294 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: explain how. And that is most bedroom windows should be, 295 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: in my opinion, doors when they can be What are 296 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: you talking about, Dean, Most bedroom windows should be doors. 297 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the typical example if you've got bedrooms 298 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: that have windows not going to the side yard, per se, 299 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: but a window out into the rear yard of the house, 300 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: which is such a common thing. Okay, I want you 301 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: to understand something about how your house was originally framed up. Okay, 302 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: imagine how a door gets framed up. Let's stop talking 303 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: about windows for a second. Talk about doors. Most of 304 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: you have seen or had a chance to walk through 305 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: or been close to a house while it was being 306 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: framed up, and you will notice that you can see 307 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: where the doors are because instead of studs going everywhere 308 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: across at you know, sixteen inches on center. However, the 309 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: layout is all of a sudden, there's a break and 310 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: there is a header what we call a header, a beam, 311 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: you might call it, a larger piece of wood up above, 312 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: and it's connected to two studs that run from floor 313 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: to ceiling all the way down to the floor, and 314 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: it has created a little doorway. And you would guess, 315 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: and you would be right, that we're going to put 316 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: a doorframe in there, and that's going to be a 317 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: doorway into a room or you know, wherever the case 318 00:18:55,600 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: may be. Now, when the framers are initially built that house, 319 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: every window gets framed the exact same way as every door. 320 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: So if you were there on the first day when 321 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: those walls went up, you would walk around and say, wow, 322 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: there are a lot of doors in this house, and 323 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: I don't see any windows. And that's because the windows 324 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: have the same framing as the doorways. They have a 325 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: structural header that runs across them, and then they have 326 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: studs that run what we call king studs, that run 327 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 1: all the way down to the floor, and then little 328 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 1: trimmer studs underneath that are actually holding up the header. 329 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: The point is this long story short, all window openings 330 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: in your house began as doors. They began as doors, 331 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: and what happens after the fact is we build that 332 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 1: little section of wall in underneath that header that holds 333 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: up the window, and it doesn't really even hold up 334 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 1: the window per se. But the point is, the section 335 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: of wall underneath a window in your home, that section 336 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: of wall is nonstructural. It is not holding anything up. 337 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: It's there filling the hole between the window and the 338 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: bottom of the wall. Okay, your essential framing of that 339 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: window opening is framed out exactly as a door. It 340 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: started as a door, and it can vary simply and 341 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: easily become a door again just by removing the section 342 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: of wall that's underneath. Now, why is that a significant thing, 343 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 1: because you're not having to recalculate the structural loads of 344 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: the house because the header that's up above your window 345 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: is already doing the work it needs to do. If 346 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: it was a door, no change. You can switch out 347 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: exterior windows for doors in ninety nine out of one 348 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: hundred cases without a single structural change to the house. Now, 349 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: as a design that's the builder in me telling you 350 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: that's the way it is. As a designer, why do 351 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: I want more doors in bedrooms? Well, number one, let's 352 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: talk about what they provide. If you were to take 353 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: and obviously I'm not talking about solid doors, I'm talking 354 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: about doors with a lot of glass in them. So 355 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: if we were to take a typical five or six 356 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: foot wide window in a bedroom and turn it into 357 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: a five or six foot wide sliding glass door or 358 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: pair of French doors, whatever it is you know, rows 359 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: your boat, we've effectively doubled the amount of glass in 360 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: that room, doubled the amount of light coming into the room. 361 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: So boom more light when when when okay, how about this, 362 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: whatever is visible outside of that window becomes even more visible. 363 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: You take in even more of the view. If we 364 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: bring that glass all the way to the floor, more viewing, ninging. 365 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: A third element is the more of the outside that 366 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: you can bring into a room. Okay, the more vista 367 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: and view that you can bring into the room, the 368 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: larger the room emotionally and psychologically becomes. The bigger view 369 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: of outside that is in any room makes that outside 370 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: belong to the room, So more sense of spaciousness in 371 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: the room, dinging ding win number three And then a 372 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: possibility that's not true in every case, but maybe opening 373 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: that window to become a door means more access, access 374 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: to the lawn, access to a garden area. 375 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 2: Access. 376 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: Imagine if every even the secondary bedrooms in your home 377 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 1: had a tiny, adorable, romantic little patio with a chair 378 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: unto itself. So many people are wondering, I don't know 379 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: what to do with my rear yard landscaping. I don't 380 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: know what Dean means when he says create destinations. There's 381 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,719 Speaker 1: nothing out there. Well, here's the thing. How about opening 382 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: up the space outside the bedrooms to become special spaces 383 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: for those bedrooms. 384 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 2: You see what I'm saying. 385 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: Access, light, spaciousness, larger vistas all wins in a relatively 386 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: simple procedure. How simple, well, I mean Obviously there's some 387 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 1: finishing that has to be go on, and it's technically 388 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: it's a multi day thing because we've got some stucco 389 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: or some siding to patch and repair and so on. 390 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: But I'll tell you this, If you have the sliding 391 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 1: glass door or the French door sitting there already purchased, 392 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 1: ready to go into that opening, and I were to 393 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: show up with my tools to your home, I'd have 394 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: the old window out and the new door in in 395 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: about two maybe three hours tops done. Now we just 396 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: have to clean up the trim and the stucco and everything. Yeah, 397 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: I'm talking about less than one day, half a day, 398 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: not even half a day to do that. That's how 399 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: simple a massive change like that can be. And it 400 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: is a big change for a bedroom. Give it some thought. 