No. Both of my Ts had decent offices and I never had an urge to change anything even though, if they were my offices, I would decorate them differently. My last T's couch in one of his offices (he uses two at two locations in the city) was not the most comfortable - too soft for my taste. But I usually found a spot on it that felt okay and never said anything. There was also a pretty strong smell always lingering in the waiting room from some product the cleaners used, but I could not smell it in the actual T room. Too bright lighting would bother me but none of them had that. I sometimes asked the Ts about some of the objects but merely out of curiosity, not because I meant to change them.
I think if the office had too many toys and kids' stuff, especially all over the space, that would bother me. Probably because I am not used to that, don't have kids and never worked in places that had anything to do with kids. My last T had some toys neatly tucked away in a corner and that did not bother me.
One of the very few things I liked about my first T was how he had his own artwork (paintings) hanging on the walls. I did not particularly like his art but did like how he used it to make the space an expression of himself, it had a good balance as otherwise the office looked quite professional and traditional for a T office.
I once interviewed a T whose office was rather quirky and artsy - one wall had a large graffiti (one really interesting and nicely done) and the general furniture and decoration was also pretty unconventionally artistic but had nothing distasteful and cheap, everything looked high quality and harmonious. I liked that office a lot and would have loved spend an hour there weekly, but I did not like the T himself so never went back. I also liked a few other offices that had a sort of high-end business feel.
One feature that would really bother me to the point of not going back in a T office is messiness or dirt, but I have never seen any.
Regarding offering something to drink, my last T sometimes had either a small water bottle or a plastic cup filled with water upon my arrival. I grabbed the bottle once and never opened in the office but took it with me - why not? Otherwise I never touched the water unless I was genuinely thirsty.
I don't like when a T makes elaborate interpretations based on whether or not a client criticizes or asks for something in the office (or never asks), I think it can be very superficial and misleading. For example, one of mine once got into a monologue when I did not take an envelope he offered to put the insurance form in, how it was interpreted as my not needing/accepting help. In reality, I simply did not need the envelope as I had a folder in my purse and was not planning to mail the paperwork but submit online. But when he did the same later, I just took the envelope as I did not want to get into that irrelevant talk again. I guess if a client had a repeated tendency to criticize, refuse, or want to change something in the office, that can be interesting to discuss but pushing sophisticated interpretations on it and using it as a test is a stretch IMO.
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