1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the Ihearted Radio app. Whether 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: home for you is a castle or a cottage, good 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: design makes all the difference. Every house deserves it, every 5 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: house should enjoy it, because once good design is at work, 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: it builds momentum. Just like bad design. Every house has 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: a path forward toward becoming a great home. And that's 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: what we're all about here on the show, helping you 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: in every way we can with your home, whether it's 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: home repair, home improvement, home design, all of it and 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: everything in between. Now today on the show, we're going 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: to be talking a little about a little list that 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: I created a few years back called the Four Houses 14 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: the four American Houses, And it's not about a style 15 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: of house. It's about a kind of house. And it'll 16 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: make sense as I start to get into it. And 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: then when we get through the four houses, which won't 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: take us long to move through, and we arrive at 19 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: the conclusion of the house that we want to actually 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: live in, which one of those four we want to 21 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: live in, then we're going to start taking layered steps 22 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: step by step. So it's kind of a makeover Sunday, 23 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: we're going to be talking about the magic of makeovers 24 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: versus remodeling. Remodeling is a much larger endeavor. Makeovers are 25 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: something that you can chip away at, chisel away at, 26 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: layer after layer, peel it back, add it on, all 27 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: of that kind of stuff, and if you're doing it right, 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: they can be permanent and layer upon layer upon layer, 29 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: the house could be moving in the direction that you 30 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: wanted to go and become more and more charming by 31 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: the day. So that's our agenda for today, and of 32 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: course also we'll be taking your calls around mid show 33 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: like we do. The lines are open now if you 34 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: want to jump into the queue. You can listen to 35 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: the show while you wait. The number to reach me 36 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the 37 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: numeral two ask Dean A three three two ask Dean design, construction, landscape, DIY, 38 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: decor whatever has you scratching your head about your home. 39 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: I got you. We'll put our heads together, we'll get 40 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: it figured out. When it comes to calls, it is 41 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: you who sets the agenda. You can call me about anything. 42 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: I'm talking about makeovers and uh, what kind of house 43 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: I want you living in? You can call me about anything. 44 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: Sound good? All right? Hey, sitting across the table from me. 45 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: Look at her, just look at her, my design partner, 46 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: my better don't call HR. I already did my right now. 47 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: You are Hr. You are Hr, my better half, my 48 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: best friend in all the world. Tina is here. 49 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: Welcome home. 50 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: Howdy Hi? How you doing good? What's in store for today? 51 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 2: Today we're going to be celebrating for birthday with the family. 52 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: With the fam. The FAM's coming over. It's been a 53 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: birthday week for me. 54 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: No, So last week we took Dean. I say we 55 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: because we have some dear friends that the wife also 56 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 2: celebrated the exact same birthday as Dean, but well two 57 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 2: days before, two days. 58 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: She's actually two days she's two days older than me, 59 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: so she's old. 60 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: So her husband and I secretly planned a trip for 61 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: the two of them. Yes, and we whisked them away 62 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: on an adventure. 63 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: It was very fun, which was awesome because when you 64 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: asked me what do you want for your birthday? I'm like, 65 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: you know, I have everything I need in life. Well, 66 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: if you do something special, what do you want to do? 67 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: And I said, you know what, I don't want to 68 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: be asked what I want to do. That's the thing, 69 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: because I'm usually the guy making the plans and do 70 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: and you know, and initiating the thing. And it's just 71 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: kind of my role in life. And it was the 72 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: greatest thing to just like, you don't have to do anything. 73 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: We'll tell you on the day where we're going. Got 74 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: you guys, had it all handled it. It was great. 75 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: I talked a little bit about it. You weren't around 76 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: yesterday on yesterday's show, but I talked a little bit 77 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: about Palm Springs and the Sparrow Lodge. How that place 78 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: just rocks. It just rocks. It's just so I say that, 79 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: and it's just the opposite of what it sounds like. 80 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: It's just very calm and cool and quiet and nice. 81 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: It was built back in nineteen fifty two, but not 82 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: as a mid century it's not mid century. It's very rustic. 