401 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: We'll talk more on the other side your Home with 402 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 403 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 404 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 405 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 1: Glad to have you aboard the show today. Thanks for listening. 406 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: Uh hey, coming up after the next break. By the way, 407 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: we are going to the phone. So if you have 408 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: got something that's got you scratching your head about your 409 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: home design, construction, DIY issue, inside, outside, hardscape, landscape decor. 410 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: You give me a call, we'll put our heads together. 411 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: We will get it figured out. I got you, I 412 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: got you, boo, we got you. We're gonna get this 413 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: figured out, I promise. So there's a room on the 414 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: board for you. The number to reach me eight three 415 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: three two. Ask Dean eight three to three, the numeral 416 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: two beep, Ask Dean. Just spell it out, Ask Dean 417 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: eight three three two. Ask Dean. It's just that simple. 418 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: That's coming up right after the next b Give us 419 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: a call. Now you can listen to the show while 420 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: you wait in the queue. All right, back, two bedrooms. 421 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: I know I was giving you this wild notion of 422 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: taking a window out of a bedroom, a window that 423 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: has access to the yard, a window that's got a 424 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: great view, whatever the case may be, and turning it 425 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: into a door. And I explain to you why that 426 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: can be done relatively easily. I explained to you the 427 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: benefits of it more light, more view, more spaciousness, more access. 428 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: And I also mentioned for UA students. You're like, wait 429 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: a second. He said it could happen on the second 430 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: floor as well. There's no balcony up there. I don't 431 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: have a deck outside that bedroom, how am I. I'm 432 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: not going to put in a door and just have 433 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: somebody walk right out it and fall two stories to 434 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: their death. That's not what I'm suggesting at all at all. 435 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. Have you ever heard of a little 436 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: thing called a Juliet balcony. They'd come in different names. 437 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes they're known as French balconies, but a Juliet balcony 438 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 1: is essentially an iron railing, a balcony railing that only 439 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: projects out, you know, six inches or so away from 440 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: the house. No structural decking is required, no balcony per 441 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 1: se to stand on, because you don't walk out and 442 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: stand on it. Sometimes they project as far as a 443 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: foot or so, but generally speaking about six inches. You 444 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: can acquire one of these Juliet balcony railings and bolt 445 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: it to the upstairs door of your home and have 446 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: a full on sliding door. It's a very very European 447 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 1: thing to do. 448 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 2: I should say. 449 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,959 Speaker 1: You should know that if you travel through Europe you 450 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: often find Juliet balconies because the Europeans know better than 451 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 1: we do here how important it is in those buildings 452 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 1: to bring in light and access and view and vista. 453 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: And so yes, you can have a sliding glass door 454 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: or a pair of French doors inward swing French doors 455 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: obviously if that's the case in an upstairs bedroom floor 456 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: to ceiling and have a balcony rail outside without having 457 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: to build a deck. So yes, it's a little more 458 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: expense because than downstairs, because you have the additional expense 459 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: of the Juliet balcony railing. But again again, now you 460 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: thought the view expanded nicely on a first floor window 461 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: turning into a door, think about how much more view 462 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 1: you take in if you turn a second story window 463 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: into a door out of a bedroom. Just saying, just saying, 464 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: and yes you are welcome. So give that some thought. 465 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: Ponder through that whole process. Okay, So that's the point 466 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: is that sneaking out of the bedroom should be easier 467 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: than it is right now. Why because I want more 468 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: bedrooms to have doors. This, by the way, is a 469 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: correction and of living in a tract home. One of 470 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: the things, if you are a fan of the show, 471 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: if you've listened to me talk on this before, one 472 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: of the fundamental issues with tracked homes is their orientation 473 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: on the property. Tract homes are designed in a studio. 474 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 1: They aren't designed in relationship to the lot they're sitting on. 475 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: They can't be because at tract home, a whole housing 476 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 1: tract has four maybe five floor plans total, and those 477 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: are designed without reference to the lots, because then those 478 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: houses are going to be built that same floor plans, 479 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: sometimes facing north, south, sometimes east, sometimes west, uh and 480 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: the lot conditions change, but the house does not. And 481 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: this is a way that we take advantage of more light, 482 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: more vista, more view, and improver room. Who was not 483 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: necessarily designed to be sitting and looking at what it's 484 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: sitting and looking at. But generally speaking, even going back 485 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: into the forties, fifties, sixties when California ranch was the 486 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: dominant style of home being built, ranch homes inevitably have 487 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: bedrooms that connect to an exterior wall facing the rear 488 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: yard of the house. And what an opportunity it is 489 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: if you have such a home to turn that window 490 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: into a door, to give that room almost a primary 491 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: bedroom kind of sense of suite, direct access to the backyard. Yeah, 492 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: that's what I'm talking all right. When we returned to 493 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: this conversation, we're going to talk about another elephant in 494 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: the room, and that is closets. What do we really 495 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,479 Speaker 1: need for a closet. I'm going to be making some 496 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: suggestions to make the closet bigger for some of you, 497 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: suggestions that make the closet not smaller but more compact 498 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: in its square footage. And for others of you, maybe 499 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: remove the closet all together. WHOA how would that work? Well, 500 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: we'll talk about it when we returned to this conversation. 501 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: But after the break here at the top of the hour, 502 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: we are going to the phones. The number to reach 503 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three 504 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: the numeral two. Ask Dean you are home with Dean Sharp, 505 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: the house Whisper. This has been home with Dean Sharp, 506 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: the House Whisper. Tune into the live broadcast on KFI 507 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: AM six forty every Saturday morning from six to eight 508 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: Pacific time, and every Sunday morning from nine to noon 509 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: Pacific time, or anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.