Photo credit: lauranatclemson If you enjoy reinventing your home, then consider all the things you can do on a smaller scale. The idea is to enhance your environment with something you can?t live without. Take for instance secret rooms. Hidden rooms and secret passages serve two purposes; they?re fun and they offer security. This article isn?t about building a secret room ? it?s about concealing an existing room with a custom bookcase . The bookcase replaces an existing door and has the look of a built-in bookcase. It goes entirely unnoticed

by your friends and even building inspectors. A hall closet would be a great place for a built-in bookshelf, don?t you think? Imagine the items you could store in a small room like that ? jewelry, cash, guns, you name it. Just imagine all the places you could put a secret door. Personally, I would want one for my son?s room because it?s always messy ? heaven forbid a guest opens his door thinking it?s the restroom. Scary. (more…)

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Create Your Own Secret Passage