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That's freaking awesome; I want them all!

Awesome.

I've always wanted to live in a house with secret passageways...and yes Scooby Doo was my favorite as a kid!

after studying abroad, i am determined to have a house with at least one secret door. all the chateaux i visited had them and i don't think i can say how freaking awesome they were enough :D

in the modern world, who needs this? Let me answer my own question: the only home I know of that is under 100 years old and has secret passages was built by a member of an organized crime family.

I would totally set up a game of Clue in my house if I had one of those! "If you want to know who killed Mr. Body, I did, in the hall, with the revolver. Now I'm going to go home and sleep with my wife." :D

I am actually planning on putting some secret storage spaces in my condo. It's not big enough to put in a secret room, or even a secret closet, but there is some unused space under the stairs. I also want to put in a built in bookcase in one of my interior walls with a secret compartment under the bottom shelf.

Do I NEED a secret anything? No, but it's fun, and when it comes time to sell, it'll be something that will set my place apart.

If your house was big enough to have the time this would be life saving if someone broke into your house while you were home... or if you just wanted a place to hide from the rest of your family! haha. the lifted stair one is especially cool.

My grandfather built the cottage that my grandparents lived in. It was tiny, with two bedrooms side by side with a closet between them that joined so that if you entered in one room you could exit into the other. We kids thought that was the greatest thing in the world, and would go back and forth all day. We need more of that simple whimsy in houses, I think. And it couldn't have been easier to do.

as someone of modest means who as been robbed (lots of family stuff, including a gold pocket watch that was my great grandfathers :-( ) I think this isn't a bad idea.

This is my dream! Ever since I was a kid I've wanted a secret room. Coolest thing ever.

I remember watching Webster when I was little and he's climb through the grandfather clock and through his room or something, I thought that was neat.

Ah! Want!
(would make The Holidays easier)

Oooh I love any posts involving secret rooms :) My dream home will have tons of secret passageways and secret rooms. So cool! The problem with being eccentric is that you also need to be rich to pull it off.