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 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. We 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: have to find it and once you see it, that 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: is when everything changes. And guess what has changed For 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: today's show. We are live in the Helpful Honda Lounge 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: at iHeart Studios, Los Angeles, in front of a live 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: studio audience because it is our annual House Whisper holiday 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: home show, Love and Life Love and the people who 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: are in studio with us, So glad that you have 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: joined us here and on the air. Also sitting next. 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 2: To me, Amy King, Hello morning. 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: And sitting on the other side of me, Brian Gold 13 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: from Ald Comb, who is the sponsor of our show today. 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: All right, So Rosie's done an amazing job on this 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: tree here, decorating it, the seven and a half foot 16 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: tall tree. Brian. We talked about the big stuff being 17 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: in close. We've talked about kind of uneven, We've talked 18 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: about the eighty twenty pal. Is there anything else we 19 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: need to know about tree decor in general that we 20 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: haven't covered so far? 21 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 3: We don't have it here, but adding ribbon to a 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 3: tree just kind of makes it feel more elegant and luxurious. 23 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 3: So naturally we didn't do that here for the live 24 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 3: studio audience, but if you come see at the store, 25 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 3: we have ribbon all over. 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: Ribbon is a very very powerful tool. 27 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 4: Now. 28 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: I said at the outset of the show that this 29 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: year things are trending kind of in what we call 30 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: the Ralph Lauren direction. I think it's a goofy way 31 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: of saying it, but I guess that helps people kind 32 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: of envision that look right, deep plaid, right deep but 33 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: deep muted plaids right nice? 34 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: Is it a hound's tooth? Is that what it's called? No, 35 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: it's not. 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: Well, no it can be. 37 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 4: But but I love the idea of those of that 38 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 4: kind of a ribbon, A plaid ribbon, a muted color 39 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 4: that just strings its way through the tree. 40 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Right beautiful, These deep jewel tone colors and a lot 41 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: of ribbon, A lot of velvets, deep burgundy and forest green, 42 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: A lot of black ribbons are almost black green ribbons. 43 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: Ribbon talk about the powerhouse of decor for very little 44 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: cash outlay, just buying the right spool of ribbon, and 45 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: then bows, tying bows all over the house, all over 46 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: the tree, and all around the house. And this year, 47 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: by the way, those bows meaning I think of bows 48 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: kind of moving through time stylistically, the way that men's ties, 49 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: you know, moved through So now is not the year 50 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: for the big fat bow tie like nineteen seventies. You 51 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: know that you would see on a guy a bow 52 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: tie at a wedding, that big, gigantic bow tie. Now 53 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: is the time for thinner ribbon and more elegant bows 54 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: and long tails on the bows. And not that neon red, 55 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: not the neon red, deeper, darker. You know, before you 56 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: came here, we were talking about that. This is kind 57 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: of this whole Ralph Lauren. Look, it's sort of you know, 58 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: my term for it is sort of adulting Christmas, and 59 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: that there's a little bit more It's like this tree, 60 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: there's a little bit more sophistication and to it. And 61 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that it's not fun and that the 62 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: kids can't have a great time playing around it and 63 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: all of that, but it brings a little bit more 64 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: depth to it. Okay, a little bit more depth. And 65 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: by the way, if your grandma and grandpa now, and 66 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: and you know I would it's probably ghost for me 67 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: to say, get selfish at Christmas time, because that's not 68 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: exactly what I mean, but I do mean this. The 69 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: kids are coming over for a couple of days, right 70 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: to enjoy the tree or maybe day up. But you're 71 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: going to have the tree up for the rest of 72 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: the season for you, primarily for you you. So I'll 73 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: just say this, I'm not gonna say be selfish about it, 74 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: but don't leave yourself out of the equation. Do your 75 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: decor in a way that you want to do your decor, 76 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: and then invite the younger you know ones in alongside that. 77 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: So and I want that to be true of your 78 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: whole home. Right, That's why we were just talking about 79 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: during the break kind of what our consults are all 80 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: focused in. Custom home design is all about making this 81 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: about your life, all right, I want this. It doesn't 82 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: mean that your life excludes other people's lives, but it 83 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: means that we figure out what's going on with you, 84 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: and we build this thing, we tailor this thing around you. 85 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: And again, costs, there's always a way, right. Ribbon is 86 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: a perfect way to save money. And do I mean 87 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: you could put ribbon up just everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, all 88 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: around the house. You can use it as garland. You 89 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: can take a very plain garland and add ribbons to 90 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: it and it's something amazing, right absolutely. 