Absolutely the most important building in my life thus far is my childhood home. I lived there until I was 19 years old and already in college. I spent all of my time there, and going home was a reflex. Although I was familiar with the building, I didn’t like the way the house was constructed. Living in this house shaped my views of architecture because it showed me what I didn’t want in a future home.

One thing that I really disliked about this house was all of the columns. I generally like columns, but as you can see, my living room and dining room were full of columns in addition to the front porch. It seemed too fancy and out of place for the normal suburban neighborhood. The bright white just stood out too much, but columns look weird in any other color. When I think of columns, I think of amazing Greek buildings and Washington D.C.. I don’t think of Edmond Oklahoma and red brick.

This made me realize that I don’t like most suburban architecture because it doesn’t make sense to me. Our laundry room was so small that you couldn’t open both the doors at once. It didn’t seem well thought out. I would love to own a well crafted home one day. Although I won’t be able to immediately, that’s one of my main goals.