83 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: In fact, there's a barn involved in the lodge. But 84 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: it was built by and I forget the name a 85 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: Castle guy Castle anyway, his last name was Castle. He 86 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: was a kind of a B movie leading man in 87 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: Hollywood in the Golden Age, and he built it initially 88 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: as a retreat for his Hollywood friends. And at the time, 89 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: and I also mentioned this fun fact about Palm Springs 90 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: and then then we'll get to the show. Do you guys, 91 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: have you ever heard the two hour rule? What the 92 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: two hour rule is? The two hour rule was something. 93 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: It's not a thing now, but it was a thing 94 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: in the golden age of Hollywood back in the day. 95 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: And the two hour rule was a contract clause in 96 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: everybody's contract that you could if you were an actor 97 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: in Hollywood at the time, the studio did not want 98 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: you to live more than two hours away from the studio, 99 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,799 Speaker 1: so that if they called you back for reshoots or 100 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: anything like your makeup takes, anything like that, then boom, 101 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: they wouldn't have to be waiting around for days for 102 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: you to get back. And that is essentially what put 103 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: Palm Springs on the map, okay, because there is this 104 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: desert retreat and it's just inside the two hour rule boundary. 105 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: And so folks like Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball went 106 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: out and bought properties out there, and then just the 107 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: rest of Hollywood followed. And so different towns have different beginnings, 108 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: you know, and that desert town, it was all about 109 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: the fact that of stars getting away and yet staying 110 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: within contract, staying within limits. Anyway, Palm Springs is an 111 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: interesting place. Most of what's going on there I can't 112 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: take advantage of because I don't really play tennis, and 113 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: I don't golf, and I'm not the guy to just 114 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: lay around pool side. But there's some fun stuff, like 115 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: when we took the tramway up and you know when 116 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: you can go from one thousand feet above sea level 117 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: to eighty two hundred feet above sea level and ten 118 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: minutes you can go from the desert floor and all 119 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: of a sudden be walking around in alpine snow. That's 120 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: my kind of place. So it was a lot of fun. 121 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: I love you, thank you so much for that. It 122 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: was so awesome. All right, y'all, should we do the show. 123 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: Let's do it when we come back. Let's talk about 124 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: the four American houses? Are there just four? They're really 125 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: pretty much are just four? And I'll explain that on 126 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: the other side. More great stuff on the way. You 127 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: are Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. 128 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 129 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 130 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the program today. Okay, let's 131 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: hit the ground run and shall we I told you 132 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: that we were going to be talking about the four 133 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: American houses? What is he talking about? There's more than 134 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: four American houses, O game. Not really? Not really? When 135 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: you think of it this way, there are hundreds of 136 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: architectural styles, I love them all, thousands of variations on 137 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: those styles, tens of thousands of details, all right, But 138 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: in the end, there are really only four kinds of houses. 139 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: Visit any street, in any neighborhood in any town in America, 140 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,679 Speaker 1: and three of them will be competing for your attention. 141 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: The fourth will not be competing for your attention, intriguing 142 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: rounding up every homeowner too. I'm sorry, what did I 143 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: just do there? I just lost myself. Talking about each 144 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: of these homes in depth and offering a path forward 145 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: for each of them is what we're about today. Ultimately, 146 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: what we want to do is we want to find 147 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: the answer to what kind of house do I need? 148 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: What kind of house should I be in? We all 149 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: know what it is, but here it is. First of all, 150 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: let's talk about the first house in America, the House 151 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: of Neglect. What does he mean? You know it? Well, 152 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: it's on your block somewhere it's around the corner. It's 153 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: somewhere as you drive in and out of your neighborhood, 154 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: peeling paint, the lawn is overgrown, there's some signs of 155 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: wood rot in places. You know. The driveway is stained, 156 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: it's overly cracked, there's missing roof tiles. You don't expect 157 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: to see a car in the driveway, but there is. 158 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: And in a way, the house of neglect is the 159 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: saddest of all houses. It's lived in, but for all 160 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: practical purposes, it is being so neglected it's almost abandoned. 161 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: If somebody doesn't intervene soon, it will likely not survive. 162 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: The house of neglect. Now you know what I'm saying. 