Secret Passageway

lolakimono · ‎03-29-2012

As a kid, I would have liked this a lot.

I saw it done on a design show, where they hid the door to the laundry room with a bookcase door, but I was thinking that it wouldn't be practical for everyday opening/closing unless the items on the bookcase were secured.

If you were to have this in your house, what room would you like to hide away?

spud188 · ‎09-23-2010

I am surprised no comments??

I suppose a small half bathroom.

or Cozy spot for a nap.

caroln242 · ‎02-25-2020

My husband and I made one of those swinging bookshelves to hide a catch-all storage room. We did it years ago and thought we were so creative! Now we see it done on TV like it's the newest innovation in home design.

Man plans. God laughs.

JYWilliams · ‎03-10-2010

That would be a good place to keep a wall safe.

LindaSal · ‎05-15-2014

I would hide my jewelry in there!

DREAMON · ‎03-09-2010

I think it would be good for a Safe but not a door leading to somewhere that you had to get to several times a day.

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

We once visited my husband's aunt. She and her husband lived far form us. They had a nice home by a river (with a boathouse) When she was showing us her house, we came to a room which ended with two book cases and a TV in the middle. I thought it was the end of the house. I was wrong. Both bookcases swung open to reveal another room. That was a surprise. I really thought that was the end on the house. The hidden room was a den with a fireplace.. This was years ago. I loved that house. They sold it. Both my husband and I wanted to buy it, but it was impractical. It was two far away from our jobs. But it was very unique house.

mspatmac · ‎06-10-2015

@caroln242 wrote:
My husband and I made one of those swinging bookshelves to hide a catch-all storage room. We did it years ago and thought we were so creative! Now we see it done on TV like it's the newest innovation in home design.

@caroln242 I think you were very creative, wish I thought of that. I could have a junk room in addition to my kitchen junk drawer(s)