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 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: house Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Custom 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: home Builder, Custom Home Designer here for you with patient, 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: helpful answers to your questions and with inspiration to see 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: your home the way that I see your home, an 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: ordinary house capable of becoming an extraordinary home. Sound good? 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: All right, Let's get to it. Whether home for you 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: is a castle or a cottage doesn't matter to me, 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: because good design is what makes all the difference. Every 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: house deserves it, every house should enjoy it, because once 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: it is at work in your home good design, there 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: is momentum. There is a path forward toward becoming something 13 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: truly truly great. And I don't mean great in the 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: sense of just you know, jaw dropping, awe inspiring, you know, 15 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: as if you're walking into, you know, a mega mansion 16 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: somewhere with millions upon millions of dollars. No, no, no, 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: your home is if it's anything like my home is 18 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: never going to be a cathedral. But but that doesn't 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: mean that it isn't everything that it could and should be. 20 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: That it doesn't just make people, and you especially feel 21 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: great to be there. That's the point of home, right exactly, cottage, castle, 22 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: everything in between. That's what we're all about. Is that 23 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: the rooster in the background, Lucky. He's just going off, 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: isn't he? Is that Lucky? Or Pine? That's Pine. We 25 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 1: have a second rooster. You would think you would think 26 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: after one that we would not have embraced yet a 27 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: second rooster. But we have a little Pine who's never 28 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: going to be much larger than a bowling ball. He's 29 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: a bantam chicken, meaning that they only get so big. 30 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: But man, yeah, he makes for it in attitude. So 31 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: he's going off. I should probably shut this door here 32 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: so he doesn't usurp the hosting of the show. There 33 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: we go. Okay, I am so glad that you are 34 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: with us this morning today on the show. Hey, it's 35 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: welcome to Spring. I'll get to that in just a second, 36 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: but first I also want to remind you that mid 37 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: show we're going to be taking your calls as we 38 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: always do, so if you've got questions about your house, construction, 39 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: landscape design, DIY, decre whatever, whatever, from curb to curb 40 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: and from the ground to the sky, anything that's got 41 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: you scratching your head about your home. I got you. 42 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: We'll put our heads together, we'll get it figured out. 43 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: The number to reach me is eight three three two. 44 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: Ask Dean, A three three the numeral two, and then 45 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: you just spell out, ask Dean eight three three two, 46 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: Ask Dean. I'm letting you know now early, we're not 47 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: going to the phones right now, but you can call 48 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: in and jump into the queue. You can listen the 49 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: show while you wait. Anytime we'll be approaching calls right 50 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: about ten o'clock or so, eight three three two, ask Dean. 51 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: All right, I would say, sitting across the table from me, 52 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: but she just walked out. She'll be back in a second. 53 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: Tina's here, of course, and we'll hear from her in 54 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: a moment. So let's get talking about spring. That is 55 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: our topic for today. Why well, because it is spring. 56 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: It's here. On Friday, two days ago, March twentieth, seven 57 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: six am, winter gave way to spring, and if we 58 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: are to believe the thermometer, there is no turning back. 59 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: Winter is now light years away from us. Spring is 60 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: bursting out with the fresh and the new, and here 61 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: in southern California, the overly warm. And so this is 62 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: what I don't know if that there's a proper meteor 63 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: a lot term for this, but I'm calling this a 64 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: flash spring or maybe a false summer, because that's what's 65 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: going on here. There's a crazy, crazy warm weather here 66 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: in the mid eighties, mid to upper eighties, even for 67 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: this coming week. This is way too warm. But here's 68 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: the thing. That's the last you're gonna hear me complain 69 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: about it or even lean toward it, because you know what, 70 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: you just got to deal with it. Here it is, 71 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: here's where we live, here's weather now, and we can 72 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: always just kind of plunk ourselves down and decide to 73 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: complain and bitch and moan about things being what they are, 74 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: or you can make do and make the best out 75 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: of it. One of my spiritual mentors, John Wooden, you know, 76 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: legendary coach John Wooden. He was famous for saying that 77 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: life terms, things turn out the best for those who 78 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: make the best out of how things turn out. And 79 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: I think that's just brilliant wisdom for life in general. 80 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: And so we're not going to sit around complaining about 81 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: the bursting forth of an overly warm spring this morning. 