# 🤯 What Was Your Most Surprising or Unique Client Request?

**URL:** <https://forum.houzz.com/t/what-was-your-most-surprising-or-unique-client-request/498>\
**Category:** The Break Room\
**Created:** [July 17, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.houzz.com/t/what-was-your-most-surprising-or-unique-client-request/498 "2025-07-17T20:21:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Fabozzi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.houzz.com/elizabeth_fabozzi1/32/1899_2.png) [@Elizabeth\_Fabozzi1](https://forum.houzz.com/u/Elizabeth_Fabozzi1)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.houzz.com/t/what-was-your-most-surprising-or-unique-client-request/498/1 "2025-07-17T20:21:11Z")

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**🤯 What Was Your Most Surprising or Unique Client Request?**

Working with clients keeps things interesting—especially when they ask for something totally unexpected. Whether it made you laugh, scratch your head, or get extra creative, we want to hear about the client requests that caught you off guard.

From bold design choices to wild build ideas, share your most memorable client stories below!

— The Houzz Pro Team 🛠🎨

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**Author:** ![Dalton\_FritzScott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.houzz.com/dalton_fritzscott/32/965_2.png) [@Dalton\_FritzScott](https://forum.houzz.com/u/Dalton_FritzScott)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.houzz.com/t/what-was-your-most-surprising-or-unique-client-request/498/2 "2025-09-08T21:18:45Z")

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I just had a client want to close up multiple windows in her house. We ended up removing 4 windows 😢 🤦

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**Author:** ![Amorphous\_Studio](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.houzz.com/amorphous_studio/32/723_2.png) [@Amorphous\_Studio](https://forum.houzz.com/u/Amorphous_Studio)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.houzz.com/t/what-was-your-most-surprising-or-unique-client-request/498/3 "2025-09-22T03:50:45Z")

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I had a client who was very passionate about design and made selections for the exterior finishes of their home, which was quite busy, and the house felt disconnected. After the suggestions I gave, they toned it down, and the house now feels quite coherent.