When we moved into our house we knew it needed a little love. That's how we could afford it! The original floor plan looked (very roughly) like this:
The second owners, the ones previous to us, had an elderly grandma who could not climb the stairs to use the full bathroom. So, they built a couple of walls and added a shower. Unfortunately, the result was a wall on top of carpet (the one that creates her bedroom), and a coat closet accessible only through the bathroom.
Not only that, but the work was poorly done. The portion of the wall that created the shower was not planed flat, the corner of the over-the-carpet wall wasn't even completely finished off. Here are some pictures of their creation:
Looking toward the side entrance from the kitchen. (We added the hangers to make it more functional--we also had a bench with bins for shoes underneath it). It was just a long hallway.
Looking from the hallway into the Grandma's room.
On the other side of the door, looking through the bedroom door into the hallway. That's the wall that was built on top of the carpet. 
And here are the pictures of how well they finished off that wall.
our coat closet/kitchen overflow/catchall for two years.
Our current changes include a pantry (hurray!). Since we didn't want to spend our entire budget on moving plumbing, we decided to keep the shower where it was rather than rotating it to open toward the toilet. This meant that we were left with the small former coat closet space, which we will use for boots, coats, gloves, and other necessary items for a New England winter.
Mudroom nook. We'll put some shelves against the back wall with bins for our winter clothing. The sides will have hooks for our coats.
Looking toward the side entrance from the kitchen. That's the pantry door on the right.
Inside the pantry. Hurray!!!!!!
Looking from the front door into the formal living room. That opening in the distance is the mudroom.