91 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 4: And you know what else I just was thinking when 92 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 4: you said be selfish, I mean, of course, who wouldn't 93 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: want a tree like this in their home? 94 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: I mean it's just spectacular. 95 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 4: But if you want to, and you're like my mom 96 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 4: and you have several trees, why not designate. 97 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 2: A tree for the kids? 98 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: Yeah? Why not? 99 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: And then they can play with it decorated put you know, 100 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 2: the andy kins. 101 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: And they can knock it over and you're like, damn, oh, 102 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: you have a tree for the cats. You don't have 103 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: to be all stressed out. No, no tree for the cats. 104 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:14,799 Speaker 2: Why? 105 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 3: Oh? 106 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,799 Speaker 1: I don't know. It just seems that mine doesn't. 107 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 4: She does not, or he does not knock the tree 108 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 4: over anymore. The first two years he did. He thought 109 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 4: it was the coolest thing to jump in and just 110 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 4: knock it over. 111 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: The thing about cat you never know what they're gonna do. 112 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 2: Right, Well, he's grown up now, he's ready to adult. 113 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: Our cat leaves everything alone except the most sensitive little 114 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: plant that sits on our dining room table. We call 115 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: him Bob. He actually is there for the studio. When 116 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: we do video in the studio, Bob is in the background, 117 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: but he grows better on our dining room table and 118 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: Bob is this I don't even know what he is. 119 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: He's this tiny, little sensitive of all the things in 120 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: the house. Domino jumps up on the table and he 121 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: starts rubbing against Bob, just like you're gonna kill him. 122 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna kill the plant. Cats are good at defying expectations. 123 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: That's what they're good at, all right, So, wow, that 124 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: was noisy. The idea of saving money and letting it go. 125 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: So things like ribbon are one of those things that 126 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: can go an awful long way in a design process 127 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,679 Speaker 1: and add a lot of class without you know, breaking 128 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: the bank. 129 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 3: And even the types of ornaments, so I would say 130 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 3: half of the ornaments in this tree are plastic ornaments, 131 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 3: which are good for the grandkids as well. But the 132 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 3: ones that we have designed for us, they don't have 133 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 3: a seam on it. So we have the factory sand 134 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 3: the seam, because every plastic ornament has a seam, and 135 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 3: then put the color and then the finish so it 136 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 3: looks like glass and you can decorate it like a 137 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 3: glass ornament. 138 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: That one was class. 139 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 2: I wouldn't tapped on them. 140 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: You found the one glass ornament. 141 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 3: But if I see kids running around in the store, 142 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 3: I hand them one of those plastic ornaments and say 143 00:06:58,320 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 3: can you hold on to this for me? And then 144 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 3: they just hang on to it and walk around. 145 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: That is that is both wise and manipulative. 146 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 3: Sometimes they throw it on the ground and you know 147 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 3: that you made the right choice of giving them plastic one. 148 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, and so again you know not to toot your 149 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: horn anymore. But that is one of those things that 150 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: set Aldick apart, right, You've got I literally do have 151 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,559 Speaker 1: to go around the store and tap on things because 152 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: it all looks like. 153 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 4: Glast I noticed that last year with the tree that 154 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 4: there was a lot of plant. I was like, this 155 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: is plastic and it looks like this beautiful ornate. 156 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, delicate. 157 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 3: Actually the bigger pieces, you know, it sound like a 158 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 3: bombing off in the store when those fall off a 159 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 3: tree or something drops one or something. They're all plastic, 160 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 3: just to make it so that people can enjoy it 161 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 3: a year after year. 162 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: So do you guys just call them plat You have 163 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: a term for them, just durable, seamless, shatterproof, seamless, shatterproof. 164 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: That's a nice way of saying they're plastic, but they 165 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: look like glass and they look great. All right, We're 166 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: going to continue this conversation. On the other side. You 167 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: are Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper. 168 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 5: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 169 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 5: KFI AM sixty. 