If you installed a self-closer on the front door it would limit the travel.
I have seen people attach a self-stick felt pad (used for furniture feet) to the closet knob (in this case) so when the door hits it, it's less likely to leave a mark.
Last suggestion is to practice mindfulness and not burst through the front door like Rambo. :)
Casey

maybe install a decorative metal plate where the two doors meet?

You could put a doorstop in the floor for the front door. Rather than having it at the far end of the door, mount a few inches from where the door is hinged. Then it won't be a tripping hazard.

We ordered floor mounted doorstoppers for our new home. This is what our builder recommended and thought a great idea. Now it's just a matter of getting my husband to install them.

I hate the springy things.

I'd echo cardinal94's suggestion.

Our doorstops are mostly baseboard mount, with a few hinge-pin door stops where baseboard mount wasn't possible. By our front door, and mudroom door, though, we installed floor mount doorstops - and are very happy with them!

We have a similar situation. Right now there's a very elegant solution that involves bubble wrap and packing tape (ugh). The only options we've come up with are not great. A hinge restrictor wouldn't work on our exterior door, something about the Marvin hinges. That's the door that's more likely to "get away from us," not the closet door. I hadn't thought about the floor mount a few inches out from the hinge. I'm trying to think if that would work. Anyone have a photo or even a sketch? Are you thinking of the type like in my office that look like Half Dome in Yosemite? Or the ones that are like upright "sticks"?

Ours are Deltana:

http://www.build.com/deltana-fdb278/s511939

(We were limited in terms of style, because we needed doorstops (for our exterior doors) at least 2.5" high.)

"mount a few inches from where the door is hinged." Brings to mind words like "fulcrum" and "lever". I have seen such things loosen the screws from the hinges and even split door jambs where the screws are. But, there may still be a place on the floor closer to the other door that works, especially if you put a table, pedestal, or something of interest in the corner, so the door stop doesn't feel like it is in the middle of the room.

I don't really understand Fred's comment - or maybe he doesn't understand mine. I mean to mount the stop on the floor as intended, but not all the way at the horizontal end of the door like you might see in an office.

Our home is fairly contemporary with clean, simple lines. There are some neat stops online in all styles. Below, the ones we got - yet to be installed

Thanks for the examples, mommytoc and cardinal. Cardinal, who makes yours?

Linnea

A hinge pin door stopper will dent the frame because the weight of the rest of the door past the stopper provides too much leverage and torque. At least two hinge pin stoppers, if not one on every hinge should be used. If someone goes through the door like Rambo, the hinge stopper usually breaks before the door. All other door stops should be used as far away from the hinge side of the door as possible because a floor mounted door stop will not break before the door does.

I think you might be looking for a Hinge Pin Door Stop - it mounts to the hinge and works as a stop, preventing either door front hitting the other door.

Fred- Thank you for clarifying. You obviously speak with knowledge and experience. In our case, our doors are solid 96x36. It would take a lot of force (I think) to swing our doors that hard. I do think this applies to our sets of French doors that swing out on a covered porch. I can envision a gust of wind catching a door with that kind of force. We have to take into consideration an elderly parent with poor eyesight living with us and the tripping hazard outweighs other considerations.

It seems like the original post requires a choice of a less than desirable solution.

It would take less speed to do damage as the door grows heavier, because force increases with both mass and velocity. A slow-moving but very heavy object still has a lot of energy. In the illustration, the "bad" stop position is turning the door into a lever to bring stress to the hinges.
Casey

There is no doubt Fred is right. Over time you will weaken the jamb and hinges, not to mention if anyone leans or falls on the door it can break them immediately. Your stop should be past the halfway point of your door.

Could you post a picture with the front door open?

Could a stop be mounted to the top corner of the closet door or frame in a location that would work? That might look a little goofy, but I think that three hinge pin stops won't win any beauty contests either.

One of the things that I am doing with most of the closets in this renovation is elevating the closet floor above the level of the baseboard and running the baseboard across the opening.

It's a more modern detail and works best with slab doors because there is no panel detail to mess with on a slab door when you effectively shorten the door from the bottom. It clearly puts the closets is a subordinate position design wise because they are clearly not doors to walk through. But the positive aspect of this is that there is definitely a baseboard to put a stop on if there is a problem with conflicting doors.

I think your situation would bother me enough over time that I would consider moving the closet door to the other wall adjacent to the other doorway.

I agree with palimpsest - There is flat-ish rubber doorstop you could mount at the strike-point.
WALL DOOR STOP
This one is stainless steel - you could paint it to match the frame.

Anyone used a stopper like this?

I don't think I will want to change the actual layout and move the door.

I really appreciate all the feedback yall have given me.

Are the porch light and the entry way light switches on the hinge side of the door? If so, Sophie has a point.

The porch light hangs over the door.

Yeah, I think someone ordered the wrong hinged door. You need to talk with the builder about that.

Anyone used a stopper like this? Yes, we have those, but only on interior doors. And they required the molding to be cut away so the top can be accommodated because it is fatter than the hinge.