If I had open shelving and white quartz countertops it would make me want to remodel to get rid of them. Open shelving looks ok in photos when everything on the shelves is staged and perfect, but it's such bad thing in real life in my opinion. I'd go insane trying to keep it all nice looking. No need to have things in appealing relation to one another when you can just shut the door.
I do have a steel peg board in place of one set of cupboards where I hang most of my pots and pans and a magnetic knife holder. That's the most I ever intend to keep in the open.
My current lust is a second comma for my net worth by a certain date in 2020. It's somewhat out of my control as whether I make it or not is largely dependent on market fluctuations. I don't even care if the net worth goes back to one comma after that date. I just want to get they by that date at least once as a trophy. I'm on track to stash enough between now and then so long as the market cooperates by not taking before I get there.
An extra comma in your net worth isn't a "stupid thing" to lust after IMHO. Dreaming of a silly new kitchen, on the other hand, is facepunch-worthy.
I'm fighting the new kitchen, as DW has wanted it for a while and I've grudgingly accepted her 'demand.' I managed to talk her down from original dreams of knocking out walls, new cabinets, built-in island, new pantry closet, etc. by getting her on board with FIRE. I splurged for new appliances late last year, which has been nice, but comparably cheap. Next is the counters, floors, backsplash, cabinet refacing/repainting. Much more expensive, requiring a contractor and a kitchen shutdown, and not providing any additional functionality to our kitchen like the appliances did. I'm definitely struggling with it. I try to mentally defray a portion of the cost with the added value it will provide when we sell our house, presumably in a few years, but at best that's giving us a percentage back, maybe tracking with inflation from there.
Unexpectedly high tax bills have put the plans on hold until we get through April, but after that I'll really need to take my medicine and get this process rolling again.