1 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty you're listening to Dean Sharp, the 2 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: House Whisperer, on demand on the iHeartRadio app. I Am 3 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp, aka the House Whisperer, Custom home Builder, custom 4 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: home Designer, and every week your guide to better understanding 5 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: that place where you live. Every home has a path forward, 6 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: my friend, and once you see it for yours, that 7 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: is when everything changes. And that's what I'm here to 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: help you with that. And also you know why the 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 1: toilet keeps hissing in the middle of the night and 10 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: everything in between, that's what I'm here for. We do 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: it all here, and we do our best. We're talking 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: about our welcome to spring. Spring rolled in Friday morning. 13 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: By the way, March twentieth, seven forty six am, winter 14 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: gave way to spring. If we're to believe the thermometer, 15 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: there's no turning back. At this point. Spring is bursting 16 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: with the fresh and the new, new opportunities to refresh 17 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: and renew and reinvent the place where you live inside outside, 18 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: whether the plan is a very simple makeover or complete rethink. 19 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: As always, I'm here to help you find that path 20 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: forward and to make the most of it. All right, 21 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: So let's return to our conversation about spring. One quick note. 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: It probably won't be as quick as I'd like it 23 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: to be, but it's a thing that I got to 24 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: tell you about. If anything, If you know, I've been 25 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: asked many times, is there one thing that stands in 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: the way of good design more than anything else? And yeah, 27 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: over the years, I have experientially come up with this answer. Clutter. 28 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: Spring cleaning. That's a thing that we talk about. Right 29 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: in southern California. Spring cleaning isn't quite the same as 30 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: it is is everywhere else or many other places across 31 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: the nation where you've been cooped up in you know, 32 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: record freezing temperatures and ice storms and you know, polar 33 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: vortexes for months on end. Spring cleaning means a lot 34 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: there because you can open the windows and let the 35 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: house breathe and all that kind of thing. But I 36 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: think for all of us, we come through the winter, 37 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: come through the holidays, and we you know, we arrive 38 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: at spring and with everything busting out and fresh, you know, 39 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: the windows start getting opened up at least in the 40 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: morning before it gets too hot and it's time to 41 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: clean and clear clutter. 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: Ugh. 43 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: You know, I think at some point you get tired 44 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: of me talking about it, some of you who aren't clutterbugs, 45 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: as it were, but on behalf of everybody else. Let 46 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: me just say once again, and I won't belabor the point. 47 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: Nothing gets in the way of great design for your 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: home like too much stuff to my stuff. Okay, there 49 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: is such a thing as too many details, too many things. 50 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: And I'm not talking about junk laying around your house. 51 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: I'm talking about even things you've decided, oh, this is 52 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: very special to me, and you've got it out. If 53 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: there are too many things, then it's impossible to focus 54 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: on the most important things, or the one thing, or 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: the top ten things. Okay, too many things. And you know, 56 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: I've been talking a lot about this recent trip to 57 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: Europe that we just got back from a week ago. 58 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: And. 59 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: It's a perfect example. And I'm gonna say something that, 60 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, should somebody say something like that, does that 61 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: prove that he really doesn't understand architecture? No, Okay, I'm 62 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: going to say this. Cathedrals, castles, great palaces, the kinds 63 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: of stuff that you visit when you're, you know, taking 64 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: to European vacation. I gotta tell you there's a point 65 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: where it's really easy to experience architectural overload. And these 66 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: are things that were built, you know, hundreds of years 67 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: ago by uber rich people, men who were trying to 68 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: prove a point of you know, how big their units 69 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: were and how important they were, and how monumental they were, 70 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: and so size and grandeur and every conceivable detail shoved 71 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: into every conceivable square inch, including great cathedrals. By the way, 72 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: so much detail on the outside of a cathedral as 73 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: you're staring up looking at it, and you know what, 74 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: I see it again and again. I stop sometimes and 75 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: I pause, and I'll pan around and look at the 76 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: people who are staring at it. And nobody looks at 77 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: it that long. 78 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 3: You know why. 79 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: There's too much There's too much detail, so much detail, 80 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: you end up not looking at any of it. You 81 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: just kind of say, wow, that's a lot, and then 82 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: you move on. That's not the effect that we want. 83 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: When somebody is coming into your home, we really want 84 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: them to be focused and to have a clear story 85 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: and a clear message other than look how great we 86 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: are being communicated in your home. You don't want to 87 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: be telling that story. You have other stories that you 88 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: want to tell, So let me just say this. Even 89 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: some of the quote unquote great architecture on the planet, 90 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: too much detail. I'm not big fan. You can imagine. 