170 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: Having a great time here, and I am so glad 171 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: you've joined us on the air as well. We're talking 172 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: holiday decor. I want to get back to Let me 173 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: get to my little list here, my little outline. See, 174 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: we've talked about the eighty twenty rule. Oh here's a 175 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: thing that I don't know if you and I talked 176 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: about this on Friday, Amy or not, Amy King. By 177 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: the way, everybody, but I mentioned getting selfish about your decor, 178 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: which you know is probably antithetical to the spirit of 179 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: the holidays. But what I mean by that is that 180 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: you know what decorated the house for you, and Amy 181 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: had a great idea, like you want to you want 182 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: a tree that's more durable in kid proof than you know, 183 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: get a smaller tree and put all the kid's presence 184 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: around that so you can have you know, your JUGI 185 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: memory bull adult tree and then you know, you don't 186 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: have to exclude other people. At the same time, you 187 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: don't have to exclude yourself, and you shouldn't exclude yourself 188 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: and your own home from having the decor that you want. Okay, 189 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: that's just something I'm trying to encourage you towards. So 190 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: not self selfish is the wrong word. But well, like 191 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: you said, don't leave yourself. 192 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 2: You're the one who is going to be looking at 193 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 2: this for the next month. 194 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: That's right, absolutely. And on that note, all right, something 195 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: that is growing that I am all about encouraging is 196 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: backyard holiday decor. Okay, we are we are as a 197 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: culture kind of consumed with decorating the fronts of our houses, 198 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: which I'm all for because it just contributes to the 199 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: spirit of the holidays for the neighborhood. Right, Everything you 200 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: do in the front of the house essentially is your 201 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: contribution to the neighborhood and lifting spirits. And so people 202 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: walk by and your neighbors get to look over and 203 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: they just get to see, you know, something special, the lights, 204 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: the you know, the inflatable whatever it is that you do. 205 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: But in the spirit of decorating, for you, if you 206 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: spend most of your time out in front of your house. Great, 207 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: but not who does? But who does? And so how 208 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: about wrapping some of those lights, some of that decor, 209 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: some of that huge into the backyard where you spend 210 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: time with your family, with your friends and doing that. 211 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: So this is something that Tina and I have done 212 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: for years now. We wrap our lights all the way 213 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: around the house. In fact, technically, I think there's a 214 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 1: little bit more going on in our backyard right now 215 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: this year than there is going on in the front yard. 216 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: And there's plenty going on in the front yard, but 217 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: the backyard is this place where holiday in terms of 218 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: holiday decor, that's where you can sit and see one, two, three, 219 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: like four different decorated trees and lights. We've got a 220 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: little guesthouse in back it's lit up, so that's kind 221 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 1: of like our neighbor, you know, facing us, facing the backyard. 222 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: The point being, why not spend a little bit more 223 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: energy in the backyard, because that's if you've got family 224 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: and friends coming over for the holidays, that's likely where 225 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: you going to spend your time anyway. So light up 226 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: the party, light up the party zone. Does that make 227 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: sense to everybody? 228 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, and even most kitchens you know they face out 229 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 4: into the back or you know, family rooms don't face 230 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 4: out to the front as much, so then you get 231 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: to see the lights yourself exactly. Yeah, my mom does. 232 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 4: My mom who does the five six trees. Yeah, she's 233 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 4: got it all. She's got lights around her deck and 234 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 4: the little Christmas tree out there, and that's where she 235 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 4: spends her life. You know that you were saying where 236 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 4: people spend their time in their homes. She spends her 237 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 4: time in the kitchen, in the in the family room, 238 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 4: and that's what. 239 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 2: She gets to look at every day. 240 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,719 Speaker 1: We get to pull that off too because we've got 241 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 1: these little outbuildings in our back. I mean, that's why 242 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: we bought our property because it's a little bit larger 243 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 1: piece of property. Had this tiny, little nine hundred and 244 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: forty square foot house on it, but you know it's 245 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: like a third of an acre, which is a big 246 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: piece of property for a nine and forty square foot house. 247 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of yard back there. And so 248 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: now we have outbuildings. We have the studio that we 249 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: normally do the show in. It's a little building sitting there. 250 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,839 Speaker 1: We've got our garden room, which is essentially a shed 251 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: that that we jushed out where Tina does her puzzles 252 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: and we read and hang out. It's our kind of 253 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: like a Dean and Tina's clubhouse back there in the backyard. 254 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: And then then the chickens have their own hen house. 255 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: Back there is the henhouse decorated the hen. 256 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a right hanging on the hen house door. 257 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: The chick in by the way, that's the name of it. 258 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: I N N the chick in no vacancies at the moment. 