Funny things my architect has said

This is kind of like those Christmas letters that couples with young children send. (Note to those couples: only the childrens' grandmothers like those. Sometimes those grandmothers even post them on the frig and require others to read them--or listen while they are read aloud. Even though the people who are being forced to listen already received one of their own.)

My architect is very good at what he does. He is also good at saying everything that crosses his mind. I mentioned in the previous post that his response to the pictures of the light fixtures I was considering was disgust. He said things like, "Eww" and "What is THAT?" before finding one about which he could say, "Well, that's not horrible." What redeems him is that he was right. Like I said before, I was thinking I would show some individuality and put in something 'different'. I don't know why I got that idea because I am really a bland, conforming sort of person.

Here are some of the more extreme rejects:




This one got the "not horrible":


See? He saved me from attempting to be artistic. That's harder than it looks

At one of our early meetings Carlisle asked about diagonal wood. Robert told him we couldn't do that and when Carlisle asked why, Robert said, "Because it isn't the seventies and we don't have a time machine." I agree with the sentiment, but sheesh. A few minutes later Robert asked Carlisle a question and Carlisle said, "I'm still stinging from that last comment."

I was standing in the master bathroom with Robert, my builder and the electrician discussing having heated floors in there. Robert asked me why I wanted these (we live in southern California so his question had some merit), and I said it was because I am always cold. He looked me up and down and said, "That's because you have no body fat. You don't need heated floors, you need a pork chop."

A woman came into his office and introduced him to his daughter. Robert said, "If you were my daughter you'd be wearing more clothes." Even HE was embarrassed about that one. Said it just came out of his mouth. What a card.