trouble with kids is they don't go wandering on foot they prefer to catch the fastest thing around aka trams lol told them if you walk you'll see much more I don't use trams when I'm in the city I go wandering on foot :)

Hi Luke, love your question. Love and Loathe are very strong opinions. I think chromes ok! Just fiiiiiiine. Don't love it, probably wouldn't want it in my own kitchen. But don't loathe it. I like the pendants in your photo but prefer the chrome in this kitchen - same lights, just fresher/brighter colours!

It is a location for a statue, a sculpture (example in HOUZZ on tall sculpture). Something inviting, something that does not arrest/block your step and movement but moves you on to the lounge room, however, it should arrest your eyes, give you a quick message, a note, while you are moving forward. (I am personally also inclined to place a tall mirror there to keep tabs on my walk and figure and shape while moving through life. Then you would come to this corner and look -at yourself!) That would require the bricks to go or leave them till you have the time and guts to get them removed. Until then they can act as a plinth, a platform for the artwork. (I would personally never sit in this corner. Indoor plants may attract and be home to all kinds of critters.) spmm says further up: "it would be good to have something that LIFTS the eye". That is a great point! (Houzz) image from the link above.

The whole thing together is pretty hideous in my book. Hate the bed curtain more than anything (both in terms of pattern and just the style of it). Don't like wallpaper on slanted walls although I have nothing against this particular wallpaper