The Magic and Mystery of Secret Passageways
Narnia Wardrobe Playroom
Children love exploring new places, and every little crevice they can fit inside is a special window to another world. Their powerful imaginations fill them with joy as they play pretend. When I was little, I would crawl into the back of my dad’s van and imagine myself as a stowaway on a pirate ship. Fans of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardobe or The Secret Garden surely remember the pleasures of discovering hidden places. The mystery of a secret room holds magic in it. Let’s not forget 12 Grimmauld Place from Harry Potter. It conceals through an illusion of rundown houses an entire underground market only magic-users can perceive. A hidden room isn’t just a great gift. To a child, it’s real magic.
With Creative Home Engineering, we can actually turn our homes into a gothic mansion from mystery novels with secret hallways and hidden rooms. The bookshelf door can be operated with either a book that you pull or a button on a remote.
Secret Fireplace
Secret Doors by Creative Home Engineering
Secret Bookshelf door by Creative Home Engineering
On a practical note, secret passageways can protect our family members from home invaders. When the Palace of Versailles was stormed during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette escaped a violent mob in her bedroom through a secret passage concealed behind the walls.
A wine rack that is not what it seems
We always see in movies people hiding beneath the floorboards of a rickety farmhouse. One is so much more protected behind something that looks like a heavy bookshelf. The family heirlooms can also be protected here. A small nook behind a bookshelf offers extra protection for your safe.
Door Beneath Stairs by Creative Home Engineering
Live like a secret agent. Don’t be afraid to embrace eccentricity. People might call you crazy, but who cares when you’re having fun. It’s so Max Smart. If you’ve got the money, you can install layers of these secret doors that delve into a high tech underground laboratory. I personally want to get a custom phone booth with a trap door and a telephone in my shoe, but the possibilities are endless. Think Batcave. Think V for Vendetta. Turn your home into Northanger Abbey. I envision a secret passage through a victorian mirror ala Phantom of the Opera, but whatever you can think of, Creative Home Engineering can build it. The thrilling addition of secret passageways has me so excited, I might start keeping my safe behind a picture frame to get started.
Large Secret Door by Creative Home Engineering
