Your home looks lovely and those floors are incredible. You must be in the northeast. The trick with this space is the scaling of the furniture. That's why I love telephone tables. Here is one I found on craigslist with perfect dimensions 29"wide x 19"deep x 32"high. These are great little pieces and enormously practical. With that being 19"deep, you have 45" side to side to work in the console. Go for something 10" deep and as long as you feel is the right length. Console bases can be made from anything and tops in wood/glass/stone. In your space, consider a mirror as large as possible to open it up. Carefully curating everything is the key for a well designed small space. I posted this pic to show you that even with many items in an entrance, it works and still looks open. I personally like classic contemporary, but layering interesting items looks welcoming and exciting.

The arch and stucco type seems to speak to a mediterranean or spanish style home. My theory is to not fight with the bones of a house. I would go with a smaller scale spanish-style fixture that fits closer to the ceiling as you do not have much height to play with. I would keep them consistent (not necessarily the same) but if you go with a darker bronze finish keep it consistent. Keep in mind the scale of the room when choosing the fixture. A really small room need a light fixture that is to the scale of the room.

maybe you could do a bench there a place to take off shoes or set stuff. or you could do a large canvas. I think you need to increase the size of the mirror over the table as well, perhaps circular shape to break it up a bit.

As others have posted, either continue the hardwood as a good installer can make a relatively seamless transition OR leave the carpet. FWIW or whatever reason having carpet in the living room with the rest being hardwood was a certain design trend and not done for cost reasons as the marginal cost of having wood floors in the carpeted area would have been minimal when the home was built. People actually thought wall to wall was elegant and cozy. The carpet looks in decent shape so just have it professionally cleaned and do nothing until you can afford to put in wood. There really isn't anything other than matched wood OR carpet that would look good as some people still opt to have carpet in the formal living room even if it is wood elsewhere. If the carpet is in bad shape, disguise it with nice area rugs. I knew I was going to be doing a gut remodel of my condo which included adding wood to the bedrooms and so I used a large Karastan area rug in the master bedroom which covered up most of the elderly wall to wall