If you don’t need the wall storage, I think plants would be a nice counterbalance to the gray and white kitchen.

Especially by that window! They’d love it!

We don't know what your storage needs are. I love the idea of plants, either on the cabinet or hanging in front of the window.

My wise mother taught me that not all spaces in a home need to be filled with stuff, and not all walls need something on them.

a simple canvas.

Maybe a couple-few narrow open narrow shelves or two or a nice piece of art. It's not so much the open space above the cabinet that looks odd to me, its the void between the cabinet and window. It needs something. Maybe a potted plant or a stool, just something to fill in the space but still allow you to access to the window.

@porkchop_z5b_MI - we normally have a basket there with our dog's toys/leash but I moved that for the picture as I don't love it there. I agree it looks odd.

I can really picture a stool there, something in a rich wood tone to add warmth and round to counter all the rectangular lines. Something like this, but is it too big to fit into the dimensions of the space?

At first i thought art, but being that close to a wondow, it could fade. perhaps inexpensive art or a cool clock. (be warned, i will be hammered for suggesting a clock here, but i love my wall clock. I refer to it dozens of times each day.! )

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Or a metal wall hanging.

All great ideas. Thanks everyone! We really could use some extra storage and make our stemware more accessible but am concerned it would look weird. Thinking something along these lines though less rustic. Trying to get away from too much rustic stuff.

That might not work well because it doesn't look like you have enough room between the window and that corner for a deep enough shelf. Also, besides the upkeep issues I think it would accentuate the fact that the base cabinet there doesn't go all the way across that area.

No shelves unless they're the length of the cabinet. It's going to emphasize the fact that this is an orphan. Agreed you need a plant that drapes over the size to soften the awkward interface between those windows and the cabinet. Depending on the room situation, I might do a fig tree in a basket on the floor in that spot.