Can you post a full view in better light?

I would love to hear your thoughts on exterior updates that incorporate the addition!

So you want someone to give you thoughts on an addition when you have provided no photos nor dimensions of the inside - Lordy!

Really you need an architect and then you post the pics of thelevations the architect gives you. I really dislike additions tacked on to MCM homes with no plan to keep the original style as much as posssible so usually I add on to the back of th home The pictures tell us nothing since the first one is totally dark

a pergola and porch extended to fill the indent area...

Like Patricia said, I hope you have an architect (not just a draftsman). 1,000 square feet is a lot of expense and opportunity for error without one. We put an addition on our last house which was about 400-500 square feet and we solved several problems with it. An architect can help you to do more with less. If you have an architect already, that's who you should be asking about your entry.

@Kandrewspa, thanks for that perspective. We are in the process of meeting with architects now. One told us that we should just tear the house down and start over because we have a nice lot...But yes, I agree, that it is a lot of expense to end up with something that doesn't make much sense. Certain transitions would need to be designed in the interior that have us stumped and led us down the architect path - its just not as easy as you would think to hire an architect that is available AND understands what you want and how to design it into reality - at least where I live now. And I don't mind leaning into the MCM, in fact my husband was a fine woodworker and had the privilege of working on a FLW restoration, but there is drab MCM and beautiful MCM and this house needs some attention.