82 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: We are just going to get to it, because hey, 83 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: think about this, Hey Yeah, it's a little warm here 84 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: in southern California. But apart from that, everything else in 85 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: the world is great. Peace is breaking out all over 86 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: planet Earth. Things are great, right, they're great, but they're 87 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: great here. So let's talk about home in your life 88 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: and what actually touches you every minute of every day. 89 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: So spring is all about new opportunities. It's busting out renewal. 90 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: It's a time to reinvent the place where we live 91 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: inside outside, whether the plan is a simple makeover or 92 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: a complete rethink. As always, I got you and I'm 93 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: here to help you find that pathway forward. So when 94 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: we return, let's dive in. We'll start talking about getting 95 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: more outside on the inside of your home. What does 96 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: that mean you hang tight? We'll talk about it your 97 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 98 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 99 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 2: KFI Am sixty. 100 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: We're talking about spring. Let's dive in. Welcome to spring. Yeah, 101 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: warm here, not warm everywhere across our land. But wherever 102 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: you are, I hope, I hope the weather is treating 103 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: you halfway decent. And let's just put it this way, 104 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: I hope you're rising above whatever hurdles are in front 105 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: of you. Today, let's talk about the fact that with 106 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: spring brings fresh renewal, at least in our minds and 107 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: our spirits. As gardens are starting to break open, nature's 108 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: can open all around us. We're having what I'm calling 109 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,119 Speaker 1: and I don't know that this is a official term 110 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: at all, but we're having what I call a flash summer. 111 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: In other words, winter just ended and summer started, and 112 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: spring is just a technicality at this point. But you know, 113 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: plants are busting out all over the place, animals are 114 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: out and about, and so what we've got for you 115 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: over the next few weeks are several spring themed shows 116 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: to help you orient fact. Next weekend, little preview, we're 117 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: going to be talking, as I love to do every springtime, 118 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: about birds and bees. The birds and the bees. No, 119 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: not that we know, actually the birds and the bee, 120 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: the real birds and the real bees, not the metaphorical 121 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: you know, We're going to be talking about that and 122 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: how to bring more of them into your yard, onto 123 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: your property. Why well, I'll get to that a little 124 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: bit later in the show. Today I'll touch on it 125 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,119 Speaker 1: a little bit as a little teaser for the next 126 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: week as well. So we've got that. In a couple 127 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: three weeks, we're going to be talking about pets and 128 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: pests and dealing with both both kinds of animals that 129 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: want to be on your property, the ones that you 130 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: pay to be there and the ones that you would 131 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: gladly pay not to be there, and how to deal 132 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: with them properly and find a way to live in 133 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: as much harmony with the nature around us as possible. 134 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: So that's coming up in the next few weeks, as 135 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: well as bathroom remodeling and all sorts of stuff like that. 136 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: Today a kind of a shotgun overview of everything that's 137 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: possible during the spring. Today, I just want to inspire 138 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: you and give you some tips along the way. Now, 139 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: right before the break, I told you we're going to 140 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: start with this getting more outside on the inside of 141 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: the house. Now, this is the designer who is speaking 142 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: to you. Now. There is nothing more significantly life changing 143 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: about your property or for your property, then embracing what 144 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 1: is outside and bringing it in to your interior living spaces. 145 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: Why is that the case, Well, number one, because light 146 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: is everything when it comes to great architecture and great design. Daylight, 147 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: natural light is everything. It fills a room. When it 148 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: fills a room properly, it's beautiful. It is incomparable. Okay, 149 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: no amount of artificial lighting can make up for the 150 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: way that the sun does what it does, So we 151 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: want to embrace that. But not just that, but also 152 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 1: Vista's views inside the house. And here is the esthetic 153 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: and uber practical reason why you constantly hear me harp 154 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: on this subject. And it's one of my favorite subjects 155 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: because of it's one of the fundamental pillars of great 156 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,599 Speaker 1: home design. And I want you to really really understand 157 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: it and embrace it visually. Anything that you see inside 158 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: a room belongs to that room. This is the way 159 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: our minds work. That's the way we embrace these things. 