Home with Dean Sharp
Nobody knows your home like The House Whisperer. From architecture and construction to decor and DIY, Dean Sharp—custom home designer and builder—shows you how to transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. Listen live, Saturdays 6-8am PST and Sundays 9-12pm PST.
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Bedrooms are among the least expensive places in the home to design and upgrade. Think of it as $10s of dollars per square foot. That room in and of itself is merely a space with walls and a floor, and yet it serves as a retreat. Does it need to be a big space or something more intimate and cozier?
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Today’s first caller is doing a remodel of the family room and is wondering about bias lighting behind a big-screen, flat-panel TV.
Next up, a caller was wondering how long you can keep your water heater beyond the warranty and before it leaks?
Another caller needs to replace her front exterior door and is wondering if she should go for fiber glass, timber, or whatever options Dean may recommend.
And what about water in natur...
Bedrooms are among the least expensive places in the home to design and upgrade. Think of it as $10s of dollars per square foot. That room in and of itself is merely a space with walls and a floor, and yet it serves as a retreat. Does it need to be a big space or something more intimate and cozier?
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Following all this marimba and xylophone chitchat, Dean heads back to the phone lines. In the second hour, the first caller had safety concerns following last year’s big wildfires that devastated parts of SoCal. To that end, he’s been researching fire prevention devices for homes and is wondering if there’s a trade show that will offer all these tools and...
As half the U.S. freezes over with a diagonal storm swiping across the country causing a state of emergency in 16 states, Dean is grateful we live in sunny Southern California where icy weather rarely touches us.
Today’s first caller has a question about Dean’s recommendations regarding the self-sealing vapor barrier that replaces traditional roofing...
When it comes to home design, there are hundreds of architectural styles and thousands of variations on those, but if you visit any home in any city or town across America, there will be one of four styles of home.
So, what are those four types of homes? The first is the saddest, it’s the house of neglect. In Dean’s expert eyes, the second one is nearly as bad as the house of neglect — it’s the house ...
Today's first caller has questions about the best type of flooring to place over a concrete slab to prevent mold. The next caller is installing an electric fireplace and wants Dean’s expert design opinion about mounting height and pop-out, plus recommendations on the best type of TV to mount over the fireplace.
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When it comes to home design, there are hundreds of architectural styles and thousands of variations on those, but if you visit any home in any city or town across America, there will be one of four styles of home.
So, what are those four types of homes? The first is the saddest, it’s the house of neglect. In Dean’s expert eyes, the second one is nearly as bad as the house of neglect — it’s the house ...
Solar power? So many questions that Dean is ready to answer! Spoiler alert: Dean is a fan of solar energy, especially here in California, where it will still save you money.
What can Dean tell us about acrylic stucco finishes? Turns out, a lot!
The last caller has a dark corner in his bedroom and he is trying to figure how to bring in the daylight using LED lighting.
Dean’s first caller is having hot-water troubles in her kitchen and needs to know what is necessary to get hot water to her sink, like, yesterday!
The next caller is in his brand-new house. It sits on poured concrete slabs that are reinforced with metal bars, and there is a sign placed near the slabs by the builders that says “do not drill” — what does that mean?...
Dean takes your calls all show! Helping you understand a little more about your home.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dean takes your calls all show! Helping you understand a little more about your home.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dean takes your calls all show! Helping you understand a little more about your home.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dean takes your calls on a Saturday morning!
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Dean teaches you how to cope with concrete cracks!
Dean Sharp design wizardry can be heard every weekend on KFI AM640.
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Cost, quality and time. For you to get the best out of your home design, you must give time to your project in the right way — it makes all the difference in the world. Slow down. Good takes time, excellent takes even more time. When it comes to design, listen to your house, but most importantly, listen to yourself!
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Today’s first caller is having fireplace issues. When she attempted to light it on this cold, rainy morning, an ash smell covered the entire house — what's up with that?
The next caller's bathtub faucet snapped clean off! He looked inside the spout and saw that it was completely corroded internally. Can he replace it himself?
Back on the phones, a liste...
Cost, quality and time. For you to get the best out of your home design, you must give time to your project in the right way — it makes all the difference in the world. Slow down. Good takes time, excellent takes even more time. When it comes to design, listen to your house, but most importantly, listen to yourself!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A listener lives on the bottom floor of an apartment complex and said there was no sound insulation laid. The sound impact goes boom, boom , boom in each of her rooms! What can she do to make her space a quieter sanctuary?
Our next caller is on a budget and wants to know what Dean thinks about painting over old tile floors instead of replacing them?
Our final call...
Today’s first caller has a problem with termites and is wondering about the company that can turn wood into a metal-like substance that's stronger than steal and not termite prone? Do we really want to blow up the world’s rainforests for the building industry?
The next caller needs to correct his hardwood floor because the subfloor wasn’t laid properly and now it’s&nb...
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