An entry stairway is the perfect place to include family photos in the house. I would not have them all the same size & so perfect in placement as Violet showed. Adding some objects in different shapes here & there such as round mirrors to repeat the circle pattern in the lovely railing. This will take time & should not be done in one day. Take your time & live with the changes made to critique them. You have a very large area to work with & therefore can accommodate many shapes & positions. Don't be afraid of visually overlapping items as you mentioned as with the lamp & the stairway as that just adds more interest. Have fun with it.

So for the hallway, I would recommend the Hemnes cabinet from IKEA (https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/hemnes-shoe-cabinet-with-2-compartments-white-20169559/. It has a small drawer where you could put the dog leash. If you don’t have one near you, they do ship but only to certain locations. For the family room, I would look at a storage bench with baskets like this one from Lowe’s (https://www.lowes.com/pd/Coastal-Gray-Wash-Storage-Bench/1000777730). But I would put one of each side of the desk if that would work.

I would not add any more mirrors. In fact,would you consider removing those large mirrors? You could then add interesting artwork, a larger bench,etc. which would allow you to have more of a ” farmhouse” look.

Thank you! Beth H - I'm including two additional photos below, one from the other side and one from the other side and above. I love a slat wall; I think the only wall to do that would proably be the one with the picture frames on it now? It's a nice, open entry, but choppy with it opening to 3 different rooms. Not much wall space; where I can reach at least. Celery - That's amazing! I tried to 'photoshop' it w/out having phote shop and it wasn't much help :) This is very helpful, thank you! I'm thinking changing to a black rug here, since all three rooms come together here? TIA!! Stacey