160 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: So a lot of you are thinking, oh, I just 161 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if I've got quite enough space in 162 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: my home. I feel like we could maybe use some 163 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: more space, And you're honestly considering a room edition or 164 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: some form of remodel that adds on to the envelope 165 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: of the house. And for some of you, it's absolutely 166 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: the right call because those are your needs, and more 167 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: square footage is a critical component for you to stay 168 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: where you're at. Okay, So I'm not arguing against that. 169 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,839 Speaker 1: Please don't don't do this whole dean hates adding square 170 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: footage to a house. No, but I resist it. I 171 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: don't hate it, but I resist it, and I resist 172 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: it for this reason. I resist adding square footage to 173 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: a house as a first option, because it is essentially 174 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: kind of the nuclear option. It should be the last 175 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: option on the table, after you've explored all the others, 176 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: in order to increase spaciousness. Now again, we're just having 177 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: this conversation with some lovely folks this week to remind 178 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: you there is a marked difference between space and spaciousness. 179 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: Space is a brute mathematical formula. It is a reality. 180 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: It is is we measure your room. This room is 181 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: ten feet by twelve feet. It has one hundred and 182 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: twenty square feet. Okay, that is space. That's how much 183 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: space is in the room. The spaciousness of that room, though, 184 00:11:55,520 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 1: is not all about the square footage. The spaciousness ness 185 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: is more of an intangible, more of a far subjective, 186 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 1: a psychological concept, and that is how does the room 187 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: feel when you're in it? If I put you in 188 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: a ten by ten room which is one hundred square 189 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: feet and there are no windows and no doors, you know, 190 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: like the elevator at Disneyland. I just the hunter manchet 191 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: that just came out of my mouth. And Tina's staring 192 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: at me like, yeah, you know, Uh, you feel closed in, 193 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: you feel trapped. Okay, dark room, no natural light, dark walls, 194 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: and then let's just fill it up with all sorts 195 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: of stuff clutter and so suddenly we are in a 196 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: really really small space. But let's take that same space 197 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: ten by ten room. Let's open it up to daylight. 198 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: In fact, let's open it up one wall virtually all 199 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: sliding glass door or glass okay, overlooking a lovely garden 200 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: or an expansive view, either one doesn't matter. Uh, and uh, 201 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: just the right amount of furniture in that room, just 202 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: the right amount of paint and the right tone of 203 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: paint in that room. And suddenly that ten by ten 204 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: space actually feels like just a sitting area in a 205 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: much larger landscape, and you don't feel cramped, and you 206 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 1: don't feel penned in. That's spacious ness doing what it does. 207 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: How do we get there? We'll talk about it right 208 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: after this. You are home, Dean Sharp the house whisper. 209 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 210 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 211 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to the program. I'm so glad that you are here. 212 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: We're talking about spring. Welcome to Spring. Uh and uh. 213 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: I'm right in the middle of helping you understand a 214 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: little bit better this idea of getting more of the 215 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: outside on the inside and not from a, you know, 216 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: kind of an ephemeral, abstract way. I'm trying to explain 217 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: the nuts and bolts and the practicality, the money saving practicality. 218 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: This is where we go next. Before I do that, though, 219 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: the person who lights up my day has made her 220 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: way into the studio. 221 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 3: Tina is here, Welcome home. Hey, how's it going beautiful outside? 222 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 3: It really does feel yeah it did well, I know 223 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: it is, but it really feels like it. 224 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 225 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: And things are looking good in the garden. 226 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 3: Flowers are bursting forth. 227 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: They're starting to find their way. So what are your 228 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: thoughts on this whole idea? You heard me talking about 229 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: opening up Vista's getting more light in and the idea 230 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: that even small spaces like our home don't necessarily need 231 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: to the budget to expand in a lot of circumstances, 232 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: because when you embrace a vista outside a room, it 233 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: becomes emotionally, mentally, psychologically part of the room. Your thoughts 234 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: on that, It absolutely does. 235 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 3: We've noticed a big difference when we redesigned the house 236 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 3: and we put in this massive slider that looks out 237 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 3: onto the deck. So now the room just you walk 238 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 3: in the front door, you're seeing all the way out, 239 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 3: so you're seeing the fire pit, you're seeing the sitting area. 240 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 3: So that actually feels like an extension of the house. 