Is the door in the foreground of the photo the entrance door or the kitchen door?

What about a bookcase as you enter? Something like the Pax system from Ikea... Use for jackets, etc as an entryway and to block the view to the kitchen. I don't think the view got the kitchen is horrible, but you appear to have the space and the extra closet might be useful. If space is tighter than it looks, just a panel would work (preferably one you could use for a coat rack).

This is what I was thinking, Looks like you could spare maybe 12 inches between the front door and kitchen and still have 36" of space for entering the kitchen. Not ideal, but without structural changes, it's something... Try putting some cardboard there and see how it feels and it if solves your entrance issue.

Clear off the front of the fridge. Get an under-counter water filter and get rid of the stupid water cooler. What a hassle. Filters are cheap.

That will at least clean out the view from the front door.

Not the most convenient, but keep the kitchen door closed except when in use. Hang artwork on the door.

You can actually place floor to ceiling "green wall" made out of some sort of crawling plant right in the middle of this entrance hallway. It will block the view of kitchen door, it's thin, it won't take much of the space in this already small area, it will make your place look fresh and modern upon entering and the best part; it's easy and cheap to place and remove later if you don't like it anymore. You can also place some spot lights on the ceiling illuminating the "green wall" as well.

What's the rush? You're saying you just bought the house, then live in it for a while before deciding upon anything.

Your photo is fuzzy, but it looks like your kitchen is 19x19. If so, then this is a decent sized kitchen. So contemplate a plan for reconfiguring your kitchen before dealing with what you see when you enter your home.

However, in the meantime if it bothers you that much then what about a small round table in the middle of the tile with tall flowers/tall plant on it so you don't see right into the kitchen.

This is just for illustration - for the round table.

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I like Jilius’s Idea for a long term plan; the pass through opening between the kitchen and dining would open up to a doorway, then you would enclose the existing kitchen door. That looks like it might give you room for a closet by the front door. Only downside is farther to walk with groceries.

Wooded or bamboo door curtains or beads? Then a nice potted plant to the Left to draw the eye away...

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HI- to me and maybe others it appears you have two entries into your kitchen.. that solid white by the dining room.

I would move the fridge closer to the stove and out of the sight line. In the space that is created I would have a lower and above do art or a mirror

Are you allowed to close off and open up walls? That would make Jillius' plan far more functional. I can't imagine you close your kitchen door often as it is just a nuisance to get in and out, so the bookcase on the door itself would just make it more to move. Looks like that is the only opening into the kitchen - I think the white part on the plan is a pass through?

Something like this could work too, except in front of the door instead of on the side. You could change the style to better match with your finishings - add a back if you like to block the view entirely (and allow for hanging coats on the other side).

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If there is no door -- only an open doorway -- to the kitchen, consider adding a pair of saloon doors to help block the view.

http://seanhallwoodworks.com/2010/12/saloon-doors/

Perhaps I am not reading the plan correctly. Is this (with the red arrows pointing at it) not the existing door the kitchen with the existing pass through overlooking the living room?

I was thinking you'd just keep the door there and close the second, smaller door.

Upon studying the picture you posted of your kitchen more closely, I think I'm a little turned around. Is this (below) more correct?

If that is correct, actually what I was suggesting would be a huge improvement then. I was assuming that what-I-now-think-is-the-pass-through was a doorway because that opening is large and so convenient to the table. (And also directly across from an opening that I thought was the front door on the plan but now I think is a hallway going somewhere else.)

If I all that is correct, then you should totally turn the pass through into a doorway. That will not be a structural change because you won't be touching the header or the king/jack studs. You'd just be removing the always-non-structural cripple studs from under the pass through opening.

That would allow you to create the highly functional galley that I suggested AND let you close up the door to the kitchen making it not visible from what-I-now-think-is-the-front door. You could even put a closet or a little mud room area on that newly-closed-up-wall facing the front door.

I know you said no structural work, but what would really hit all the above out of the park is a pass through overlooking the living room. I was assuming that was where the existing pass through already was, and I think that is in part because it makes SO much sense to have it on the wall facing the living room. It's facing all the windows and therefore would let in all sorts of natural light. Where the kitchen feels most narrow currently, an opening on that facing-the-living-room-wall would visually widen the kitchen. And also, functionally, then you could watch TV or keep an eye on kids or chat with people while cooking.

Examples of sink runs in galley kitchen with pass throughs overlooking living rooms:

From the living room, the layout I suggested would look something like this through a pass through (I'd nix the bar stools):

And again, from inside the kitchen, having an eye-level opening on that side with the layout I'm suggesting would feel something like this:

A couple simple things may help you create a nicer entryway by diverting the eye.

--Move or get rid of water cooler. It's an eyesore.

--Nothing on the fridge door unless you magnetize a large piece of art

--A beautiful round rug--or an oriental rug--for the entryway floor

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--A long vertical art work in light colors to the left of the doorway in a subject and style you like.

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--Door beads, as suggested above but pulled slightly to the side like a curtain. These are from Urban Outfitters.

If you already have a door with hinges and like the open door for air but not the view, rather than redoing the hinges for a saloon door, you might also consider a half/half door. Depending upon the style of the door, you might could have the door cut a bit higher than usual

I don't know...is it really that big a problem to see into the kitchen? I have a hallway but you can still see right into my kitchen if you're standing at my front door.

I would take down the art to the left of the kitchen door. It's a pretty small space so I don't think you need any, and anything there is saying "look at me!". Then I would remove the stools and water cooler. Declutter the fridge. Make the space nicer to look at and it won't draw attention on itself.