I just put my shoes underneath the ottoman like what FlyPointyEnd does - a privilege that used to be for the coveted row 11 only, now available to all!

To me the new cabinet is most useful as a flat surface to place my knees on if I sleep on the side, doesn't go very far after that.

I wasn't aware there were new blankets or pillows, to me they are incredibly sh*tty compared to the plushness of QR (and the best is the new AA Casper bedding - I call that successful marketing as once I got off the flight, I started looking if I could buy the pillow/other bedding online. Holy cow it's expensive but I got off the flight with that much craving!)

At the end of the day, 35G (and 35J presumably) is not going to win my favor due to the lack of a prime seat (and of course lack of [chances of opups] to F, undercrewing compared to 77H, and general tightness of the seat compared to 777.