styling... are you a frou-frou arranger,or a slap-it-up utilitarian?

I was thrilled with how Phase One of the master bathroom came out. Every time we have company over, we gets compliments on the floor. It is such an unexpected and gorgeous surprise to have that bright, cheery floor greet you. Remember the before? Click here

But I always thought back to the little glass shelf I saw at Lowe's when I was buying the dental organizer sitting here on the shelf. I thought it would look great over the sink, and just tie everything in a bit more:

I finally bought a little glass shelf and Steven installed it for me. Since the planets didn't align and the studs were not in the right place, we had to use the 4 supplied wall anchors, which always makes Steven nervous. I told him this was different than when he put up the guitar anchors because I swore I would put nothing heavy on the shelf. It looks so nice:

I am not really a frou-frou kinda girl. I tend to just put things on shelves in a rather utilitarian manner. Shelf by a sink? Put some soap on it! I was in a hurry, since it was late night by the time Steven got around to installing the shelf, so I just put my little soap holder and tea lights on it:

It looks rather sad and sparse, doesn't it? But, again, I am not a frou-frou girl. I have read the design blogs where they talk about spending hours styling a bookcase until it is just so. Me? I have 4 kids constantly pestering me and a stupid Statistics final this week. I took the easy way out and dug out my apothecary jars. Still utilitarian in that it makes sense to have cotton balls and swabs nearby... but prettier than the soap dish alone:

What is in the middle jar, you ask? Well... It is sort of weird. My kids have always enjoyed blowing soap bubbles in the bath tub. The middle jar is filled with those little decorative bubbles that they give out at weddings. It keeps the bubbles for the little ones handy, and the little containers are kind of cute.

So tell me... Do you fuss over styling and arranging until it looks like a perfectly-posh Pottery Barn catalog? Or do you take the utilitarian approach? Or are you somewhere in between?

Oh, I should mention that in order to see if something looks good, I always take a picture. I "see" things better in 2D for some reason. In a picture, I can point out if a garden bed needs taller plants, if a picture should be hung lower, etc. Those things are not as obvious to me in real life.