brighten up the space and add bright sunlight and shadows add recessed lights to ceiling place a white orchid on the island top place a soap dispenser left of the kitchen sink and glass jars tot he right of the sink for kitchen storage items like flour sugar change trees outside the windows to green leaves change the cabinetry stain to be more of a matte stain and less shiny move storage jars to the right side of sink and delete jars showing right of the range add a knife block right of the range remove orchid from floor make floors less shiny they are a matte finish