Whenever I'm looking for ideas I use Google. Type in "tile foyer", then click on the "image" tab. I got 96.700 results doing that.

Congrats on the new home! My husband and I also purchased our first house recently (been in it about six months) and we're in a similar boat (though with our ratty college furniture instead of hand-me-downs), embarking on an adventure to cohesively decorate the place. While I do have good sense of how to decorate and am not worried about going about it, it would have been really difficult even for me to decorate immediately, so I'm not concerning myself with it (we also have a bunch of house projects in the way). Basically, a good strategy is to take your sweet time and not worry about stuff not matching/ suiting your tastes or the walls not being quite the right color right now. Hone your vision and slowly collect pieces that adhere to it, adding to your spacing or swapping something out. Also, simply live in your space for a while. Be by yourselves, have a friend over, have lots of friends over, host a fancy dinner party and also a casual barbecue. Observe how you and your friends interact with and move around in the space - this will handily inform what kind of seating you might need and how you want to arrange things. I'm always taking mental notes when people are over lol.

Family room would make a good dining room, but guests would have to walk through the bedroom area and past the bathroom (or through the kitchen) to get to it from the living room. Do you entertain dinner guests often? Consider using a banquette on the wall of the dining area with a long trestle table and some chairs.

Hi Everyone! Here’s an update, we are considering the herringbone design in foyer and hallway leading upto kitchen. Do you think that would look nice or do you like straight plank better? If we were to do brass inlay, do you know if it’s possible on unfinished flooring? We are sanding and staining on site. Thank you!