259 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: And then then then there's the little casita, the guesthouse 260 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: in the back. So and when the holidays come around, 261 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: you know, we throw up some some bling and lights 262 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: and jush and it's like a little Santa's village back there, 263 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: kind of like that's what people have commented on before. 264 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 2: So now you just need a snowmaking machine exactly. 265 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: I got to have a snowblower come over the top. 266 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: But we don't. Actually, we're not the you know, I'm 267 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: not like Neil where we go all out with all 268 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: of the theatrics. I Mine are a little bit more 269 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: sedated and muted, but but fun, fun. We're just try 270 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: and strike a middle of the road there. Let's talk 271 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: about eating let's talk about dining room tables, because the 272 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: table is a huge place for the holidays. We got 273 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving coming up this week and then other feasts following. 274 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: What's new and trending this year as far as table 275 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: design has a lot to do with the table cloth, 276 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: we'll talk about that. On the other side Your Home 277 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: with Dean Sharp the house Whisper. 278 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 5: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 279 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 5: KFI Am sixty. 280 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: It is the annual holiday home show. Thrilled that we're here. 281 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: I've got Amy King in studio with me, my very 282 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: special guest, Amy, my boy, my colleague here at the station. 283 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: I show up on wake up call every most Friday 284 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: morn It's just about every Friday morning. We're talking about stuff, 285 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: talking about the weekend ahead and everything, and Amy is awesome. 286 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: I've also got Brian Gold from al Da Combe sponsored 287 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: the show here in the studio, and we're just talking 288 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: holiday decor and we're having fun and helpful things when 289 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: and kicking off the holidays today. So I wanted to 290 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: shift the conversation over to food and to the not 291 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: talking about food, but talking about the dining room and 292 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: the dining room table, especially a lot of folks, have 293 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: so many people over, and you're gonna vibe with this 294 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: because you know, there's always the challenge, like, Okay, your 295 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: dining room table is only so big, but now the 296 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: whole family's coming over, so we got to either set 297 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: up the card tables. We're going to figure out a 298 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: way of extending the dining room table and making it 299 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: longer temporarily. And then what do you do. I mean, theory, 300 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: you can work that out, but then how do you 301 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: cover all that up and make it actually look lovely 302 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: after the fact? And usually it comes down to table cloths, 303 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: right that are doing the line's share of the work, 304 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: because now you've got the folding table right next to 305 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: the real dining room table and you're matching them all up. 306 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: And by the way, let me just give you a 307 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: tip on that, matching up the folding table with the 308 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: dining room table. And they're not exactly the same width. Okay, 309 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: length is easy, right, because you're just adding one to 310 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: the other, but they're not exactly the same width. So 311 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: if you're gonna judge that up just the right way, 312 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: then you head on down to the local big box 313 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: store the lumberyard, and you pick up a very inexpensive 314 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: sheet of quarter inch masonite, like a four x eight 315 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: sheet of quarter inch masonite, which is very smooth, very lightweight, 316 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: and you simply cut it to the same width as 317 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: the dining room table and lay that on top of 318 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: the folding table, and then cover the whole thing with 319 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: a tablecloth or table cloths overlapping, and it's all uniform 320 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: and it just likes one big banquet table, and then 321 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: you store that away for next year. In fact, you 322 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: want to do it even fancier, so you're not storing 323 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: away a giant sheet. You can actually cut it down 324 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: the middle lengthwise and then duct tape it back together 325 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: again on both sides, so now it has a hinge 326 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: and you can just fold it up and shove it 327 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: in the garage and shove it in for storage, and 328 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: you get those tables uniform. But the trending thing for 329 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: this year, which I think is always a great idea, 330 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: is if you want to add another really cool look 331 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: to the dining room, what is trending along with the 332 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: whole Ralph laur An adulting Christmas look is a floor 333 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: length table claus table cloths that are dropping all the 334 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: way to the floor on all sides. 