Home with Dean Sharp

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Home with Dean Sharp episodes

November 04, 2023 Fireplaces | Hour 2
Dean's focus today is fireplaces. Are they still needed in modern homes or are they obsolete? Historically, the fireplace played a cruicial role in the home for warmth, cooking and safety, but advancements have made them less needed in modern times. He discussed wood-burning, gas fireplaces, prefab fireplaces, and the differences and efficiency of all of them. He also discussed different design concepts for fireplaces in new home builds and renovations. A listeners asks Dean's advice on a tankless water heater that is no longer providing 'instant' heat.

31 min
October 29, 2023 How To Make A Rental Home Your Own Part 2 | Hour 1
Dean guides listeners through the process of making a plain rental feel like your own home without angering your landlord or breaking the bank. Dean offers suggestions to get around the limitations that often come with rentals. He addresses how to easily transform a bathroom in your rental by changing things like shower heads and faucets, and settling on a design theme for the entire space to personalize it. A listener asks Dean's advice on ceiling height in a brand new build for an open concept living and dining area, and whether an 8 foot or 9 foot ceiling height makes a huge difference in a space, design wise and if so, how big of a difference there is in price.
30 min
October 29, 2023 How To Make A Rental Home Your Own Part 2 | Hour 2
Dean guides listeners through the process of making a plain rental feel like your own home without angering your landlord or breaking the bank. Dean offers suggestions to get around the limitations that often come with rentals like using magnetic skins to transform the look of kitchen appliances without causing damage. Dean answers listener questions regarding; a kitchen sink in a rental that keeps clogging and flooding the space, leveling a living room with a 6 inch drop to make it flush with the rest of the floor, and how to fix a separation in a floor tile seam under a soaking tub.
29 min
October 29, 2023 How To Make A Rental Home Your Own Part 2 | Hour 3
Dean guides listeners through the process of making a plain rental feel like your own home without angering your landlord or breaking the bank. Dean offers suggestions to get around the limitations that often come with rentals like; using peel-and-stick tiles and to transform floors and walls in kitchens and bathrooms, and enhancing a balcony space with hardwood or vinyl interlocking tiles. He also reminds listeners that very small design elements like throws, pillows and counter and cabinet storage can change the personality of a space.
40 min
October 28, 2023 How To Make A Rental Home Your Own Part 1 | Hour 1
Dean guides listeners through the process of making a plain rental feel like your own home without angering your landlord or breaking the bank. Dean offers suggestions to get around the limitations that often come with rentals. He also reviews the one thing that is common in ALL rental properties and how you can make simple changes to that one thing that will transform your entire space. A listener tells Dean that he inspired him to renovate a Sears & Roebuck 1930's mail order cabin in the local Southern California mountains and wonders what he should do about the cabin's original single pane aluminum windows.
27 min
October 28, 2023 How To Make A Rental Home Your Own Part 1 | Hour 2
Dean guides listeners through the process of making a plain rental feel like your own home without angering your landlord or breaking the bank. Dean offers suggestions to get around the limitations that often come with rentals, reviews how simple changes to things like window treatments, lighting, switch plates, and drawer pulls and knobs can make a big difference in the personality of a space and make it feel like home. One listener tells Dean that he inspired him to renovate a Sears & Roebuck 1930's mail order cabin in the local Southern California mountains and wonders what he should do about the cabin's original single pane aluminum windows. Other listeners ask Dean's advice about rain gutters, whether they should be metal or vinyl, and how to deal with local officials regarding county codes when it comes to fixing a hole in a roof.

30 min
October 22, 2023 Ghosts and Architecture | Hour 1
Dean talks about an actual haunted house and welcomes a special guest, his sister Darcy Staniforth, as they delved into the history of the Historic Kellogg House in Santa Ana. Serving as the official Haunted OC Ghost Tour guide, Darcy reveales the secrets behind the home, built in 1898, a gift from Hiram Clay Kellogg to his second wife, Helen. They talk about the history of Hiram Kellogg, the intriguing architectural details of the house and the influential role Kellogg played as a civil engineer in shaping the landscape of Southern California.
30 min
October 22, 2023 Ghosts and Architecture | Hour 2
Dean continues his discussion of the Historic Kellogg House in Santa Ana with his special guest, his sister Darcy Staniforth, the official Haunted OC Ghost Tour guide. They talk about Hiram Kellogg, the history of the home, built in 1898, a gift from Hiram Clay Kellogg to his second wife, Helen. They also discuss the intriguing architectural details of the home and the influential role Kellogg played as a civil engineer in shaping the landscape of Southern California.
34 min
October 22, 2023 Ghosts and Architecture | Hour 3
Dean continues his discussion of the Historic Kellogg House in Santa Ana with his special guest, his sister Darcy Staniforth, who is the official Haunted OC Ghost Tour guide. They talk about Hiram Kellogg, the history of the home, built in 1898, a gift from Hiram Clay Kellogg to his second wife, Helen. They also discuss the intriguing architectural details of the home and the influential role Kellogg played as a civil engineer in shaping the landscape of Southern California.
37 min
October 21, 2023 Haunted House | Hour 1
Do you hear mysterious sounds in your home? Do those squeaks, creaks and groans make you think your home is haunted? That's probably not why your home is talking to you and there's probably a solution to the problem. Dean addresses how to address squeaky hardwood floors, and how to deal with subfloor issues. A listener seeks Dean's advice on the costs of building a new, modern home using concrete and corrugated steel and whether or not you can do a polished concrete floor on the second floor of a home.

30 min

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