241 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: Now. Before, when we first bought the house and it 242 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: was in its original nineteen fifty eight state, there was 243 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: a wall just about eight feet in from the front door, 244 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: just a wall, bomp right there. It was, so you 245 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: just walk in and you're just stopped. 246 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're stunted. 247 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: And if we remove that wall and we get to 248 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: the next wall, it's only like fifteen feet away from 249 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: the front door, and boom, there's the end of the house. 250 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: But now there is this glass vista and now you 251 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: can see what thirty forty fifty feet back into the yard. Now, 252 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: no one comes in the front door and feels like 253 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: they're in a small space. 254 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, their eyes light up and they start looking beyond 255 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 3: and seeing all the destinations in the yard because we 256 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 3: have a lot of different layers and levels. 257 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: And we have altered the square footage of our house 258 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: exactly zero percent. It's just what it is. It's a 259 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: little cottage, but it's what it is. But we've opened 260 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: up the vistas wherever we can, and that's. 261 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 3: A natural light makes such a difference. 262 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: It's massive, massive difference, all right. So there it is. 263 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: That's the idea that we're talking about. So the reason 264 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: I put that out there is not only is it 265 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: such a critical design element to improve the beauty of 266 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: your home, but from a purely practical point of view, 267 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: we're talking about potentially saving the money of an addition 268 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: additions by the way, you know, hey, you want to 269 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: pay me to do an addition on your house. Great, 270 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: But honestly, additions, a third of your budget that you've 271 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 1: tucked away is going to go into structural elements that 272 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: you are not going to enjoy or see or participate 273 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: in on a daily basis. A third of that budget 274 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: is going literally into the ground footings, foundation work, end 275 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: up onto the roof, okay, not going to be a 276 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: part of the room and the space that you're creating. 277 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: So it is necessary to do exactly that when you 278 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: do an addition, and maybe your addition is necessary, but 279 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 1: let's make sure because otherwise we can allocate those funds 280 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: and far less of those funds to improving the house 281 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: in massive, massive ways without necessarily improving increasing the square footage. 282 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: That's the point. Okay. So for those of you who think, well, 283 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: Dean's always pushing us to spend money on bigger windows 284 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: or doors or adding windows and doors to our product, yeah, 285 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: I am, I am. If the alternative is a room edition, 286 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 1: absolutely I would much rather have you spend a couple 287 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: three thousand dollars on a big sliding glass door or 288 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: an oversize window, then ten to twenty times that much 289 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 1: on a room edition or on pushing out the house. 290 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: Do you see what I'm saying. It's a big, big, 291 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: big change and a big saving. So there you go. Now, 292 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: getting more outside onto the inside of the house is 293 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: not just about putting in windows and doors, about putting 294 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 1: them in the right place, okay. And the right place 295 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: is where your potential view is. And I have two 296 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: perspectives on this, and these are the two rules. These 297 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: are the two house whisperer rules. When it comes to 298 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 1: the placement of those extra windows or extra large glass doors. 299 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 1: It's this. Oh and by the way, right, let me 300 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: just back up one second. Some of you are going 301 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 1: to be tempted to think that I am referred when 302 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: I say large format glass doors, that I'm talking about 303 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: moveable glass walls. You know, the thing that everybody has 304 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 1: been teased with for a few years now, the idea that, oh, 305 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: we can just do a wall of these doors and 306 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: they all slide to the side, they either bifold or 307 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: they stack on top of each other, and just the 308 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: whole room opens up. Yeah, there's a time and a 309 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: place for that. But I got to tell you right now, 310 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: right now, and I'm probably undershooting this, Tina. You tell 311 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: me if i'm if i'm But right now, let's just 312 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: put it this way. Why don't you plan on about 313 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: two thousand dollars a linear foot for a movable glass wall. Okay, 314 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: maybe just a little bit under two thousand dollars a 315 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: linear foot. Okay. That means that you get out there. 