91 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: Of those of you who know a little bit about 92 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: architecture of the Baroque period, I like to call it 93 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: the going for Baroque period because it literally came, you know, 94 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: into the Renaissance into the Enlightenment. Just the Baroque period 95 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: is like, let's just take everything. How about we just 96 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: take everything and throw it into a room. Literally everything crazy, crazy, 97 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: you know. And these are the only comments that I 98 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: get from twenty first century people. I never get comments saying, yeah, 99 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: we came back from Versailles and we decided that's the 100 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: way we want the inside of our house looking. No, 101 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: And nor do I hear anybody saying, you know, I 102 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: mean putting budgets aside. I just don't hear anybody saying, oh, 103 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: if I could make the inside of my house look 104 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: like Versai, I would. 105 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 4: No. 106 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: People just you know, you get overwhelmed and impressed with 107 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: how rich these people were and how much stuff they 108 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: threw on the walls. But I just don't see a 109 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: lot of twenty first century folks coming back saying, yeah, 110 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: you know what. That's that's the thing that I want 111 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: for myself. It just doesn't carry through. So all of 112 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: this to say, get the clutter out of the house. 113 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: Do what you can become prove that you are committed 114 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: to great design by becoming a severe editor of your stuff. 115 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: Move it to other rooms, clear it out, have a 116 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: focal point, have a few items, a few meaning I know, 117 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: less than ten things for people to kind of look at, 118 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: but a clear focal point, a clear secondary view. And 119 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: then get the rest of the stuff out of there. 120 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: It's too much, it's too much, find another way. Okay, 121 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: photos last a lifetime, So take a photo, tuck it away, 122 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: get it out of the room. All I'm saying, don't 123 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: get angry, don't shoot the messenger. All right, when we 124 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: come back, let's talk about getting a little bit. You know, 125 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: I've talked about getting more of the outside inside the house. 126 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: Let's talk about making the most of the outside for 127 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: a bit. Sound good, All right, we'll do that. Right 128 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: after this. You are Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisperer. 129 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 130 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 131 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: Here to help you take your home to the next level. 132 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the program today. How is 133 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: your Sunday morning, the first Sunday morning of spring working 134 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: out for you? Good? I'm glad to hear it. Not 135 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: so good? All right, what can we do to make 136 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: it better? Let's step it up a little bit, shall we? Okay, 137 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: no excuses today, No excuse. So that's one of the 138 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: things about spring, right, it just comes on. It comes on, 139 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: It starts rolling out, rolling out its beauty life everywhere. 140 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: It's time to make decisions because spring kind of puts 141 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: you in that position where you got to make a 142 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: decision about how you're gonna deal with the life and 143 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: the trouble that's all around us. A little more on 144 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: that near the end of the show, but just wet 145 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: in your whistle, as it were, a little bit there. 146 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: We're talking about spring and all the various aspects of it. 147 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: There's no way I'm going to get all the way 148 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: through my outline. That's okay. It's as long as everything 149 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: that we're talking about you and I is a value 150 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: to you. I said earlier, spent some time talking about 151 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: getting more of the outside on the inside. And why 152 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: is that so important? Because you know, even if you 153 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: are a Southern Californian and take pride in the fact 154 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: that we live so much of our lives outdoors. The 155 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: statistical fact is most of us still spend eighty percent 156 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: of our time indoors, and so bringing the outdoor in 157 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: is of the greatest importance because that's where we are. 158 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: And by the way, making your house maximize its value 159 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: even if you're planning on selling it down the road. 160 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: These suggestions of prioritizing these things, this is what is 161 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: bringing you the best ROI on the money that you 162 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: spend on your house. Biophilic design. Biophilic design that means 163 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: design that it loves nature, that embraces nature, that brings 164 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: more daylight in the home, brings more vistas in the home, 165 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: brings more green and outdoor into the home. Now the 166 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 1: flip side of that, which you know, I think is 167 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:07,719 Speaker 1: equally important but technically is just of slightly lower importance, 168 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: is you know, getting more outside. And you can make 169 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: the argument, well, if you're going to bring the outside in, 170 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: then you've got to have an outside to bring