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You can easily find vents with lights that quickly double as getting rid of any excess and nasty smells from the cooking area and providing exceptional job lighting while cooking.

If it's a real plant, you simply have to make sure you preserve it. Flowers can also spruce up your space.

Instead of painting a wall a solid color, try taping off a location and using several colors on it.
You can use some shelves, cabinets, racks, even plastic bins to store those small things. Nightstands must be rectangular and low to the ground.