Start with the floors in the first room. Write down every emotion you feel, no matter how complex, when you look at the floor. If it reminds you of the stinginess of your Uncle Frederick for some unknown reason, just write that down. On to each throw rug -- how do they make you feel. If it reminds you of your life being improved starting from many years ago, or if its 100% utilitarian, or whatever thoughts arise, just jot it down.
With every area or item you write notes on, never descibe the item itself, only the memories, relationships, emotions and other intangibles that it's existance stirs up. Relax, and enter into an alpha state, if possible.
Next, go on to the walls, the furniture, the shelves, and every other important material piece in the area between floor and ceiling. Describe each, on a feeling level, as above.
Look out the windows and describe your thoughts and reactions. Lastly, describe the room's ceiling in the same way.
Go to each room and write about them in this stream of consciousness fashion. You should find at the end of your study that your subtle thoughts and feelings are expressed materially in your home more than you thought.
Now, for the 'cure'. For example, if you have discovered that the sofa reminds you of the bad company your children kept last year, its time to ask yourself: 'What do I want my social life to be like?' Take time thinking of the most inspirational thoughts on that question. When you've concluded the highest ideal, try to improve the thought one more time to make sure you've gone for your highest emotion and are not selling your dreams short! Once you're pleased with the findings, it is time to look through magazines and find the sofa that will function as an 'ideal emotion', and not just a pretty picture from a catalog.
If the exercise shows you that a rose is just a rose, and decorating has nothing to do with your emotional world, you may defensively depend on attention and approval of others, and your furniture may be very angular. Try adding a grand chair for self-importance, and round furniture to be comfortable with feelings.
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