in. 171 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: I think that's a very good argument, good good way 172 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: of seeing it. So getting more of the outside. So 173 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: here's a Dean, he's going to be a stickler for 174 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: some things. I can't sit here and design your yard 175 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: for you, obviously, other than first of all, to say 176 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: I don't want you to have a yard. I want 177 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: you to have gardens, gardens, plural gardens. I only have 178 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: one piece of property, Dean, Yes, but I'd like to 179 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: see that property, if at all possible, divided up into destinations, 180 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: multiple destinations. So here's the rubric to think in terms 181 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: of landscape design. This is the house whisper definition of 182 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: great landscape design. Imagine your home, the inside of your home. 183 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: Look down on your home like a plan view, as 184 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: if you were looking at a blueprint of your home. 185 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: See the multiple rooms. A kitchen for preparing food, a 186 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: dining area for eating food, a family room for large 187 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: gatherings or for you gathering and having conversations or watching 188 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: a movie or whatnot. Bedrooms for relaxing and resting. Hallways okay, 189 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: all of that rooms, hallways, public rooms, eating rooms, all 190 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: of these things. Take that plan concept and apply it 191 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: to the outdoor space. That is good great, I should 192 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: say landscape architecture, landscape design. In other words, your yard, 193 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: which is just a term, by the way, that means 194 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: an area surrounded by a fact. How boring is that. 195 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: I don't want you to have a yard. I want 196 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: you to have a garden that's a specific kind of 197 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: experience inside your fence. Your yard should be divided up, 198 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: if at all possible, into multiple destinations. Okay, so I 199 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: asked these questions. Less yards, more gardens, that's what we 200 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: want in the world. How many rooms are there in 201 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: your garden? How many rooms? Meaning once I walk outside, 202 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: where what are my destination options? Tina, you should count 203 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: up how many rooms we have here real quick as 204 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: I'm talking here, and you can give us a count. 205 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: How many rooms in your garden? Where are honest to 206 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: goodness destinations? Not just the concrete patio right outside the 207 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: door that the builder put in there all these many 208 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: decades ago, that you've squeezed some patio furniture onto. And 209 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: that patio furniture because that's the only place to set 210 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: it is blocking your view you when you're inside of 211 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: the rest of the yard, because all you see is 212 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: patio furniture, and then you know there's a yard beyond it, 213 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: but you don't really take it in. And then whatever 214 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: other hardscape is running around you know, here's the thing. Destinations, 215 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: A little place to sit, a little place to rest, 216 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: a little place to read, a little place to have 217 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: a conversation. Is there a place to eat? Is there 218 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: a place to prepare food? And you know when I 219 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: say that outdoor kitchen, I don't mean that you spend 220 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars to make the world's greatest, biggest, 221 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: fanciest outdoor kitchen set up. I mean, you know, where 222 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 1: does the grill sit? You know, where's the barbecue, where's 223 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: the smoker, where's the little area where you know you 224 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: might get food ready and take it over to the 225 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: rest during the summer. That's all it has to be. 226 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: I don't have a big, expensive outdoor kitchen. I've got 227 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: a I've got a smoker and a blackstone grill sitting 228 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: next to each other, both covered during inclement weather, and 229 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: it's it's in its little area. And then I move 230 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: from there to the kitchen, back and forth, and then 231 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: over to you know, serve and we've got a little 232 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: dining Tina. How many spaces do we have? How many 233 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: rooms in our little backyard, I mean a little bit 234 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: our backyard? How many ten ten areas? All right? I'm 235 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: going to have you list them off when we come back. 236 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: All right, more when we return your Home with Dean 237 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: Sharp the house Whisper. 238 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 239 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 240 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the program today. We're talking 241 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: about Welcoming in Spring. It's the first weekend of Spring 242 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. We're talking about its impact on your 243 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: plans for your home. Let me do this before we 244 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: go any further. If your home needs some personal house 245 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: Whisper attention, meaning that you're sitting there thinking, yeah, you 246 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: know what, I hear what Dean's talking about. I love 247 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: these ideas. I still haven't been able to figure out 248 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: exactly how to work into our home. You know what 249 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: I really need? I need Dean and Tina, you know, 250 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: standing in our family room looking out our windows into 251 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: our garden telling us what the answer is. Yeah, as if, well, 252 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: guess what? Yeah, you can do exactly that. You can 253 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: book an in home design consult with me and the tea. 254 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: All you have to do is go to house Whisperer 255 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: dot Design for more info. House Whisperer dot Design if 256 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: you live anywhere in southern California. In fact, even outside 257 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: of southern California, it's doable. Uh, if it's something of 258 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: interest to you, look into it. House Whisperer dot design 259 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: for more info. All right, back to it, Uh, getting 260 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: more out of the outside. Yeah, I'm talking about rooms 261 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: out in your yard, in your garden, let's just start 262 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: saying garden and not yard. Yard is a word that 263 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: simply means an area surrounded by a fence or a wall. Okay, yeah, 264 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: technically it's a yard, but that's the lowest possible term 265 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: to describe the space outside your house. 