I am planning on adding some books to this bookcase. I am not very confident in my decorating skills. Thoughts on how I have styled this book case thus far?

Hello all, I posted a couple weeks ago for help in finding wall color and lights. [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/help-choosing-kitchen-colori-am-at-a-loss-with-this-kitchen-dsvw-vd~5368829[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/help-choosing-kitchen-colori-am-at-a-loss-with-this-kitchen-dsvw-vd~5368829) What I learned was that I needed to change much more than that. Those improvements are decided on and I’m confident the changes are all good ones (I’ll post after pictures the week of 16-20), now I need help in finishing touches. I know it’s more of a personal taste thing but this is my third attempt this year..first two epic fails! So I thought I’d open a discussion and learn somthing regarding wall decor. It was suggested by ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9 that I “put a beautiful painting on that long dining room wall”, does anyone know if a canvas would work? I have a lot of empty space to fill and want to complete this one day!! It’s a surprise so don’t post in the other thread as my wife is following it. She wasn’t thrilled with the idea of yet another redo. Hopefully she’ll be glad when she comes in. So I’m gathering up my materials, paint, lights, smart dimmers etc and will put it all up and get it all painted and installed in one day! Any suggestions in any way are appreciated big time! Thanks all!

Doing nothing as it looks fine is always an option. Or.... I think a wonderful use of that space is to install rope lights on a dimmer and leave it empty giving you awesome ambiance lighting. If you wanted to put a cool long sign up there with the rope lights that would be okay but nothing more because it will just be heavy and cluttery looking. IF you need more storage in your kitchen then you can display some of the nicer pieces, knowing you have to wash them before use. Or you can enclose the area for more storage, Adding glass cabs is probably the best way to get more storage

A picture of the whole space would be really helpful :)