163 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: Now you're getting it right. The first kind of American 164 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: house is the neglected house, and there's at least one 165 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: in every neighborhood. When the number of neglected houses in 166 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: a neighborhood kind of reaches a tipping point, the whole 167 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: neighborhood is considered, you know, kind of a slummish neighborhood. 168 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: And we think, oh, well, you know, some people just 169 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: don't have enough money to take care of their homes, 170 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: and so on and so forth. And of course there 171 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: are there are always circumstances, but I got to tell you, 172 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: basic home maintenance, the very very basics are not that expensive, 173 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,599 Speaker 1: not that difficult to achieve, and for whatever reason, you know, 174 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 1: some houses just don't go there. I don't want to 175 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: talk much about the house of neglect because I think 176 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: we all know that the stories there are not happy ones, 177 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: and they're varied. But the point is the first kind 178 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 1: of American house of the four is the neglected house, 179 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: and we all have them. We all have them. As 180 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: you drive by, eh kind of makes you go like, 181 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 1: some people get angry, like why doesn't that person get 182 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,719 Speaker 1: their act together? Or don't they know they're drawing our 183 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: property values down. Whatever your reaction is, it's never a 184 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: positive one when you drive by a neglect at home. 185 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: The second one is as bad in my mind it is. 186 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: It's actually the second one irritates me, actually a little 187 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: bit more. The second kind of American house is the 188 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: house of bad ideas. These are everywhere. The second house, 189 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: the house of bad ideas, very very likely to grab 190 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: your attention. It is not suffering from owner neglect, although 191 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: you might wish it was. Really take it easy there, buddy, 192 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: This owner gives it plenty of attention in all the 193 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: wrong ways. The paint color is weird and loud. I 194 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: was talking to Conway on Thursday and he's like, you know, 195 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: there's a house near me. Who it's purple. It's just 196 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: bright purple. And I told him, you know, well, hey, 197 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: as a designer, I'm always encouraging my clients to you know, 198 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: be themselves, let their freak flag fly. But when it 199 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: comes to that, like if you came to me and said, Dean, 200 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: purple's my favorite color, I very much like it to 201 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,199 Speaker 1: be a part of my home. Believe me. I promise 202 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: you I will find ways of making purple work in 203 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: your home. But please please don't paint the outside of 204 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: the house purple, at least not the part that's facing 205 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: the street. Okay, there you go. So yeah, paint color's weird. 206 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: The yard could be full of ceramic animals, plastic plants, 207 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: including grass, plastic grass. Come on, y'all, let's get away 208 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: from that chalky Greek statues, broken down fountains, or even worse, 209 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:56,959 Speaker 1: a huge fountain that still works. There's a if there's 210 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: a fountain so large that you can't see the front door, 211 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: guess what, Yeah, it's the House of bad ideas. Its 212 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: owner is passionate, but it didn't get the message to 213 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: take any advice or really think it through. This house 214 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: is suffering for what I call post traumatic design disorder. 215 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: It needs therapy, it needs recovery. We'll talk a little 216 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: bit more about it on the other side, your Home 217 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,479 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. 218 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 219 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 220 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: Okay, we are talking about the four kinds of American homes. 221 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: Only four, Dean, Yes, really, there really are kind of 222 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 1: just for we've talked about well, I've mentioned too. I'm 223 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: not done with the second one yet. The very first 224 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: one is the house of neglect. You know it well, 225 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: it's it's neglected paints, peeling driveways, cracked and stained, missing 226 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: roof tiles. You know, the lawn is not mode and 227 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: on and on and on. We all have have that 228 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: house near us somewhere, at least one of them, and 229 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: when we drive by, it gets our attention and we 230 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: want to ignore it because it kind of makes you 231 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: feel bad about the situation. And also you're like, ugh, 232 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: why my neighborhood, Why why the house of neglect. The 233 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: second house is maybe as bad, if not worse. This 234 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: one is the one that gives me nightmares, the house 235 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: of bad ideas. Now, this is not a neglected house. 236 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: This house is getting too much attention from its owner 237 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: of all the wrong kind. It's just ill conceived plans, 238 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: and like I like to say, this is a house 239 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: that's suffering from post traumatic design disorder. People have done 240 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: things to it that they just shouldn't have done. Whether 241 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: it's a weird paint color presenting to the neighborhood, or 242 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: whether it's something in just poor taste, or try to 243 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: make a house into something that it's not. I'll give 244 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: you an example. I mean, I've said this before, but 245 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: it's always amusing. And I'm not giving out any addresses. 