266 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: Yard. 267 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: Okay, let's talk about really what defines that space. Rooms, destinations, gardens, 268 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: areas where different plants are telling different stories, areas where 269 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: you gather where you want to be. And don't take 270 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: what is written as gospel for your property. If you 271 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: live in a typical tract house, you are you probably 272 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: have a typical concrete patio right off the back of 273 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: the house. Why was that Is that because that's the 274 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: best architectural position. No, No, it's because it's what's cheapest 275 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: and easiest for the builder when they threw your house together. 276 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: So let's think in terms of walking through your yard 277 00:16:54,600 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: and erasing all manner of stories about what you got there, 278 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: what's not there. Just walk through your yard at various 279 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: times during the day and come to a conclusion where 280 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: your favorite place to stand in your yard is. I 281 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: often do this. I'll walk out past the patio. I'll 282 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: walk around a yard doing a consult for a client, 283 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: and when the client comes out and they find me 284 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: standing like over in the corner, off to the left 285 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: or off to the right, I'm like, you know what, 286 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: this is my favorite spot in your yard. And they'll 287 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: often say, oh, you know what. I think you're right 288 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: about that. I'm like, okay, So why isn't the why 289 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: aren't the patio furniture sitting out here? Oh? Oh, out 290 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: away from the house? Yeah, out there under the shade 291 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 1: of that big tree. Oh yeah, because because just because, 292 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: because we're used to making do with what we've been given. 293 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: If we're making plans to change things, now is the 294 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: time to shake it up. And let me tell you, 295 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: your money goes a heck of a lot further outside 296 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: your house than it does inside your house. And so 297 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: you want to make big change, especially in the spring, 298 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: think about transformations out in the garden area, paths, seating areas, decks, 299 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: and people say, well, what do we do are you're 300 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 1: talking about pouring concrete? I don't know it's concrete your 301 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: favorite decking material. How about we just build an on 302 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: grade wood deck. Or how about for pennies pennies, we 303 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: allocate an area, smooth out the ground, put a little 304 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, border around it, and fill an area that 305 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: we're going to sit and enjoy conversation with patio furniture 306 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: on pea gravel. It can be as simple as that. 307 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 1: And it's pennies pennies per square foot. There's always a way, 308 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: always away. Maybe your dream is that eventually we turn 309 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: that into a deck or an area of pas or 310 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: stone or tile or something more expensive and more permanent, 311 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: more fabulous. Okay, fine, have that aspiration, but why not 312 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: actually create the form now, create the area now, and 313 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: for the time being, while you're taking a couple three 314 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 1: years to save up the money for the other thing, 315 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 1: why not start enjoying it this spring with pea gravel, 316 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,959 Speaker 1: and you know what about fifty maybe even more percent 317 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: of the time after the pea gravel is down and 318 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: you're enjoying it for what it is. Very few people 319 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: actually retreat from pea gravel and go on to other things. 320 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: Some people do. But the point is, why not have 321 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: it now inexpensively elegantly. It's very zen, it's very beautiful. 322 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: It's very easy to maintain pea gravel pathways through the yard. 323 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: So I'm not talking about breaking the bank, folks. What 324 00:19:52,200 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: I'm talking about is redefining your yard space, garden areas, rooms, destinations, also, 325 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: if possible, changing the dimensionality of the space up and down, 326 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: Like you heard that fancy house that I did decades 327 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: ago out in Pacific Palisades where we lowered the yard 328 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: in order to take in a view. My little home 329 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: in which we tiered the yard in order to create 330 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: more destinations and more three dimensional space up and down 331 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: include you know, not just left and right. All of 332 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: these things are things that you can think about in 333 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: order to make your property more dynamic, more exciting, more lovely, 334 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: and take advantage of everything that you've got available to you. Okay. 335 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: Another step forward, of course, is as spring approaches, especially 336 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: here in southern California but everywhere when it finally takes hold, 337 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: for everyone is getting ready for the heat. Spring is 338 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: the time where we get ready for the heat. Oh yeah, Tina, 339 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: before we move on, so enumerate. You said ten areas, 340 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: ten destinations in our little place. 