Dining Room (to be)

This is the dining room.  Not many people would be willing to show you a mess like this, but I have nothing to hide....it is what it is.  However, we will be attempting to make some sort of calm from this clutter in the next week.

 

I have to be honest, I'm at a loss.  I have NO earthly idea what I want to do in this room....or what sort of look.  I showed Jim a bunch of dining room pictures (from very formal to primitive rustic---and everywhere in between!) and asked him which he tends to gravitate toward. He said, "I just do floors."  My friends, IF you'd like to share your ideas with me, I'd sure be interested....either here or through Facebook.  I tried to take a picture from every angle so you'd have a better idea what we're working with.

 

This is looking into the dining room.....with the picture taken from the kitchen.

I tried to show that there is a space behind this cabinet. The cabinet is just sitting in the middle of the floor, and in some of the pictures it was hard to see that there is space behind it.

If you look behind the green cabinet, you'll see a fireplace tucked in there. It's been boarded up but the surround is still there. Also notice that there is a radiator underneath the window (matters for furniture placement!)

Above is a closer picture of the fireplace surround.

Here is a picture taken from inside the dining room....attempting to show the location of the dining room in conjunction with the foyer and kitchen.

Fireplace would be on the right in this picture.

                                                                            

OK, there it is. The only thing that will be done in here is sanding, staining, and polyurethaning the floors.  Any decorating ideas for window treatments, fireplace mantel, walls, ANYTHING? Ceilings are 10'.  Help!