It is a very white place, but I love how the rest of the colors match. They catch your eye and are uniform as you said. Big windows are great, but I crave privacy and would have to put some kind of covering. The cubby hole is funny, just don't put a person prone to move around a lot in there. lol. Knowing me, I'd use it for storage instead, lol. The high shelves are beautiful to look at in the kitchen, but I'd be hard-pressed to want to get up there and dust it every so often. Love the knives embedded in the Island table!