Something like this would look great and look at the lamp.

Here's another site, scroll down and see how they brought their Tudor house up to lightness and air. Look at the before and after photos. https://www.designsponge.com/2015/11/before-after-a-light-and-bright-tudor-remodel.html

keep the wood. Keep the door, the light.

paint the walls a nice white

I love the navy blue in the other room. If you redo the walls in the entry a nice white, it should contrast perfectly.

I'd remove that console and bring in something different. maybe an antique console table

do a slightly larger mirror too.

something like this would be perfect for a tudor. (yours would be smaller, but you can find these antique oak consoles. paint it if you like)

consider doing a tile on the risers (or paint them black) or, a dark blue like they did on this one

But I really love this black/white runner on the wood stairs

If you go w/the black runner option, I'd redo the area rugs w/more black and white

f you notice, almost all of the pics have white entryways.

Some of the Tudors leaned on the spanish side, and had tiled risers. I love the look of these stairs. you don't have to do spanish tile, you could pick a period appropriate tile from the 30's

Thank you everyone for the suggestions! If painting the walls white for a refreshed look, does the white have to be the same color white as we have on our stairs? I was thinking BM White Dove for the walls, I have no idea what is on the stairs as they were painted before we moved here five years ago

why don't you get some samples and try them? I used white dove and then painted it over (looked too dingy) with Simply White. it's a warmer white but not yellow.

you may want to upgrade your lightbulbs to something a tad less yellow too.

You have the perfect proportion of wood as it is. The stairs are great, and I also like your rugs. I agree that a warm white without as much yellow would look nice and freshen the space. It doesn't need to be such a stark white like the stair risers. The one main change I would make to update the space is replacing the wood and glass entry table with a slightly taller, narrow, solid navy table/cabinet to use under the mirror. It would simplify that area and coordinate with your adjacent room.