Yes, this looks a bit peculiar. It appears to be in your dining room. Rachelle, did you convert this room from a bathroom and leave the medicine cabinet? Bad girl. The white frame calls it out and attracts the eyes, which then go to whatever you have in the cupboard. If you just want cheap and easy, paint the frame a color that will blend more with its immediate surroundings. Is the glass door appropriate for this room? You might use cabinet doors if you want to hide what's in it. As a display case, I'd like to see a collection of fancy glassware or something with a single theme. Family photos are also a possibility. Or an art print with a couple of low vases at the bottom but you'd want a light on it. A mirror or piece of art large enough to cover it? It would help if you provided a few photos showing the entire room. As for just covering it up, I'm always up never shedding space.

It was here when we moved in. Yes, it is in the dining room. Thanks for your advice Daniel.

I would remove the glass doors. I would paint trim to create less contrast. I would put a great print on back wall of cabinet yo make it look more interesting then restyle contents in better way.

I painted the frame and it already looks much better. I would also love to remove the glass doors, and leave the bottom open with doors on the top half.

I painted the trim to match and it already looks much better. I would love to remove the glass doors and leave the bottom open with cupboard doors on the top half.

I am going to make some suggestions to restyle the shelves. Bbl.

Ok here is rough sketch. Put the place settings with reds in the positions of 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock 6 and 9. This separation will brighten hole look. Put the white cake plate in center. Get dome colorful faux cupcakes for the cake plate. Move the covered glass cake plate to lower right corner and get small faux cake fir it with pinks. Separate your wine glasses as shown. Put lower ones in front of taller if you have more I cannot quite see. Cut glass vase on lower left and put some pink Christmas bulbs in it for more color or even crumpled up metallic tissue paper. Layer large round red platter behind center cake plate. I think the other small items should be removed and stored elsewhere. Start there and see how it looks.

Remove glass doors. Remove molding. Put wall board over niche. Paint room. Voila, problem solved. You have no need for these shelves; they do not enhance the room; they are off center and cause the room to be off center. Your room will be in balance, otherwise the focus of the room is towards a corner.

Drywall over it and forget it hang a great piece of art there instead.

thank you for taking the time to draw a picture to restyle our shelves @Flo

That looks much better! Do you like it? Good job. Now for some “in house shopping”. Do you have a larger platter to put behind the white cake place. Even a tray might work.

I would dry wall over that . It’s an eyesore and no amount of shelf styling is going to fix it. It’s unattractive and makes the room unbalanced.

Good job improving it, but I agree with bichonbabe that it is unbalanced in the room, and I would see it as a dust catcher without the doors to prevent that. Drywall to the rescue! The room will be totally different without that cabinet, and if you remove it the basement stairs will be improved too.