I think it really depends on furniture placement. I would probably put at one end of the wall, allowing you more wall space in both rooms. You can use furniture/art etc. to fill the void if it feels uneven.

The current entrance is right next to the front door of the house. This is the master bedroom. Would like for it to be more private

So you'd get more privacy from the family room side than the front door. It seems that the front door would be used less often than the family room.

A floor plan would help. My guess would be the left of the wall would disrupt furniture placement least but it is impossible to tell without a room layout. It doesn't have to be symmetrical, just balanced. I would also get rid of the double door.

Here is the floor plan. This is the formal living room which doesn't get used much. We have another family room

The double door will become a wall. A see-through front door and adjacent full-height window give absolutely no privacy from prying eyes or innocent delivery people. I wouldn’t want my bedroom door to open onto the living room or den, either, but there seems to be no choice. I would put the new bedroom door at the left end of the wall in the second photo because it may be the least obstructive position if you put furniture against that wall on either side.

The floor plan doesn't quite match the photo of the master bedroom door area. There's a corner missing from the plan. Is that a hallway?

I wouldn't put the door to the right or the left but in the middle of the wall.

No hallway. In the middle there is a post as this is a load bearing wall

How about creating a hallway from the entry through to the window? Then your hallway could have a private entrance to the bedroom. Many people will not want to have the entry to their bedroom directly from the living room. The load bearing wall would not need to be moved.

That's a good idea, trying to picture how this will look

Would you add a door to the hallway from the entrance

Probably not. The light from the window would go through to the entrance. A hallway door in the foyer might look a lot like a coat closet.

I'm assuming then that you would put the door on the right side of the wall, otherwise it will be right next to the hallway entrance. Only issue is the bedroom window is also on the right side. The hallway seems a little bit of a waste of space but it does add privacy

So it seems you're going to take about 4 to 5 feet from the living room. It might be fine to put a door in the hallway rather than the living room. You can put a french door there because this is not going to be the door that leads into the bedroom.

Would most people prefer a hallway or a larger living room with an entrance into their master directly from the living room

What about just changing the current double door into your bedroom into a single door, closest to the front door. When your front door opens, the door blocks your bedroom. I would not want to ruin the largest living area in the house, and you would have more privacy than looking into your bedroom from the living area and dining area. I would even change out the glass front door sidelight if that bothers you before I moved the bedroom door location.

A hallway seems like a great idea especially given that living room looks huge (and long) and you say you don’t use it. And you don’t need to make a long hallway..just a small one to hide the door. What’s on that wall in the bedroom?

32 feet of living room surely allows for another option. Take that end as the new hallway to the master, as suggested above. Don't know the dining configuration, but you might recycle the double doors opposite the front entry and open the entry side of the dining room if you want.

Just wanted to see if there were any more ideas

Like what else can be done than the ideas offered? Did you not consider any of them?

We have since put shelves attached to the wall. There is still room to the left of the shelves to put a standard 30 inch door. Would that look ok? Also those shelves are 96 inches tall but standard door is 80 inches. Finally does it make sense to drywall off the entrance to that room shown in this photo to make it more private? There is a second entrance next to it from the dining room

Plan your furniture arrangement first, then figure out where a door will work best. I would place my living room seating and conversation area at the far end of the room, away from the bedroom. I don’t like having a bedroom door right next to the front door, but I also don’t like it in the living room, either. In this case, having the bedroom door is the better location. I would prefer to have it toward the left end of the wall, and moving the electrical outlet will be required. Hopefully you can move the outlet to the right of the new door so it will be in a useful place.

Can you clarify what mean by “In this case, having the bedroom door is the better location.” Here is a photo of the other side of the living room. Right now the furniture is centered around the fireplace

It's much better to keep your door to the bedroom in the entry than from the living area, where you would spend much more time. To me it would look really odd to put a door anywhere on that living room wall.

I got a few quotes for the work make the hallway, add a french door to the hallway entrance and then another regular door entrance. In terms of future resale value what do you think most people would prefer? Entrance to master by the front and bigger living room or smaller living room and hall for master

Given it’s a formal LR and it’s huge, I would prefer a hallway and smaller LR. If it were the main family room (used often) and small, then that would be a different answer. Have you drawn a floor plan and mapped out furniture if you make the LR smaller? I would! Good luck!

Your living room is really 32' long? If so, then this is a no brainer.

I had a door to the master bedroom in my living in one house I owned, and it was tucked into the right hand corner of the room, leaving that wall available for furniture and artwork. IMO it would look awkward if it was in any other position.

Usable space is always better, and that large living area looks like it is needed for a dining area as well. I would much rather have a bedroom door near the main entrance than lose space for a hallway or be constrained with living room furniture arrangements to accommodate a door. People are removing hallways to make spaces more open. It seems that you are spending money and reconfiguring everything to fix a problem that doesn't really exist.

On the right for sure.

:)