Celery-yeah, maybe. I know that’s the standard. But spouse likes them with just wood. I kind of like just wood too. It’s unconventional, but I like the cleaner spartan look and focus on the view that way.

And my artwork. This was the eating corner when it was set up as my work space early in the pandemic. Those pieces will come back.

@User—I really love the counters. They are pretty bulletproof compared to what i have had before. I will say that the swirlier, cloudier Taj Mahal quartzite is harder to find than the more linear slabs that seem to be prevalent. My original slabs were the more linear ones. it turned out to become problematic with an L and island setup in terms of laying out the slabs. A fortunate turn of events occurred when the cabinet manufacturer made my island a few inches wider than they should have been. So i needed to choose new slabs and when i went back to the stoneyard, they had some of the cloudier ones. i grabbed them. Luckily, the stoneyard works closely with my fabricator, so they agreed to pick them up and swap them out. So bottom line is that if you want the cloudier slabs, you may need to be patient and look around at several yards.

Retro-futurism made me think of Googie style. That was more an architectural trend than an interior design trend, but here's a thread about a vintage Googie-style kitchen. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2673961/googie-kitchen-time-capsule I'm not suggesting orange laminate (unless that's your thing), but the use of radiused corners on the cabinets and counters is pretty cool. Unfortunately, searching for "Googie kitchen" turns up a lot of stuff that isn't Googie and very little that is.