341 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 3: I did. 342 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: Can you enumerate them for everybody? 343 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 3: Okay? 344 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 4: We have a fire pit area, we have a hammock 345 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 4: area for resting, We have a place for. 346 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: Seating, the dining deck. 347 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 3: The dining deck. 348 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: That's three. 349 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 3: Then we have the garden room. 350 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: The garden room is four. 351 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 4: Then we have studio okay, are in now. Then we 352 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 4: have the yard in front of the guesthouse. 353 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: Okay, that's six. 354 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 3: Then we have inside the guesthouse obviously. 355 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: Okay, then we have you're cutting out a little bit. 356 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: I think, just tug. 357 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 3: We have the alley, the alley with the bees. 358 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, in between the garden room and the studio. 359 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: Here there's a little alley way to go back and 360 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: view the bees. That's eight. 361 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 3: That's eight. And then we have the sitting area with 362 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 3: the bird feeders. 363 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: Nine. 364 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 3: And then we have the area in the back for 365 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 3: doing projects, the workshop. 366 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: Ten. You're right, ten areas, ten areas in a rel 367 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: you know, in a space that you wouldn't think you 368 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: could fit. Ten Am I still coming out? No? You're fine? 369 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 3: Okay, Maybe it was just needing to be. 370 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: Bold, be bold, Tina speak clearly. There you go, all right, 371 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 1: So there it is. Yeah, ten distinct destinations in our 372 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 1: rear garden area with plants and nothing, by the way, 373 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: in our place other than the wood deck, nothing but 374 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: some stone free stone pavers and pea gravel everywhere, because 375 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: me like epea gravel. I like walking on it. I 376 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: like the crunch crunch crunch sound of it. I like 377 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: the fact that we go out in the pouring rain 378 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: and it handles the water perfectly and nobody comes in 379 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: with muddy feet, and that it stays in place, and 380 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,719 Speaker 1: that if it dissipates at all, we can order another 381 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: scoop every like five years for you know, one hundred 382 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 1: and twenty dollars and just revitalize the whole thing. All 383 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: good things anyway, all right, Oh, thank you for that. 384 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: Thanks for reminding me that I wanted you to do that. 385 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: When we come back, let's get ready for the heat. 386 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: Just a few suggestions about if we're going to do 387 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: all of this. Springtime is also the time to get 388 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: ready for summer, both here in southern California everywhere else. 389 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: We've got to get used to more extreme temperatures. We 390 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 1: may have a drought on the way here in so 391 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: cal there's going to be humidity and all sorts of 392 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: stuff elsewhere. How do we do all of this and 393 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: prepare for a more comfortable summertime when we come back 394 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: Dean Sharp the house whisper. 395 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 396 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 397 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: When I was asked to do this program almost ten 398 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: years ago, now, whew, really that was a while back. 399 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: I think the idea was, you know, do a little 400 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: mister fix it show, which I you know, I love. 401 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 1: I love answering questions about you know, how to keep 402 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 1: the toilet from hissing and you know what to do 403 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: with you know, the rotting threshold to the door, because 404 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm a builder and I love that stuff. I love 405 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: hands on things. I'm a woodworker and a carpenter originally 406 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: by trade and all of that. But I know this, 407 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: my friend, none of that home maintenance is the key 408 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: to transforming the house. That's the key to maintaining the house. 409 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: But transforming the house that is an issue reserved for 410 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: great design, and that is that's the tip of the 411 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: spear that I try to bring to you, which makes 412 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: I think this program different than others that you will 413 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: hear on radio and television and podcast, because I'm bringing 414 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 1: you the practical elements of everything I know of the 415 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: building trade, but also first and foremost ideas to truly 416 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: transform your home through great design applied to your home. 417 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: That's the game changer along the way. Your home deserves it, 418 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: and that's why I'm here sharing it with you. All Right, 419 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: we've been talking about welcoinging spring. We've got programs coming 420 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: in the next few weeks. In fact, next week we'll 421 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: be talking about getting more birds into the yard. We're 422 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: going to be talking about the state of bees, especially 423 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: here in southern California, and how to increase the bee 424 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: population because they're good for all of our gardens everywhere. 