316 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: You want a big sixteen foot or fourteen foot wide Okay, Yeah, 317 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: if it's a movable glass wall that has to open 318 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: up unsupported all the way across yeah, you're probably looking 319 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: at you know, twenty plus thousand dollars for that kind 320 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 1: of thing, at least at least okay, whereas a simple 321 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: traditional glass unit like a four panel sliding glass door 322 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: that has a fixed panel and then two movable panels 323 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: on the center the doors themselves, and then then another 324 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 1: fixed panel on the other side, that is a fraction 325 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: of the cost. It brings in almost in fact arguably 326 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 1: more light into the room because there aren't as many 327 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 1: door dividers, and it comes with screens, which means keeping 328 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: the bugs out. That's something they never tell you with 329 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: the movable glass walls. Screens. Okay, yeah, it's wide open, 330 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: completely wide open, and so there are a lot of 331 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: reasons to back away from the movable glass wall concept 332 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: if you're looking for something more reasonable, but you want 333 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: you ninety eight percent of the effect. And by the way, 334 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: a fourteen foot wide or I'll just make it the 335 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: math easy, a sixteen foot wide glass door unit, traditional 336 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: door unit in which you basically have what did I say, 337 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,239 Speaker 1: Did I just say sixteen feet wide? Now, let's let's go. 338 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 1: Let's see four times? Yeah, sixteen That means you'd have 339 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 1: four foot panels a four foot fixed glass panel, a 340 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: four foot door, another four foot door, and another four 341 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: foot fixed glass panel. So when you open up those 342 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:35,479 Speaker 1: two middle doors eight feet wide open space eight feet, 343 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: that's a lot. It's an awful lot. Does it need 344 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: to be clear open sixteen? That's the question they got 345 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: to ask yourself. Okay, So I just wanted to throw 346 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 1: that in since we were talking about this. So the 347 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: question is where to place them? Well, where to place 348 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: them has to do with the orientation of the room 349 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: and what is the potential view. And you might be saying, yeah, Dean, 350 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what the potential view is. I got 351 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: no view whatsoever. Well, here's the rule. If you've got 352 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: a great view, we capture it. If you have no view, 353 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: we create it. How does that work? We'll talk about 354 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: it right on the other side. Your Home Dean Sharp 355 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: the house whisper. 356 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 2: You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 357 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 2: KFI Am sixty. 358 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: We have not a moment to waste my friends in 359 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: this life. And if this is the home that you 360 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,439 Speaker 1: are calling home, if your forever home, your long term home, 361 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: then let's do what we can to make every moment 362 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: that you spend in that place the best that it 363 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 1: can possibly be. Now we're talking about Spring. The theme 364 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: of the show today is Welcome to Spring. I'm talking 365 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 1: about one of the biggest concepts that Spring invites us 366 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: to rethink, and that is getting more of the outside 367 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: onto the inside of the house. We've talked about the 368 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: value the value of opening up vistas, opening up adding windows, 369 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: adding large panels of glass doors in order to embrace 370 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,239 Speaker 1: outside and bring it in so that you don't have 371 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: to spending the money there, so you don't have to 372 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: necessarily do a room edition and make a room feel 373 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: more spacious by making it a larger space. Instead, let's 374 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: just make it feel more spacious and save a lot 375 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: of money. Then the question becomes the view. Where is 376 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: the view? Now, homes only have two versions of view. Okay, 377 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: it's very very simple. You either have a view or 378 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: you don't have a view. Okay. You either have something 379 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,479 Speaker 1: outside your home because you live on the you know, 380 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: the side of a glen, or you're you're up high 381 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: on a hill and you've got an overlook, or you've 382 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: got you know, you've got some lovely view somewhere on 383 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: your property, or you don't. In my case, Tina and I. 384 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: We just live in the flat in our neighborhood. We 385 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: are one home among many all around us. We're not 386 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: up on a hill. We're not you know, there's no 387 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: great mountain to see from where we are. We have 388 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 1: no natural view other than the neighbors and everything around us. 389 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 1: And so there are homes with views, there are homes 390 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: with no views. Okay, in the case of homes with views, 391 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: you capture it. In the case of homes with no views, 392 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: you create it. And I'm going to speak as long 393 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: as I can about this, or as long as I 394 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: need to about this. The let's just start with Dean's 395 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: commitment to capturing a great view. How committed is he? Well, 396 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: let me just tell you a little story. This one 397 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: is a good one from early on in my design career, 398 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: and and it'll kind of prove the point of how 399 00:24:54,960 --> 00:25:00,400 Speaker 1: important this is. So many many moons ago, this even 400 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: before I had met Tina and we were working together 401 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: