My LMDE Desktop with xfce
Sometimes you can achieve something that looks good without changing too much.
I decided to use a double panel on the desktop out of pure nostalgia for the configuration that old versions of some Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, used to have.
The top panel contains access to whisker menu, vala-appmenu-plugin, system tray and time. The bottom panel contains the windows buttons, weather plugin, and workspaces.
Wallpaper here: Link
Icon pack here: Link
Theme: Mind-Y-Dark-Red
Vala-panel-appmenu: Link
iIf after opening any folder or program the appmenu says "xfdesktop" instead of "Desktop" enters this page, go to the bottom and copy the contents of the last "ivanbrash" message, look for the file "appmenu-wnck.vala" in "/home/your-user/vala-panel-appmenu/lib/" and replace all the content in it and re-run "ninja & sudo ninja install" and it should work properly after rebooting, I'm not very good at explaining things so I hope it's understood. (Obviously you should follow the other steps on GitHub before applying this patch, as it was created in case the AppMenu plugin doesn't work properly).
English is not my native language, so this post may contain spelling errors.