Lovely house, adding interest with mirrors at your entrance would look beautiful, Temple and Webster have a 3 set, your stairway maybe a bench and artwork or a beautiful chair, mirror to add depth and a plant, your study I would just remove low table, once your artwork is up I think it will look beautiful , if needed floating shelves, that grey and white chair is lovely

It's not an open staircase, it's not an architectural feature, it looks slightly unfinished and not particularly lending itself to decor but on the other hand it looks like a potentially very useful storage space, so I'd put a door on it.

Hi Lili, congrats, a very exciting time. Regarding your entry, will you be using it or do you use another entrance near where you park? Do you have masses of storage, or could additional storage be a huge boon. And if the latter, what would you store there? I had a house with a, not dissimilar, area where all the bulky items, vacuum, airer, spare chairs etc, were stored. It was excellent. From the photos, it looks as if you entry is reasonably large, so closing off or putting seating and storage is an option (see below, although I’d paint it the colour of your walls and have a similar style console in the actual entry). But unless you use the area as your primary entrance, or entertain a lot, this might be a, not inexpensive, waste and a simple door might be more useful. An alternative, if you don’t need the space, is to place a large abstract sculpture and paint the wall behind to complement it. Alternatively a large 3D or very colourful piece of art on the rear wall and a collection of, again complementary, multi height vessels on a very low table, and have something that reflects that style in your entry. The important thing is to choose what appeals, and works, for you and your needs and preferences. Also, take your time, see how your space evolves and how the style of your living areas might gel with your entrance. I would though, as mentioned above, remove the current hooks, if you keep the area open. Good luck, we’ll look forward to seeing your progress

If the space next to stairs is big enough, then my suggestion is to add a timber door that matches the timber slats of stairs and close the space for storage. At the moment it is a waste of storage space, and a decorative full height timber door with storage behind would be an asset. But it depends on the size of the space. And definitely remove those cheap hooks.

Add a large colourful art work above your front door console.

Thanks all, yes buffet definitely needs to go from small open study space … some great suggestions. The entrance is the primary entrance so colourful artwork or mirrors/s appeal … will explore floating shelves in the study, move out low table, look to place reading space near window instead of entrance.

If it's the main entrance it has to do work, depending on your lifestyle of course. What people leave or keep handy in the entrance varies but think about what you need, where do you put the umbrella when it's wet, sun hats, dog leash, reusable shopping bags ready to go back out to the car, all the sorts of reasons they call it the 'drop zone'.