Since this is your main entrance, don't clutter it up with coat hooks on the wall or open shoe shelves. A single hat rack might be worthwhile -- you can find them in any office supply store catalogue. A low cabinet with doors on the front for shoes -- one that could be used as a bench -- would be worthwhile, otherwise get in the habit of putting everything else in a cabinet or closet behind a closed door or the clutter will soon begin to irritate you and bad habits your family begins could be difficult to change and you'll be the one perpetually picking up and straightening it up.

Your idea of shelves between the sectional and chair seems odd. If you want to divide the walls, wouldn't you want the shelves (or other thing) between the blue chair and the kitchen table? It seems to me that the only way to add to the wall art is to re-think what you have there now. I am a fan of large artwork like you have over the sectional, but it often doesn't lend itself to having other pieces around. So ideally, if I wanted to fill out that wall, I would remove the art over the sectional and turn the wall into a gallery wall that mimicked the upward slant to the ceiling. But, gallery walls are hard to pull off; I doubt I could do one well enough to satisfy myself.

I can’t tell you how much this feedback is helping! I’ll have to wait to give those exact dimensions as we are not in the house just yet. We close May 11th and have to be out of our current home June 4th. We are trying to complete this entire renovation in that short amount of time! Rip out walls, take out all the carpet upstairs, put hardwood floors in the kitchen, dining room, living room, stairwell, and hallway, paint, build island and pantry. We are kinda crazy. We also have a 2 year old and 8 month old. This will hopefully be something we laugh about someday! We just feel so fortunate to have some overlap with our houses to be able to renovate while living in our current home. No furniture...just a clean slate!

I also agree with Ashley. I would put floor to ceiling curtains on both sides of each window. I would also add trim and moldings to tie it all together. I love the space and the fact that it’s a two story room!! Tons of potential and rally nice!!