Very much agree we need something. It could be similar to the "Try On" window for gear (though with perhaps a somewhat larger image area), where we can see the item, zoom in/out on it, turn the item to see it from all sides, etc. Or it could be a showroom in the housing area where we can temporarily place any housing item in the game.

Advantages of the "Try On" window version:
• Can be used from anywhere: Market Board, Crafting Log, Inventory (like when our retainer brings us back something and we want to see what it is before heading to our house), etc.
• Is likely to be easier to develop than a showroom, which would need a new building, its own item selection interface, etc.

Advantages of the Showroom version:
• We could see the scale of items better.
• Could show large features like wallcoverings more effectively.

Either one would sure beat trying to guess what things look like from just their name and icon.