Yes, you're overthinking it. If it serves a purpose and works with your decor - it's fine. As a matter of fact, size-wise it's slender depth might be just right. Now, move it over and stick all of the shoes in it. Get a nice piece of art and lamp, you'll be set.

It can definitely work for storage but if you'd like it to also like an entryway console, it looks like it should be taller.

I wouldn’t worry about what it’s called. Some people use dressers as a tv stand. I see you have it centered on the carpeted area which I think makes sense.

It looks nice! It probably is called a TV stand because perhaps there is a hole in the back for a cord or something. Don't worry about what it is called.

LOL I think of MILLIONS of re-purposed pieces in homes across America. If they let "what its supposed to be" stop them and entire industry would collapse!

My TV stand is a bedroom dresser. Use the TV stand for whatever purpose it serves.

Nothing more appealing to me than to use an item for an unintended purpose. Keep it.

I’d like a mirror over the entry chest to check myself coming and going.

A mirror with a darker frame to tie in with dresser. Hung so that you can actually see yourself. Place something on the dresser to fill space between the two, A lamp, bowl, and a third item. (Shop your house to see what you have.)

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Like it as is. If you don't like the "underneath" of the cabinet, you could consider sawing off most of the length of the legs.

Your cabinet will work great for entry shoe storage. The two top (his&hers) drawers can store cell phones and/or wallets and/or keys.

What, if anything, you put on/near your cabinet and how you use it will define it more than any label someone else arbitrarily assigned. (I've chose to use an oak "hutch" with glass doors that once was a part of a china cabinet as my tv stand and have no regrets).

Instead of centering your cabinet on the carpet, you might also consider moving it farther away from the front door and adding a wood hat rack beside nearer the door. You can get a hat rack via any good office supply store catalogue -- with a price range from basic to really upscale. You can also "upscale" a basic wooden hat rack by changing the four hooks.

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Why in the world would she saw off the legs? Lol.

Do not saw off the legs! And who cares what the manufacturers call it. Those turquoise wall decorations would look better up on the wall so there's some wall space between them and the piece of furniture. Do you have anything else in the area with the same color as the wall decorations? I agree with you about the space under consoles; it's just an area one feels they have to fill up.

I think the mirror is fine. Before you hang it, decide what else you’re going to put on the cabinet.....a lamp, vase, tray for keys, etc. Depending on what is going on the cabinet, the mirror could be hung either horizontally or vertically.

Most likely need to hang it vertically because of its size. Yes, it looks good to me.

If you plan on putting a lamp there and you hang it vertically, I wouldn’t center it but rather leave room on one side for the lamp.