Samantha B I just completed my kitchen Reno in Perth. My pantry was also bricked up like yours. Literally doubled the space by getting rid of it but we found out after that the pantry was structural & we had to put an extra support beam in the roof instead ($800) so be careful of that! We completely moved the plumbing, gas & electrics & it only cost a few hundred! So don't be afraid to do that as long as u know decent priced tradies! We ended up doing nearly everything ourselves & went with a masters flat packed kitchen & sourced our own stone benchtops dirt cheap ($2500 installed for a 2m bench & a 1.5m island each with one waterfall edge.). Heres before & after pics.

Hausplanter50 tiles are honed grey!! Pipes in pictures are displayed after the old bathroom was pulled out.

I think it will be fine. You have other timber elements in the room with the timber floors and timber (?) picture rail. A few "white" objects/accent pieces on the servery/buffet may help. And you could use a table runner (or similarly long, thin piece of fabric) along the surface of the servery/buffet to lighten and brighten it a little. It looks like you've purchased a lovely home with a lot of character. I wouldn't try to hide or obscure that character too much.

hi there without knowing the measurements, you have a lot of small peices of furniture and other so I would start with reducing this Move the wardrobe over the where the dressing table is, place dressing table under the window and perhaps a narrow lot of shelves beside it running up to the door, and behind if deep enough, it's a bit hard to see from the photos, I would make the shelves a tall unit. I can se that you might have to get someone to run a power supply across under the window, for your hairdryer. A lamp would be nice floor or wall mounted for reading and a night light. and change the curtain for a blind cheers