246 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: I'm just saying near our house, nearish our house in 247 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: my neighborhood. Now, I live in the oldest tracked neighborhood 248 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: in my town, and the houses are very small by 249 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: American standards. Okay, when we first bought this property, it 250 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: was nine hundred and forty square foot house sitting on 251 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: a third of an acre, and so that was a 252 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: nice piece of property. That's what I wanted. And you know, 253 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: Tina and I like living small. Now we haven't expanded 254 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: the envelope of the house, but we've expanded into the garage. 255 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: So we've we've got thirteen eighty thirteen hundred and eighty 256 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: square feet that's our home, plus you know, outbuildings on 257 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: the property, guesthouse, and a couple other things that are fun. 258 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: The point is this small houses on this street and 259 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: there is in this neighborhood, and there's no getting around it. 260 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: They just have a certain presence. They're cute. They're not 261 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: meant to be a jaw dropping mansions. They're cute. They're 262 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: little cottages. Well, one of those little ranchy cottages in 263 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: our neighborhood has an owner who has decided that you know, 264 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: golden lions at the front of the entry walk. That's 265 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: a good idea, and then a two more on pedestals 266 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: at the near the front porch, and a couple more 267 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: over by the driveway. I believe, I believe there are 268 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: six very large lions, and not just white plaster lions, 269 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: you know, emulating that they could be made out of marble. No, No, 270 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: they've been painted bright shiny gold. Yeah, as if as 271 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: if you see the gold lions and you're like, oh, 272 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: we must be walking into it. Oh is this a 273 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: tough shed? No, by comparison, yeah, and uh, you know, 274 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: are those real gold? No they're not. No, clearly they're not. 275 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: It's at a place, it's out a character. It's just wrong, 276 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: it's just out. This is the house of bad ideas. 277 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: One example. There are so many. There's a house of 278 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: bad ideas right next to my mom's house down in Orange. 279 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: It's a monstrosity of a thing. And it's such a 280 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: bad idea, such a bad idea. You notice that house 281 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: in your neighborhood. These are two of the houses that 282 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: you notice. You're driving through your neighborhood on your way home, 283 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: on your way to work, on the way to store, 284 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: on the way to school. You notice the house of neglect. 285 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: You notice the house of bad ideas. There's another house 286 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 1: that you notice, the house that makes you smile. That's 287 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: the third kind of house, the third kind of American home. 288 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: These are far rarer than I wish. In fact, it's 289 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: my goal here on the program to you know, ideally, 290 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: make every house in America a house that makes people smile. 291 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: This is the third kind of houses. Unfortunately, it gets 292 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: your attention just for that reason, because it stands out 293 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: a bit quite a bit from the others. It's not 294 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: because it's larger, or because it's had, you know, ga 295 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: billions more dollars spent on it. It's simply it gets 296 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: your attention for all the right reasons. It's not just 297 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 1: well cared for it. It's lovely, it has lovely proportions. 298 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: There's something about it. There are touches to it that 299 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: are thoughtful and artistic. It's not grand or awe inspiring, 300 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: but there's something special about it, something romantic, something that 301 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: makes you want to see more of what's going on 302 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: in that house, something that makes you want to see you, Oh, 303 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 1: I wonder what the backyard looks like. You always look 304 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 1: at it every time you go buy because it always 305 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: makes you smile. Everybody knows that house. Hopefully there's more 306 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: than one or two of these in your neighborhood, but 307 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: you know it. You know it. You turn the corner 308 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: and you're like, oh yeah, mmm that house. Mm nice. 309 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: So this is three houses of the four American houses, 310 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: the House of neglect, the House of bad ideas, and 311 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: the house that makes you smile. Which one do you 312 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 1: live in? You may not live in any of these 313 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: three because there's a fourth house. The fourth house, though, 314 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: is not a house that gets your attention at all 315 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: for any of the other reasons. The fourth house is filler, 316 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: a filler house. What is a filler house? The fourth 317 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: house is by far the most common house. There are 318 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: tens of millions of them. They are the houses that 319 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: fill in the spaces in between those other three. In 320 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: between the house of bad ideas that gets your attention, 321 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,719 Speaker 1: or the house of neglect that gets your attention, or 322 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: the house that makes you smile that gets your attention. 