Richard Mandelkorn The original house had virtually no connection to the master suite addition, and the staircase photographed here was originally a dead-end hallway with a cramped guest bathroom. Connection the two places on the second floor was key to the reorganization of the space, and a happy result was a larger bathroom, an upstairs laundry and drastically improved circulation. Hallway storage bookcases add some much needed linen storage, and also serve to conceal some utilities and pipes.