425 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 1: Maybe I might even get you interested in becoming a 426 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: backyard beekeeper next week. These are all things relevant to 427 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: our properties because the birds and the bees are probably 428 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: the two foremost visitors to our yards that are part 429 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: of the wild natural world around us. And the more 430 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: that we can invite them in, the more we are 431 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: helping our yard beautify and also you know, be a 432 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: part of the natural world around us. Instead of being 433 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: a part from it, separated from it. That's coming up 434 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 1: next week, and then we'll be talking about bathroom remodeling, 435 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: and then we'll also be talking about pets and pests, 436 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: a special show on that. So I got a lot 437 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: of stuff planned for you here in springtime, at the 438 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: beginning of spring, so you're not going to want to 439 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: miss any of it. The podcast, the broadcast, however, is 440 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: that you listen, stay with us. Okay, just a few 441 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: bits of suggestion about getting ready for the heat. More 442 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: windows and more doors, which of course is Dean's suggestion 443 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: for you means better insulation on the rest of the house. Okay, 444 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: it's a great time to buck up and increase the insulation. Now, 445 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: wall insulation. Some of you just don't even have insulation 446 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: in your walls, Southern Californians with older homes, and you've 447 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: struggled with this and you've put up with it for 448 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: a long time. Maybe this is the year that you decide, 449 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: you know what, we're going to add insulation inside the homes. 450 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: Whether it's adding spray foam insulation in the walls or 451 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: adding blown in insult it can be done. Yes, it's 452 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: a thing. It's not a non invasive thing, but it 453 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: can be done, and it can be done relatively quickly 454 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: and relatively efficiently, and it will affect your heating and 455 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: cooling and your comfort for decades to come. So is 456 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: it worth it? Yeah? What I prioritize insulating the house 457 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: before doing any other designer decorse stuff. Absolutely I would. 458 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: The only thing is if we're going to make a 459 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: major change in a wall or out a window, I 460 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: do that first and then insulate the walls that are left. 461 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: And for most of us, attic space is an easy 462 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: one blown in insulation. Adding an extra layer or the 463 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: first layer on top of the roll in stuff. Blown 464 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,399 Speaker 1: in insulation in the attic is a great way to 465 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: get ready for the heat. So more windows, more doors 466 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: means crank up the insulation. More sun means taking a 467 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,239 Speaker 1: look at solar. We're going to also be doing some 468 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: shows on solar as well. Time to upgrade the air 469 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: conditioning or at least get it checked. More fire threat 470 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: here in southern California, so let's not forget your ember 471 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: proofing of your attic space. And more sun and heat 472 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: means more shade possibilities as you plan out that garden, 473 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: including hopefully some big feature trees as we go. Okay, 474 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: that's about it for me today. Let's take a moment 475 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: to remember why we're here, and I'm going to leave 476 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: you with this quick thought today. There is a lot 477 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: going on in the world. War, gas prices, all prices, 478 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: job security, AI, excessive heat, excessive cold, possible drought here 479 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: in California for the months ahead, and on and on 480 00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: and on it goes. There are reasons the world is stressful. 481 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: But as my football coach in high school used to 482 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: tell me, Dean, there are reasons, but there are no excuses. 483 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: There are reasons to shut down, slow down, give up always. 484 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: There are always reasons, but excuses never. It's all about 485 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: turning lemons into lemonade. My friend, you've heard me quote 486 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: him before. I might have quoted him earlier in the show. 487 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: Legendary coach John Wooden, one of my spiritual mentors growing up. 488 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: He said this. He said, things turn out best for 489 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: those who make the best out of how things turn out. Yeah, 490 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: resilience making do stop complaining, get up on your feet, 491 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: let's get something done. And finally, here I'm going to 492 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: bring out my inner JR. Tolkien Nerds, So warning Frodo 493 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: said to his friend and mentor, the wizard Gandalf. He 494 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: said this, I wish the Ring had never come to me. 495 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: I wish none of this had happened. And Gandalf's response 496 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: was very wisely, so do all who live to see 497 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: such times. But that is not for them to decide. 498 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: All we have to decide is what to do with 499 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: the time that is given to us, and there it is, 500 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: my friend, I hope what you decide to do with 501 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: the time that is given to you today and tomorrow 502 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,959 Speaker 1: and every day after that is to get out there 503 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 1: and get busy building yourself a beautiful life. We will 504 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: see you right back here next week with more spring, 505 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: more plans, more inspiration, more insight, more answers for you. 506 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: Until then, have yourself a great week. This has been 507 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 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