323 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: There's just filler houses all lined up, you know, little 324 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: pink houses for you and me. As John Mellencamp would say, 325 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: just filler houses, tens of millions of them. There's nothing 326 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: special about them. There's nothing especially bad. There's nothing especially good, 327 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: nothing particularly revolting, nothing inspiring. This house is most houses. 328 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,719 Speaker 1: The first three, good or bad, get your attention. This 329 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: house all the houses in between, in most neighborhoods, this 330 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: house is filler. So statistically speaking, it is most likely 331 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: that you live, not knowing exactly where you will live, 332 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: that you live in this house, the filler house, and 333 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: of all the houses this one, if it were alive, 334 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: if it were if it had a voice. This house 335 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: has the greatest longing to be more and the big 336 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: question is how do we start moving it in that direction. Well, 337 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: of course you can save and save and save and 338 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: launch a major remodel, and we talk about that a 339 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: lot here on the program. We'll be talking about that 340 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: very soon. But what if that's not in the cards 341 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: right now this year? Can you move this house forward? 342 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: Can you move the filler? Can you avoid the bad ideas, 343 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: avoid the neglect, and can you move the filler house 344 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: towards the house that makes you smile? Yes, you can, 345 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 1: and that we employ the layers of makeover and that's 346 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: what we'll start talking about. Right on the other side, 347 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 348 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 3: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 349 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 3: KFI AM six forty. 350 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: Here to tell you that every home deserves great design. Hey, 351 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: coming up after the next break. Uh, if we've got calls, 352 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: I'll be going to the phone. So now is the 353 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: time to activate that dialing finger eight three three two. 354 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: Ask Dean A three three the numeral two ask Dean 355 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: A three three to ask Dean that's that simple. A 356 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: three three two, Ask Dean. Whatever it has you scratching 357 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: your head about your home design, construction, DIY, inside, outside, hardscape, landscape. 358 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: I got you. We'll put our heads together, we will 359 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: get it figured out. Give me a call. You'll be 360 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:36,479 Speaker 1: treated with kindness and patience and respect, because that's what 361 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: we do here, despite the fact that this is talk radio. 362 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: All right, back to the UH four American houses. I 363 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: just want to review before we move on to the 364 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: secret of moving them in the right direction. What are 365 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: they again for review? The house of neglect. Everybody has 366 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: one in their neighborhood. The house of bad ideas, everybody 367 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: has one in their neighborhood. And the house that makes 368 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: you smile. Hopefully you have more than one of these 369 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: in your neighborhood. These are houses in your neighborhood that 370 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: gets your attention. And what happens in between these houses 371 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: when you're just driving through your neighborhood and nothing's getting 372 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: your attention, well, you know what you're driving by. The 373 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 1: fourth kind of house, the filler. The filler house, it 374 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 1: is the most common. It's probably the one that you 375 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: live in. I don't know that for a fact, but 376 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: statistically there are millions of them. Filler houses, just the 377 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: average tract house. It's not in bad shape, not particularly inspiring. 378 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,719 Speaker 1: This is the house if it had a voice that 379 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: is longing to be more. And all of the houses 380 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: can be taken in the right direction. By the way, 381 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: we're not just focusing on the filler They can all 382 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: be taken in the right direction. How do we do 383 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: it if we're not planning the big remodel. Well, we 384 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: are going to focus on the magic of makeovers, big 385 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: changes on small budgets. That's what a makeover is really 386 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: all about. Now. Sometimes people get things confused makeover versus remodel. 