While we’re on the subject of dated, the lately I’ve consulted on several homes with the planter/room dividers popular decades ago. Everyone wants to know what to do with them . You just can’t leave them because they are always in such a prominent location, usually right by the front door.  My answer—cover the top with tile. At my suggestion, one of my homesellers did that recently and it looked great. It turned what was obviously a detriment into a real feature—the house sold within a couple weeks.