I don't see why it has to be one extreme or the other.
The first photo is too austere. There's nothing warm or inviting about it.
The second photo is too claustrophobic and visually distracting. It'd be hard for me to be comfortable in a space that noisy.
I generally try to keep our home somewhere between the two. We have a few knick knacks and odds and ends, but I do try to keep it all organized. The only thing that really bothers me right now is a box of electronic miscellania that doesn't have a proper home. One of these days I'm going to find room for it in the hall closet, or something.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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