Home with Dean Sharp

Dean talks about how to design like he does, and how you look at your home makes all the difference in design.  Dean takes calls from listeners about how to fix and maintain large sliding doors, how to mitigate heat on a west facing wall, the best solution for fascia when putting a new roof on a home and the difference in LVP "luxury vinyl plank flooring" and 'regular' vinyl flooring when it...

Dean talks about how to design like he does, and how you look at your home makes all the difference in design.  Dean takes calls from listeners about how to fix and maintain large sliding doors, how to mitigate heat on a west facing wall, the best solution for fascia when putting a new roof on a home and the difference in LVP "luxury vinyl plank flooring" and 'regular' vinyl flooring when it...

Our next caller needs to replace the fume hood over her gas range in her kitchen and is after Dean’s expert recommendations.  Cracks in your concrete driveway? Let's talk about inexpensive alternatives for repairs that don’t mean replacing the entire thing. Plus, what’s the best way to make your stairs safe if you’re install...

Today on the all-calls Saturday, Dean’s first caller bought his first home and is wondering what the first thing is he should do to make improvements.  Is there an organization in LA that serves low-income people or seniors who need home repairs like plumbing? Our next caller wants to know!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dean discusses all the exciting future-proof happenings, tech, gadgets and whatsits that went down at the annual 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, which recently took place in Las Vegas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s first caller lives in a one-bedroom apartment on the ground floor, and he needs to boost the strength of waterflow from the kitchen sink, and really, every faucet in the house. Is there a way he can do this without tearing out the wall to replace the pipes?  The next caller lives in a house built on a granite mountain and is wondering if she needs earthquake insurance....

Today, Dean discusses all the exciting future-proof happenings, tech, gadgets and whatsits that went down at the annual 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, which recently took place in Las Vegas.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meanwhile, over in Burbank, a caller wants to put in a door that leads from his living room to his garage conversion and needs Dean’s expert design advice on placement and construction.  A caller in Texas lives in a house that's just three years old, but the furnace has fungus! What can he do to remedy that?  To more on copper...

Today on another beautiful all-calls Saturday, Dean’s first caller has solar power paneling, which she owns rather than leases, installed on her home, and it isn’t producing energy as it’s meant to, even though it’s only two years old.  Our next caller is re-piping her house for a remo...

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.

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 recom...

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...

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 barrie...

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 ne...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 ne...

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 LE...

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&...

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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dean teaches you how to cope with concrete cracks! Dean Sharp design wizardry can be heard every weekend on KFI AM640. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 f...