Aliza, your baby is adorable and makes the room! Congratulations on your new home, the arches and floor are lovely.

It would help to know where the front door is.

We have already ordered furniture for the main space just looking for help and ideas for that corner nook where the baby is. Attached are 2 more pictures.

what a cool house!! what about a table or bookcase? or a chair? is that a floor register? on a different note, I think your tv is too high??? and you need a bigger console under it

Agreed on the TV. I think a comfy chair with a bookcase behind it would be very inviting and fill the space nicely, but I assume you can't put anything on the floor vent so a bookcase with legs would be best. Bonus, it'll hide the floor vent. If you need more of a landing station for coats, shoes, keys, mail, etc. (is there a closet or nook by the door?), then you could try something like this.

A floating bench to not interfere with the floor vent.

Or one that's all open on the bottom like this.

Adjusted for personal style of course.

A lot of people don't like this stuff out in the open, though, so another option that I really like is a simple console table for keys and mail with two small ottomans underneath.

I think you should use that area for toys and what not. You are going to need something like that in time and it will be out of the center of the room. There are many nice storage ideas.

I don't know what your furnishing ideas are in terms of "style" but here are some "concepts" that can be adopted to your style and personalities. As an "entry" this space can do double duty. I always look for ways to gain storage space, especially with a young and growing family, but by the same token, like to make spaces feel adult at the same time. Young ones tend to take over houses with all the needed and fun "stuff". So, measure your space, because you can't put a whole lot there. I think probably a nice chest of drawers so you can "stow" some stuff away, especially if you live in a colder climate (gloves, hats, etc.) and nice lamp (I think I see and electrical outlet down near the base moulding, a nice little flower arrangement and a tray for dropping quick things like keys. Don't want the surface to become a "clutter" zone. In the other smaller corner, you might be able to fit a slim coat tree for light weight jackets and scarfs, things like that. So here are some photos of various styles and pieces. You will have to have "legs" on any furniture, as mentioned earlier due to the register or whatever is on the floor there. I would also paint that a color that matches your wood, so it visually disappears.

That small simple chest (it could be a 3 drawer) would be great. The crossback chair might fit in the space too, which would be handy to set a purse or briefcase down until you can unload baby, groceries, etc. A small scale chair, if you can fit it in, is a very good idea. If you want something more simple, a half round table (open at bottom) would serve the area, but it isn't as functional. This is really fun. Perhaps you could "modify" this look, but depending on which direction style wise you go, black and white with your current wall color would be really great in that space. You could only use a smaller buffet and one smaller scale chair probably, but it is a cool look. Chest of drawers with Mirror above and a lamp and decos, always works. You just have to figure out what colors and style you want. If you want a bargain method, you could go to a second hand store and buy a small, even beat up dresser or chest of drawers and a mirror and then use chalk paint in black to create a great little "venue" similar to this. Then a small stool perhaps that you could recover the seat with some zebra fabric and a lamp with a white base and black shade would be very chic but not expensive and wouldn't be a crisis when the little one uses chest as a drum with one of his/her plastic sippy cups! Enjoy! Have fun in your new home. Always an exciting time. Let things "evolve" and you will really enjoy this home.