335 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 2: Good for hiding under for the kids, good for hiding 336 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 2: under for the kids. 337 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: The kids have a lot of fun before and after, 338 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: maybe during dinner, I don't know. But the tablecloth dropping 339 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: all the way down to the floor, that alone, by 340 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: the way, can take an average banquet table and real 341 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: I mean, that's an old wedding reception trick that takes 342 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: an average banquet table and turns it into something completely different, because, 343 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: first of all, obviously the table is that irrelevant. It 344 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: doesn't matter what the table looks like, because the table 345 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: is now just a scaffolding that holds the meal and 346 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: holds the drape of the tablecloth over it. Also, when 347 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 1: you do that, okay, if you think about the geometry 348 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: of getting a tablecloth that's long enough and wide enough 349 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: to drop to the floor, those corners are going to 350 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: plete out and they're going to kind of blossom out 351 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: at each corner as the sides intersect the length of 352 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: the long and you're going to get these beautiful kind 353 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: of triangular pleats falling down to the floor at every 354 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: corner as the two gather together. And that amount of 355 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: material is also something that you can rooshe does anybody 356 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: in the room know what the word roushe means, nicky 357 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: does Oh my gosh. Okay, So a rooshing a piece 358 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: of fabric means that when you've got extra fabric, you 359 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: can gather it. You can pull it up, you can 360 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: twist it, you can pin it, you can do all 361 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: sorts of funky little things with it, so you don't 362 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: have to allow it all to sit all the way 363 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: down to the floor. You can actually gather up a 364 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,880 Speaker 1: couple inches, pin it from the backside, just a safety 365 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: pin on the backside, and end up creating this beautiful, 366 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: just gorgeous pleated whole dining ensemble with full length tablecloths. 367 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: So whether you roosh the fabric or whether you just 368 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: let it run over, whether you're running two tablecloths long 369 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: and you've compensated for the odd shaped table or the 370 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: odd with the table with a piece of masonite to 371 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: cover the top, however the case may be even all out. 372 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: And that is a that's a big trend this year. 373 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 2: And what about color. 374 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: Color is something that I would suggest, if you're anywhere 375 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: near the rest of your decor, that you let it 376 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: go with the let it correspond. It doesn't have to 377 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: match direct on. But if you're working one of those themes, 378 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: then you know, if you're working the Ralph Lauren theme, okay, 379 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: you don't have to buy the expensive plaid for the tablecloth. 380 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: That might be a bit busy. I think I would 381 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: probably go with one of those deeper, richer colors, maybe 382 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: even a velvet okay or chineel. 383 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 4: And then you could accident boom with you really cool. 384 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: Look you you're like the a student up here. 385 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, better than I ever did in school. 386 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: So then yeah, and then you're then your your your candles, 387 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: your place settings, the plates, they literally become the twenty 388 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: in the eighty twenty rule, right the the the eighty 389 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 1: percent is the tablecloth. The twenty ends up becoming everything 390 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: that you're putting on the table. And at that point, 391 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: the more monochromatic and uniform the tablecloth is, the more 392 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: everything else on top of it pops. So again, this 393 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: is a trick and a technique that does not have 394 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: to break the bank. It's super super elegant. It's like, 395 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: I just think of it like it's a it's a 396 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: woman wearing one of those just black velvet dresses, just 397 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: the long black velvet dress, very classic, very elegant, and 398 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: then you know the necklace that she's got on and 399 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: the ear rings and the lipstick and the hair that's 400 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: the twenty and everything just pops around that and it's 401 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: just amazing. 402 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 4: And I love the idea of using a colored tablecloth 403 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 4: as opposed to the classic white, which is beautiful, but 404 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 4: just for the season. You know, it just sort of 405 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 4: feels more like fall and more like winter if you're 406 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 4: using one of those colors. 407 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 1: I agree. And as a whole, I mean, just as 408 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: a whole, I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. 409 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: We love cooking, and I have found this as a trend. 410 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: It's not at all again a rule, but as a 411 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: trend as a whole, I think the more cook's kitchens 412 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: you run into, the more often you find people plating 413 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: their food, like restaurants plate their food, which is more 414 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 1: typically just on white plates because you want the food 415 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 1: to be see that. That's the thing. Think about that 416 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: in the typical restaurant, you're getting served these beautiful meals 417 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: on generally speaking, light or white flatware. That's the eighty 418 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: twenty rule of food presentation happening right where the eighty 419 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: percent is the canvas. There's just the plain white plate, 420 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: and then all the jug that's happening on top of 421 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: it is the pop. So that translates to another level 422 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: where we've got the colored tablecloth of some beautiful tone, 423 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: and then we're putting white plates. But on top of 424 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: the white plates go all the good food. And so 425 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: it's just a hit after a hit, and it's sort 426 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: of a repeating pattern that's scalable, that's getting smaller as 427 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:43,959 Speaker 1: we go. 428 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 2: I'm getting hungry, all right, making me think of the 429 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 2: dining room table. 