I think so too, but I would move the door from the hallway to the living space towards the back, and have it turn open towards the wall. That way the hall will be/feel more spacious and the door to the bedroom and understairs cupboard will be in the hall. You're maybe already planning to do that, but I'd make that a glass door, so you can see through the house into the garden when you enter.
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