Is there a name for this space?

[John Arnold]

And what would you put there, if anything? It's well lit, so maybe a small statue or a tasteful fake plant? Insert sarcastic emoticon here.

[Philip]

Visiting Mother-in-law room?

[H.G. Watson, Sr.]

What to put there? Guards and safety glass, after that a remote control window covering/privacy shade.What to call it? A Niche or alcove, perhaps a High-dive platform to broken neck for fire-fighters on search and rescue operation. Without safety glass and guard, it is an attractive but unsafe perch or ladder rest for cleaning, maintenance, of hanging light fixture/luminaire/chandellier.

[Scott Patterson]

Statute of your favorite false prophet?

[John Arnold]

Statute of your favorite false prophet?

Gosh, there are so many of them. It's hard to pick a favorite!

[Paul Kondzich]

Ummm. Is no one working today??

[John Arnold]

Ummm. Is no one working today??

On Mr. T's birthday? Shirley you jest!

[John Arnold]

I would change out the chandolier for a disco ball and put a fulltime gogo dancer up there!:D

Now we're talking. She'd have to be in one of those cages, I think, to satisfy H.G.

[Gunnar Alquist]

On Mr. T's birthday? Shirley you jest!

And another thing, don't call me Shirley.

[John Arnold]

Plant niche.

Gesundheit!

[H.G. Watson, Sr.]

Egad! I got some on me!!

Go-go dancing, cages, guards. Men, I can tell you the trouser fit (regardless if the fitter/tailor marked for your dress direction) of the sixties were NOT comfortable if sitting in a club with go-go dancers or bunnies, cages or no cages.

Swap that luminaire for a swing and serve me a prime cut and you'd never get me off of those stairs (Ol' San Francisco in DFW area ... ahhh, great place it was ... may still be don't know) ;)

[Bruce Breedlove]

It needs a rail and a door. Sure, the space would still be mostly useless but it would be cute. (And the real estate agent can count it as floor space.)

[chris mcintyre]

And what would you put there, if anything?

I have seen a couple of these oversized plant shelfs, they were built to accommodate a christmas tree, but I see they forgot the switched receptacle on this one.:)

[Michael Thomas]

"Niche Nymph Receptor Shelf" has a nice ring to it, IMO.