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

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.

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.

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!;)

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.

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

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.

I do beleive our house protrays us pretty good . Front room is painted blue with all kind of NAtive Indian pics all around Kithchen cabnits a lavander and I have a dream catcher hanging over my dryer . I also made curtains for kitchen and CHeys bedroom with all kinds of Indian designs. Now the puter room is the Elvis room with all of Lindas collection in it but also 2 indian statueettes. look to the righgt above the rust colored chair that is just a f3 of what we have on the wals in front room.

This is an interesting question. I had to think about it for a while, actually, because no answer really comes simply to me. :P On one hand, it doesn't represent who I am as much as I would like it to. Part of this is simply the issue of renting, and not having freedom to put up things as much as I'd like, or paint and things like that. If I were decorating a home, it wouldn't have all white walls like this, to start with. I would like to have some pictures up and maybe a few anime posters or wall scrolls too. If I had proper space, I would have a lot more room for my spiritual items to stay set up instead of constantly being brought and and put away, and with proper storage space, things probably wouldn't be as messy. On the other hand, the fact that my house is kind of impersonal and messy speaks to the fact that I don't live in this world all that well. I get lost in spiritual matters, or in my own mind, or just ELSEWHERE, and physical day-to-day matters sort of get away from me. So in that way, my space makes a bit of sense for me.

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!

i am gurvinder from Gharala,Gurdaspur-punjab. but i wanna tell some time my place show to other that who is i but some time it shows oppisite.well now i wanna tell uthat when i go for work in field then u can that he is looks like that but when i get ready and wear good clothes then u will say that i have camed from any oher city. but let me tell u that where i lives i have many things. and that things show me who am i?

Yes, it absolutely does! I mean if I had a dirty disorganized room, and I had visitors who do know me at all, they will think of me as being messy. Also, pictures and art drawing that I put on my wall, reflects who I am. For instance, if I had posters of just famous pop stars, I would be deemed as a person who is just interested in pop stars. However, if I had an artistic drawing of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa or the Last Supper, I might be viewed as a completely sophisticated person. That is how I just feel. -Feel Free to Disagree

Raia, Hello my friend. I have missed seeing your words. I happened to be going to bed after saying I was going to do it for the last hour. Apparently I was not meant to go to bed yet. I am actually headed to bed after this post. I think your house does reflect you. I know when I am nuts in my life, well my room looks like it does now. When I am calm it is clean. Go figure. I try to keep a balance, however life as a writer does have its draw backs. Ainge

oh yes. i was raised with music for my dad is a musician. i grew up with a lot of noise plus the quarrel that my mom and dad lol. i grew up with a lot of speakers around, insrtuments suck as drums and different kinds of guitar. big stereos etc. now if i will invite you in my place you will see something like that but more in a caring way.i am a bassist and i have 2 different base guitar. if you will take a look at it there are no scratches. i really take care of my things. i have a lot of collection of tapes, cd's. i also have a keyboard a guitar (electric and not) i keep my place tidy and neat because i have a kid who is so energetic and i dont want him to be braking anything.

The choice of colours and Some of my furniture doesnt reflect what i would have chosen BUT when you dont have something and its given to you or inherited...beggars cant be choosers. I love garage sale items that i can repaint and make my own. i have permission to paint the rooms in the house but i havent had the time to do it all. I like to think that some the items I have boughten myself and my knickknacks and collections of things reflect who i am and what i like.

My house represent who I am for sure. I am minimalist. I have wind in my closet with limited clothes only. Each room in my house has only few furnitures. Floor is easy to clean and walls are earthy in colors. House is set up for comfort. I am still during house remodeling adding more functionality and comfort.

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Hi perspectives, Being pensioners, We really don't have the money to spend on our house, so it really isn't the way we want it. At the same time, I guess it does, to some extent anyway, reflect who we are. It's home and that's what matters to us right now. Blessings.

The decor in my home is pretty modern. I like modern though. Most of what I owned was destroyed though, including many of my mirrors and paintings that used to adorn my walls. I cannot replace them because I had painted them or my husband had painted them early on in our relationship. We are slowly re-decorating everything but are finding that we are doing it in a way that is pretty different than what we had. My husband has recently bought me new canvas but my heart just hasn't been in it lately.

I think Yes.. because i am a homesome person and I like to stay at home. I always have the touch of blue in everything and that reflects what i am made of and I want the way it is set up. I make sure that my place is clean all the time because when theres a mess theres always trouble..

I don't think my house represents who I am. Most of my stuff is still in storage due to limited space. Another reason I feel this way is because this is only a temporary location until I find something bigger. I don't think I have had a place that "feels" like home in about 3 years. Now that I reflect back I wish I had never left my "home" that I had. But one day soon I hope to have another place that I can personalize so that I feel like it reflects who I am.