The home I grew up in has had a lot of influence on me architecturally. My parents bought a one-story house in 1998 and knocked it down. On the lot they built a three-story home. This home was bigger replica of our house my parents built before I was born. The outside architecture is very french country with red/pink brick. Because my dad designed it (who is not an architect) I got witness and help with picking  certain features. I have fond memories of watching them put in the counter tops, staircase railings, my rooms two built-in desks, the wood flooring, and the wood beams my dad put in on the ceiling in our kitchen. It influences me because its my parents home, and I got to witness the building of it.