387 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: Sometimes big things happen, and we will talk about that 388 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: as we always do. But life is not really defined 389 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: by the big is it. In the real world, real 390 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: lives are constructed from a million tiny moments. The most 391 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 1: beautiful lives are built in layers. The most interesting people, 392 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: I think, are built in layers, the strongest relationships built 393 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: in layers. And yes, the most wonderful homes are built 394 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: in layers. That's actually great news for those of us 395 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: with limited time and limited budgets. We don't have to 396 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: save up tens of thousands of dollars to make a 397 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: difference if we learn the lessons of layers. Design matters 398 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: most as you know, I say it all the time. 399 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: Creativity conquers cost wherever possible. That's what we want. So 400 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: today it's all about the little things. Ways to enhance 401 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: your home's potential without breaking the bank. Many of these 402 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: makeovers are not just for the budget challenge though. Okay, 403 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: these aren't just oh, if you can't afford X, Y 404 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: and Z, do this. No, many of these are what 405 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 1: everybody should be doing and are components of even the 406 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: best large remodels. Some of these layers need to be 407 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: in every home, whether you only have twenty bucks in 408 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: your pocket or whether you've got twenty thousand or two 409 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: hundred thousand. And makeovers, by the way, just as a 410 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: side note, are also a great gateway project for the 411 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: budding di wire. Not that everybody out there, every homeowner 412 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: needs to be a di wire, but those of you 413 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: who love fooling around with this. Makeovers is the right 414 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: entry path, right. They are gateway projects into that. So 415 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: where do we start? Well, we can start with something 416 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,239 Speaker 1: simple the bathroom. How about updating the toilet? That's an 417 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: easy one. If you've never changed out a toilet, I 418 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: understand if you don't want to hassle with that. But 419 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: on the DIY scale of you know, one to ten 420 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: and one being easiest, ten being the most difficult, changing 421 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: out a toilet is like a two. I mean, honestly, 422 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: there's a couple of bolts on a wax ring. You 423 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: just have to do it right in the right procedure. 424 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: So the idea of updating the toilet in a bathroom, 425 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: maybe it's the toilets that's been there since the seventies. 426 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: And you know what, that's realistic because a ceramic toilet, 427 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: there's no if it hasn't been you know, beat on 428 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 1: with a hammer. A ceramic toilet can last, you know, 429 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: one hundred years plus because there's nothing challenging their structure, 430 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: the guts of course, the flapper and the tank and 431 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: you know, all of that can be replaced multiple times 432 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: and the toilet can remain the same. So if you've 433 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: got a classic toilet, you want to keep great. But 434 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: if you got one that's it's like, you know, maybe 435 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: we should step up. Okay, a few hundred dollars change 436 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: from the round bowl to an elongated bowl. So that 437 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: you know, you finally sit on it and feel comfortable 438 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: a fully skirted toilet. If you haven't been toilet shopping 439 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: in the last few years, you will be surprised, because 440 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: you know that weird nooks and crannies, crevices on the 441 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: side of your toilet almost looks like a cartoon man's 442 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: legs sitting down there with his feet, and it's hard 443 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: to clean. And then you got those two little plastic 444 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: caps around the bolts. It's just all weird. All of 445 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: that now in most contemporary toilets are hidden away. A 446 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: fully skirted toilet, the bottom of the toilet smooth. That 447 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: doesn't mean it's a contemporary, modern looking toilet, classic looks. 448 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 1: It's just that the bottom now smooth, doesn't do any 449 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: disservice to the design of the toilet whatsoever. And then 450 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: maybe the toilet now, instead of being old standard, is 451 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: now comfort height. Comfort height is between seventeen and nineteen 452 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: inches tall off the floor, makes it more like, I mean, 453 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: eighteen inches is the classic dining room chair seat height. 454 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: Did you know that? So we're talking about toilets that 455 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: are essentially chairs, Okay, not sitting too low, not too high. 456 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: And then possibly quite possibly a toilet with a bidet attachment, 457 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: which is the future and the present. By the way, 458 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: adding a bidet to a toilet, and we'll talk about 459 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: that when we return to this conversation doesn't take much. 460 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: Doesn't take much. Okay, you may just go cold water, 461 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: or you might get fancy or bring a little electricity 462 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: over and go hot water. I'll discuss that with you 463 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: when we come back to it. But when we come 464 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: back from break, if we've got calls on the board, 465 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: and yes we do, we're going to the phones that 466 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: number again, eight three three two ask Dean eight three 467 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: three to ask Dean your Home with Dean Sharp, the 468 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: house Whisper. This has been Home with Dean Sharp, the 469 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: House Whisper. Tune into the live broadcast on KFI AM 470 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 1: six forty every Saturday morning from six to eight Pacific 471 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: time and every Sunday morning from nine to noon Pacific time, 472 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: or anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.