as designers. Many moons ago, I was working on a 402 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: project in Pacific Palisades, up on the bluffs, you know, 403 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: in the Malibu kind of like in the Malibu Pacific 404 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: Palisades Corridor. And we're not talking about a beach house 405 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 1: in terms of one out on the sand. We're talking 406 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: about one on the you know, eastern side of Pacific 407 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 1: Coast Highway up the cliffs up. And so this property, 408 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: you now understand what I'm saying. This property was a 409 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: view property, view property, but the home was not a 410 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: view home. And here's the reason why. It was single 411 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: story home. Expansive, beautiful, single story home. Needed some updating 412 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: and remodeling, and that was on the agenda, and the 413 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: the owners and our clients came and said, all right, 414 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: here's the thing. The thing is that, you know, we 415 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: love our home, but we're thinking about, you know, adding 416 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: an entire second story to the home and then moving 417 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: what is now the first story up to the second 418 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: story and then putting just bedrooms and stuff on the 419 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: first floor. Because from where our house sits, the house 420 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: sits so far away from the edge of the cliff, 421 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: the cliff edge, that we actually don't have a view. 422 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 1: And so what this meant was this they had a 423 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: really deep backyard. Okay, so technically, if you walked all 424 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: the way out to the backyard and stood at the 425 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: back end of the property, you could look down and 426 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: see the ocean. You could see the ocean, you could 427 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: see everything that was going on out there, and it was, 428 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: you know, good, gorgeous. You know, literally a million dollar 429 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: view or a multimillion dollar view. But the house was 430 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: in set on this very flat lot a good one 431 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: hundred plus feet back, and so from the house all 432 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: you saw was lawn and then sort of kind of 433 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaker 1: what you might call it these days, an infinity lawn. 434 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: The lawn stopped, and then there was blue sky because 435 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: the beach in the ocean, the horizon line was far below. Okay, 436 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: so the idea was, well, let's just raise the house. Now, 437 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: these are people with, you know, money to spend, and 438 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: so they said, let's just raise the house. And that 439 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: was gonna be doable. It was gonna be a possibility. Okay, 440 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: of course it is, but wow, what a lot of money. 441 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: And the fact is they really liked their house the 442 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: way it was. So I think we were the third 443 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 1: or fourth design firm to be called in to evaluate 444 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: the property. And everybody had given them some sketches about 445 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: how to raise the house, maybe only raise part of 446 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: the house, and you know, you know me, I'm a troublemaker, 447 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 1: and I just asked could I just spend the day 448 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 1: and sitting on the property like I do? And so 449 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: I called my at the time at the end of 450 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: the day, and I said, hey, what if we just 451 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: brought the view in toward the house by lowering the backyard. 452 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: Instead of spending the gabillions to put an entire second 453 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: story on this house that they already love, why don't 454 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: we excavate the backyard down a few feet and increase 455 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: the sight line so that from the yard from the 456 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,199 Speaker 1: house we could actually pick up the beach. And so 457 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 1: discussions were had, and that's what we ended up doing, 458 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 1: A very unconventional kind of a twist on the whole thing. 459 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,239 Speaker 1: Cost them a fraction of what they were going to 460 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: spend on the house, second story edition, a full and 461 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: redo of the house. But this is the thing, you know. 462 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: From there on, I got this reputation that Dean will 463 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: move heaven and earth to get you the view. And 464 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: it's true, I will move. I can't move heaven, but 465 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: I will move a lot of earth to get you 466 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: the view. And sometimes that means actually dropping the backyard 467 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: down a few feet, having a deck and then some 468 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: steps or ramps down so that we can take advantage 469 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: of what's there, what you see from the edge of 470 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: the property. The point is this, if you've got a view, 471 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: capture where that view enters the house. Sometimes we've had 472 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,239 Speaker 1: decisions to flip the family room and the kitchen from 473 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: opposite sides, depending on what's most important. Lots to talk 474 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: about here, we'll talk about more of it right after 475 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: the break Your Home with Dean Sharp, The House Whisper. 476 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: This has been Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. 477 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: Tune into the live broadcast on KFI AM six forty 478 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: every Saturday morning from six to eight Pacific time and 479 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: every Sunday morning from nine to noon Pacific time, or 480 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.