When you look around your place...does it reflect who you are?

I wish my place was like you, but then again I still don't have a house to consider and call as my own.

But my room does reflect who I am and what I am doing, you could see books that I enjoy reading and some designs that I posted on my wall. You'll also see my guitars in it, I have two guitars with one electric and an acoustic. I love music, I think that's what I enjoy doing the most whenever I'm alone and want to enjoy my OWN music!;) I do like what my new room looks like right now, it pretty much expresses the simple side of me..

As for what we have outside, mostly you'll see different plant species and variations of faunas from herbs to flower-blooming plants!;) Not much is put outside, but we also keep birds as pets. Our house is just a typical one, with garden and lawn that's just right for a simple family to own!;)

I love myspace, it is the top floor of a older duplex, a 2br, more then enough room for me, I collect angels, fairies as well. I love glass, too. I am collector. I have my treasures, but my space is still open and organized.Can't have clutter on tables, or floor. My home also is full of house plants, I have a my puter in the sunroom, and a 3 season porch as well. The space has lots of nice storage space like a pantry, linen closet and a built in buffett to hold some of those collected treasures and a plate rail as well. It all reflects my love of art, music, and nature.Out back is a lovely little patio, with a firepit and my gardens. So for me if life never changed I would do just fine, I have contentment here.

It sounds like the approach you use for your clients to declutter might be a little like Feng-Shui? A thought there. I've never liked clutter and am constantly getting rid of the old (perhaps pave way for the new?)

My "work" area of where my computer is both functional and a bit decorative...and organized. In one shelf are my directories of The Photographer's Market and Writer's Market...also have some volumes on the top of the hutch...To add a bit of "decor" though I have things or a Native American theme, my Southwestern style lamp, and my figurines, including my wolf figurine (my totem animal) Adjacent to my computer desk I have just one of my enormous vision boards...then pasted all over my desk are print ups of 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 dollar bills plus a print up of the words.."Thoughts Become Things" --I include a photo of my computer area. Why I don't know but my little "mascot" that I keep on my scanner is of a stuffed rabbit toy..Wondering if that has some significance why I choose a rabbit...LOL

My bedroom is a real reflection of both my personality and of my religious path of Wicca/Pagan as I have on each "direction" wall a reflection of the symbolism of each direction according to Wicca...and for a bit of whimsy I have a bona fide Black Witches hat hanging from the middle of the ceiling...I also have my guitar hanging up on one wall...plus framed photos of mine, including copies of past covers where my photos were published--I store most of my photo work in my bedroom as well in containers...plus have a bookcase filled with my wiccan/pagan books...The color scheme is a custom color of deep turquoise blue on adjacent walls while on the other adjacent walls is custom color deep lavender.

My "Library" area is actually the hallway leading to the bathroom...only place I could store the floor to ceiling bookcases and every inch of space is filled with books..

While my apartment in general is not cluttered, neither does it have a "sterile" appearance..it's very much lived in...LOL

phew...i just answered a post about health care...i do need to "lighten up" before bed!!A few years ago I actually wanted to write a book called "Yourself as A House"...as a real estate agent I spent a many long hours by myself in other people's houses, which kind of makes you nutty after awhile, lol...But you notice things, silly things, like the way the dishes are displayed or where people leave their shoes or have pictures or a wine collection, etc.
And from that experience I've realized that your house says more about you than you realize. Everything from the outside yard to the inside of your closet gives you a bit of a glimpse of who you are...even if you hate your house or don't like it or have no control over it. I have found that basic dream symbolism as far as colors or objects kind of relates to the same things in waking life...
hmmm...maybe I SHOULD write that book, lol...I think there's a rough draft on a hard drive somewhere here...my house would tell you I'm a busy somewhat disorganized mom who hates clutter and needs more storage, lol. I have no knick knacks, but the boxes piled to the ceiling in the garage should say I'm a packrat.
You would also recognize I'm a bit crazy, I made a 4x8 black and white collage hanging in my living room!

Well... your home definitely represent who you are. Paticulary if you own your own home.

If you don't... only your possessions represent who you are.

In the last 7 years... I did not had a proper home for 5 of those years. Even so I had a roof over my head... I never did call it home... because most of my possessions were in storage. I did live for two years in a 4 bedroom house (the one with the photos of me)... but without my possessions. I thought of it as "camping". Then I did spend two years in a one bedroom flat which was not big enough to bring all my stuff in. It was never considered as "home".

Lets put it this way...
A luxury hotel room in a scenic paradise would not feel like home to me.

But if I was living in a double garage with all my possessions neatly arranged around me... I would call it home.

Our possessions represent our past and who we are. Those who don't believe in possessions and like to live out of a suitcase are very shallow people and it will eventually come back and bite them as they get older.

Note...
Loving your possessions is not being materialistic. There is a fine balance between the two.

Raia, no way at the moment does my home reflect who I am.
Until a certain person who lives here also removes his junk it will not either.

Now on the other hand our backyard and 10 car garage sure reflects who the other person who lives here is.
He is a hoarder and collector.
I would not mind so much if it was all packed away neatly, but no it is everywhere.
I call him "StepToe" I am just glad he does not have a son.

Absolutely! From the clutter at my work spaces to my paintings on the walls.

I used to be quite neat. But since retiring I've become downright slovenly! I think it reflects my loss of purposeful direction when I had to quit work.

There is also a variety of Native American items throughout the house, mostly pieces we've purchased on trips to Native lands.

And one wall of the hall is covered with photos of family and friends. It's our Hall of Fame! Lots of cute photos of grandkids predominate.

I'm slowly trying to get rid of things that I don't want or need anymore. They have tended to collect in the basement. I want to "lighten my load" in life and move a lot of the "stuff" out. Some goes in the trash, some into recycling, and some to the church rummage sale. A few things will go to the grown kids.

It is astonishing how much stuff one can collect without even trying!

When I lived in London my apartment was filled with hundreds of books, dozens of pictures and many decorative and ornamental items. I gave them all to charity when I moved. In my new accommodation I have 1 picture and 2 hand decorated mirrors.If you walked in you would see that I like to read, and that I use a computer. That is all. Maybe it does sum up who I am at this stage of my life.

cool service!

I would say that, yes, my surroundings do reflect who I am. Our home has something reflecting our religion in every room and likely on near every wall...
the surroundings also reflect my musical interests - with a couple fiddles, a dulcimer, a wurlitzer organ and an 1856 upright piano... the bookcases are filled with historical religious works.

they also reflect that I am a mother and that we live a frugal life.

Maybe you have a big house where you can decorate so many. It is your reflection I would say. What you have in your house is what you are. My place is a small flat in the city. I like it even it is just enough for the three of us. I like framed art which I personally prepare, of course I buy the frame and do the framing. I like native decorations, and cabinet made of wood with natural color. As you stay longer in your flat, it is getting more small as you keep on puting and buying new things. Our house in the province is so airy, near the mountain, and there are plants around the house. It was a two hour ride from the city and I used to go home only once in a while. But if given another chance to have another unit, I want it clutter free. I want everything in order, but with the busy things that we are in I cannot just make it as I wanted it to be. Nice decor.