430 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: I hear you, and well it's time to go for 431 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: a break, so we can get you a snack, right, kay, 432 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: all right, y'all, you hang tight. There's more to come 433 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: your Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 434 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 5: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 435 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 5: KFI Am six forty. 436 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: It is the House Whisper Holiday home show. We've had 437 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: a blast. Can you believe we're at the end of 438 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: the show. We are at the end of the show. 439 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: This is the last few minutes of the show, and 440 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: there's only a. 441 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 4: Few people napping in those really comfortab A few well, you. 442 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: Know, that's where we take the break and I go 443 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: around with the mic and I just bunk them on 444 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: the head and wake them up and we're like, hey, 445 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: wake up. You guys have been great. By the way, 446 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: give yourselves a hand please, I got a lot of 447 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: people to thank today. I'm going to do that in 448 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: a second when we get to my closing thought, which 449 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: I'm going to read to you today. I normally sort 450 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: of half read them half just kind of roll with them. 451 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: I like writing them down because I don't want to 452 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: miss anything along the way. So you guys who are live, 453 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 1: you'll forgive me if I'm I'm reading because it's just 454 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: it's meaningful for me to do that, especially every time 455 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: we do this holiday show. But my thanks to Amy 456 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: King for dropping in and being my very special Win 457 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: Studio guest today hanging out. Thanks for having me, and 458 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: for Brian Gold from Aldick Home and everything that they 459 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: have done this year. Any closing thoughts, Brian, tell us, 460 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: give us a give us a little info about the store, 461 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: where are you at, what are your hours, your holiday hours? 462 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: What's going on at al Dick right now? Because it's 463 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: pretty amazing And by the way, before I forget to 464 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: say it again, in about an hour, Tina and I 465 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: are going to be down there. We're going to be 466 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: at Aldi today. If we weren't able to come and 467 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 1: be a part of our studio audience today and everybody 468 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 1: in our studio, Audien's want to invite everybody down. Come 469 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: on down to Aldick, get a hug, say hi. We're 470 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: going to be there from one to two o'clock today 471 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: checking out all the goodness. I mean, we're in there 472 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 1: all the time, but today we're there just because of 473 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: the show today and to kind of embrace you when 474 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: you come on by. So check it out, Brian, what 475 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:55,239 Speaker 1: do you got going on? 476 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 3: So first I'll ask the listeners when is the last 477 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 3: time you walked into a place and thought wow, or 478 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 3: thought wow, they really outdid themselves here, they really gave it. 479 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 3: They're all probably not in a long time, at least 480 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 3: in my experience. I haven't been to a store in 481 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 3: a long time where I thought this is incredible. And 482 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 3: you could give yourself that experience. You could provide that 483 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 3: experience to your kids. Have them walk into a wonderland 484 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 3: and they kind of immediately get it, and they start 485 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 3: running around and they're laughing at giggling and all that 486 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 3: and it's just a short drive down Suppulvita Boulevard in 487 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 3: Van Eyes and just come and take a look and 488 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 3: experience a magical Christmas with fifty fully decorated Christmas trees, 489 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 3: sixty Christmas trees in the back. If you want to 490 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 3: talk to somebody for an hour about Christmas trees, we're 491 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,479 Speaker 3: happy to do that and explain it and talk your 492 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 3: ear off until you tell us the stop. And yeah, 493 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 3: it's just a magical place. 494 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: And this is all true, by the way, And people 495 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: like Rosie who just did this amazing job on this tree. Yes, 496 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: it's designers like Rosie who are walking the aisles and 497 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 1: available to just talk to you about, like overcoming your 498 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: Christmas decor issues, help you put us something together. Just 499 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: amazing stuff. Also, those fifty fully decorated trees, I mean 500 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: this is a tradition. A lot of families get all 501 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: dressed up, jushed up and come down just to take 502 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: their family holiday photos in front of aldic Christmas trees. 