Stairs in a beauty parlor?

Ok, just a quick little rant. So the set designer's really nice, but shouldn't it be a goal of set design that the actors can move easily through the space in a way that makes sense for the show? (Jason, weigh in here). The set for Steel Magnolias, for those of you who don't know (and then there are those like McClain, who know all too well), is Truvy's beauty parlor, which is her renovated carport. Yes, they call it a carport. So when was the last time a carport had stairs? Not just two or three little stairs from the rest of the house into the carport, but a zig-zag, wrap-around set of stairs that just about divide the space in half horizontally. So the dryer is next to the washing station, just a foot and a half up from it. Makes those intimate moments work really well. And there are several jutting walls and half walls that exist for no reason at all, except perhaps to place tchotchkes on (many tchotchkes). The jutting wall is about two feet out and is supposedly the "coffee nook," except that you can't see the table with the coffee stuff on it, so we just have to make a little show of picking up the coffee pot and pouring the coffee in full view (and not accidentally disappearing behind the wall). I suppose we could just rationalize that Truvy's husband is a really bad contractor, maybe work in a few jokes... and try not to fall down the stairs while moving across the stage.