Yay!

I'd get a larger rug that comes to about 18" from each side wall. On the wall where you have art, I would add a chair, bench, or settee (hard to tell the amount of space there) for putting on shoes and waiting for kids, spouse, ride, etc. The console table and mirror could go on the wall across from it.

Can you post a picture of the other end of the room, looking from the door?

man, those doors just do nothing for that beautiful entryway. that entryway is meant to have light!

forget the double doors, do a single w/sidelites. The ones above would be grand, but they are expensive. If you can swing those, great!

some other ideas. lighting, rugs, console, art.

Pretty ideas. :)

I think you also need to create a "destination" within the living room. Place a beautiful painting on that back wall directly across from the front door and find a way to open up the furniture layout so the lamp isn't the first thing you see as you enter.

I am not planning on adding glass to the front doors.

I am trying to decide if I want a simple piece of furniture with large framed print above and lots of interesting things on the furniture. I think an open look is best even though it's not practical.

Here's a photo to kind of illustrate what I meant by creating a destination in the living room:

In this case it is the dining table, and the LR furniture creates a walkway leading us there. I think your house would really benefit from some planning along these lines.

For the entry itself, maybe you could use a chest of drawers or a similar piece that has storage as the console so it feels less like wasted space. Place that on the right wall (as you walk into your house) with a mirror above it, a settee and art across from it. A tall plant in the corner where you currently have the console.

I would remove the smaller items, add a larger rug and a prominent picture or mirror on the open wall.

Sorry but those doors are just plain ugly and no matter what you put in the entry those will not work IMO.

Very nice! I thought I would need a piece of furniture on the wall where I want to place a large framed print. I'm just not sure about how large a piece and open shelves or closed.

Guess the doors are not stylish. But they don't bother me as much as the lack of other things in the entry. I have enough windows to close when the hurricanes come through.