....I hate clutter ie: bowls for lipstick, glasses, keys etc dinky pots for a few broken stems, knick knacks...sorry.
Same in sitting room, in fact any room. IMO it's an 'old people's' habit, like having a table by your chair with glasses, tissues, remote, meds etc.
If I ever do that, I want to be put down.
Same as matchy matchy tie backs, cushions and curtains and worst of all...pelmets...yikes!! Anyway, curtains harbour dust unless they're vaccumed or washed weekly.
Sorry to say that wishy-washy colours do nothing to make a hime look interesting and inviting.
Cream, duck egg blue, pale green, almond or any mix of those colours, is bland. And eye-watering yellow is harsh esp in a galley kitchen and esp married with black and white.
Reminds me of the school kitchens of yesteryear.