503 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: And they don't mind at all. They're like, bring it 504 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: on down, come on down and do it. And this year, 505 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: in addition to the trees, you guys got Santa's sleigh 506 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: sitting in the back. So we've got a full blown 507 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: sleigh that you can all sit in with your family 508 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: and take your shot. So it's a really it just 509 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: it really is a little slice of happiness. If you're 510 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: looking for a little bit of happiness today, spend an 511 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: hour or two at al dec home. Youah, of course 512 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: you'll take something home, you will take something home with you, 513 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: but most importantly, just go down there and man, it 514 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: will jump start even the scroogiest of hearts and minds 515 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 1: this year. It really really will. It's amazing stuff. Okay, 516 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: do we have is Michelle and here? Do we have 517 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 1: a drawing for our tree? Or we're gonna do that 518 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: after We're gonna do that after we go off the air. 519 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: All right, Just no, you weren't here, so you didn't 520 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: win the tree. But somebody here is gonna win the tree. 521 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna making you jealous about the whole thing. 522 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 5: All right. 523 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: I got to launch into my closing thought today or 524 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: else I'm not going to get it out of my mouth. 525 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: I like to leave a little thought sometimes at the 526 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: end of the show about why it is that we 527 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: get together in the first place. So I will leave 528 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: you with this thought today. I don't know about you, 529 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: but for me it has been a year. Tina was 530 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: not here last year because she'd just gone through a 531 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: very serious and completely unexpected surgery. Isn't it good to 532 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 1: see her back in her chair again. In addition to that, 533 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: a lot of very good friends around here lost their 534 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: jobs last year right before the holidays. And then instead 535 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: of the new year turning a corner and bringing some 536 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:11,360 Speaker 1: relief for the Sharp Clan, Nope, twenty five pretty much 537 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: doubled down on the chaos and the hits just kept 538 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: on coming. It has been a year. Nevertheless, despite the year, 539 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: we are here and I'm grateful for a lot of things. 540 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: And let's start with Let's start with you, all of 541 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: our listeners, who for nine years have invested your time 542 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: and your trust in me to help you with your 543 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: most precious possession. And for daring to believe a kid 544 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: who grew up in a double wide mobile home in 545 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: a landfill when he says that design matters most and 546 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: there's always hope and there's a path to transforming an 547 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: ordinary house into an extraordinary home. It's true. I am 548 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: thankful to all of my colleagues here at KFI. From 549 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: the legendary Robin Bertolucci, who got me into this mess 550 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,400 Speaker 1: in the first place, to the amazing people have been 551 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: with me at every turn, some of whom are here 552 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: right now, Michelle cbe Amy King sitting right next to me, 553 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: Roy Nicky, so many others, so many others. I'm thankful 554 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: for our sponsors like Aldick, who've trusted me to be 555 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: their voice and carry their banner and tell their stories 556 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: through the years. I am thankful, of course, for my family, 557 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: who I count as friends, and to my friends, who 558 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: I count as family. For me, friendship is everything. The 559 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: rules of friendship govern every meaningful relationship in my life, 560 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: and I can honestly tell you that right now I 561 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 1: have the finest family of friends that I have ever 562 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: had ever. And speaking of friends, there is one right here, 563 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: my favorite human being, my best friend in all the world. 564 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: I am most thankful for Tina, for whom I have 565 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: learned so much, without whom I would not be me, 566 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: and without whom this year would have turned out very, 567 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: very differently. Look at us, babe, I'm really proud of us. 568 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: This year has been a year and still here we are, smiling, 569 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: still laughing, after thirty years together, it's still just a 570 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: couple of kids building sand castles and whatever comes. You 571 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: know what, it's you and me. If you have add 572 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: less than a perfect year, I want you to be encouraged. 573 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: The holidays are here. That's not trite sentimentality for me. 574 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: The holidays are built for tough times. The holidays are 575 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: born from tough times, when seasons change from warm and 576 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: sunny to cold and dark without ever asking our permission. 577 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: These rituals and traditions are the magic that we conjure 578 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: to break the spell of tough times. It's why we 579 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: share our food. It's why we light lights, It's why 580 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: we give gifts. It's why we count our blessings and 581 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: hold our loved ones tight. We do these things every winter, 582 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: sometimes in celebration of the year, sometimes in spite of 583 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: the year, but always grateful that we've been given one 584 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: more day to build ourselves a beautiful life. So let's 585 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: get to it. Everybody, Thank you for coming, Thank you 586 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: for listening. Have a great week. We'll see you right 587 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: back here next weekend. This has been Home with Dean 588 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: Sharp the House Whisper. 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