I go back and forth on this one. On one hand, it does not really add anything and for a long time I did not really use it. There isn't much point without an appearance system (or a more crucial one). ...
I probably would like clutter more if all the objects were not so huge and we had more options for shelving. Most of the clutter doesn't fit on objects we have in the game without the help of cheats and mods. I rather have gameplay over clutter for packs. I find clutter too huge for its purpose like the cupcake machine.