add sunlight and shadows to the space place recessed ceilings lights to ceilings add books and family photos to the bookshelves on back wall and wood shiplap to the wall behind the tv in the same stain as the bookshelves add led lights to the underside of wall cabinets and inside glass cabinets place white dishes inside glass front cabinets leave microwave as is and remove dishes showing over the microwave oven does not have dishes inside