While secret rooms are most often seen in movies, some real-life homeowners incorporate secret rooms into their bedrooms for personal safety, protection of valuable items, or simply for fun. Having a secret room not only gives you a one-of-a-kind conversation-starter when a new guest visits your house, it also provides a hidden sanctuary within your most personal room. Whatever your budget and reason for wanting a secret room in your bedroom, think out of the box and engage professional help to create a safe secret room suited for your home. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Disguise the door to your bedroom closet to add a secret room with minimal structural impact and expense. This approach to putting in a secret room is particularly appropriate if you have a low budget and if you have a large walk-in closet. For example, you could disguise the door by purchasing or building a closet door made to resemble a bookshelf. Or, for a dose of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," cut an opening out of the back of an armoire, align the opening with the closet doorway, and secure the armoire against the wall.
2. Enclose an area of your bedroom with false walls and a disguised entrance if you want a large secret room or don't have a closet to use. Adding a secret room with false walls will make the bedroom seem smaller than its actual size and requires substantial renovation and building know-how. This approach is suitable for experienced home renovators with space to spare in their bedrooms.
3. Hire a professional secret-room builder -- yes, they exist -- to design and install a secret room in your bedroom. Such an approach is appropriate if you have insufficient construction experience to perform major renovations yourself or if you desire an ultra-complex secret room, such as a room with a bulletproof door or a room accessed via a secret passageway. The main drawback to hiring a secret-room professional is cost. But if your budget is as big as your imagination for your bedroom's possibilities, a pro might be the way to go.
Tags: secret room, your bedroom, room with, appropriate have, false walls, room your
