Creating a welcoming entry to your home is very important. If you are just starting to design your renovation of new construction project, please pay very careful attention to how someone enters your home.
If you have one large room, try creating a half wall to define an entry area within a space. This low height wall and half column was built during a major renovation. The column is not structural but still helps to define dimension and detail to the space.
Here is a link to the article on houzz: “No Entry Hall?“