I love Japan and the relaxing atmosphere of calmness in their houses.
To create calmness in a room, one needs space and order. As dear William Morris said "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful", (I love "or believe to be" - so undogmatic!).
Yet sometimes I need a little bit of heartwarming "Kitsch".
I smile when I see my very kitsch cat-bank - it has two 'golden' bells in its paws which wobble when I put money into the bank. The cat sits fat on a little silk cushion and smiles (in a minimalist's way).
So: A little bit of kitsch: fine. But one has to beware of too much.