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Show me a person who says they have nothing to hide and I'll show you a liar. We all have something we don't want others to know about.
Of course, it's easier when that stuff is abstract, like a thought, because if it's physical we need a place for it.
Luckily, the subreddits r/secretcompartments and r/hiddenrooms have plenty of clever examples of these, let's say, solutions.
Keen Bored Panda readers might remember that we already have one piece published on the two online communities, but their members have been sharing so much cool content, we have to do another one.
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#1
Pantry
Jaekry 3 years ago
We have a similar one... Hilarious with new visitors, we disappear in the big kitchen cabinet. And exit the pantry through the hallway, then re entering the kitchen from the living room. Hilarious.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
I wish more houses were built with kitchen pantries. There’s never enough cabinet space, and a pantry allows you to store any extra dry goods you buy when they’re on special. It also closes a door on pet food so our fuzzy four-legged friends can’t raid the kibble and treat containers.
Vicki Cunningham 3 years ago
My grandmother's two story, 4 column stately home in upstate New York had a door in the wall of the main bedroom closet. You went through it and were in the attic. You went left through a small room and into another room where there was a staircase. Down that staircase was the kitchen pantry. No matter how quiet we tried, Grandma always knew we were sneaking food and throw open the door. We'd all laugh and run back upstairs. Fond memories.
Josh Carpenter 3 years ago
I wish I saw this earlier. My grandfather was a master carpenter, I've still got his blueprints for all the trim and furniture in Michigan's capital. Well he built my house and most of the built in bookcases have hidden hinges and open to hidden rooms in what's normally dead space in Cape Cod style homes. The basement has a built in bar with a trap door leading to a sub basement. My favorite stuff is like the fireplace has a trap door that goes to my utility room where there's a door in the brick for checking the ash and the built in laundry runs empty out into a cage on the ceiling.
Bill Swallow 3 years ago
I love that they went to the trouble to make those little insets at the bottom to make the illusion perfect!
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#2
Entryway With A Secret Underlying Kitty Entryway
The Big Dipper ⭐️ 3 years ago
Imagine a guest not knowing about this and seeing a cat just step through the door
Deborah Harris2 3 years ago
Imagine teaching your cat that this is the only door with a cat flap and finding it unconscious by every other door 😲
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Ritchat 3 years ago
Imagine burglars just reaching through the kitty entry and opening the door you forgot to lock.
Yeah, okay. 3 years ago
As there is no key hole or other locks like a deadbolt switch, this is clearly an inside door.
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Dana Tobin 3 years ago
all I can think about when I see doggy doors and cat doors are how easy they make it for someone to break into your home
RedMarbles 3 years ago
Looks like it probably swings both ways, since the movable section in the first shot looks recessed in the other direction at the bottom of the panel.
Load More Replies...For our last piece on these subreddits, my colleague Ieva contacted Jill Herro, owner of Secret Compartment Furniture, a company that focuses on creating handmade furniture that is not only beautiful on the outside, but also hides your possessions "in plain sight".
Her business was inspired by a personal need since Herro wanted to have a nice piece of furniture to store her valuables in. However, when she started looking, all that she found "looked like some guy's garage project—hardly anything I would want in my home."
"Then, 6 months later, I got laid off from my pharmaceutical sales job and figured if I was looking for nice furniture for that reason, there must be others doing the same," she told Bored Panda. "Since I live one hour north of the largest Amish community in the world with over 450 furniture makers, I figured I would give furniture design a try!"
#3
Public Restrooms In Panama
SpookyPanda 3 years ago
They have this in Jungle Jim's market in Cincinnati, Ohio. Port-a-potty entrance to nirvana!
DJR 3 years ago (edited)
To whomever upvoted me: I don't know if you're confirming it's real or validating my skepticism.
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Shyla Bouche 3 years ago
Awesome, sneaky bathroom. I hate porta potties, because I'm absolutely going to wash my hands.
#4
Cheers!
Maisey Myles 3 years ago
I worked for a very eccentric woman who had all kinds of secret passages, rooms, false drawers, panic room, security room, full length mirrors that needed big magnets to open, even a secret bedroom behind another bookshelf; also a silver room for the 'good' stuff and furniture with little hidden places. I'm sure there were more that I didn't know about
K.A. Hansen 3 years ago
Sounds like a woman with a very interesting story.
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#5
Cool Basement Entra- Wait
HELIKOPTER HELIKOPTER 3 years ago
Or the ancient ritual of sacrificing goat’s head/brain
Load More Replies... Ritchat 3 years ago
If someone would flip up a floorboard and ask me to go down there without knowing what was there, I would run the other way. Fast.
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
I would go in. I’m scared of paper falling off the fridge and jump two metres on the air but I’m not scared of typical things you would be scared of really
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Anyone-for-tea? 3 years ago
I just think about how musty it would smell, especially if all the seats were filled.
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
Oh yeah, good point. But maybe air freshener and just the one person. Like Batman in the Lego Batman movie
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According to her, people want to have discreet hiding spaces in their furniture simply because it’s fun and it "instantly turns everyone into a 12-year-old". But on a more serious note, it just seemed logical to her that hiding your precious belongings in plain view is the way to go.
"Burglars know to grab the jewelry box, check the bedside drawer, check the dresser drawers, etc.," the furniture designer explained. Just imagine the confusion when your fine jewelry or money is not hidden there: "Their goal is to get in and out in less than 4 minutes. Hide those items in an unexpected place, and they will walk right past it."
#6
In The Wall!
Jen Hart 3 years ago
Wish there was a pic of it pushed in all the way to see if the outline of the drawer is noticable.
Tyler 3 years ago
if you click the link to original post, there's a video of the person making it! it's really cool to watch and blends in PERFECTLY
Load More Replies... Smile crab 3 years ago
To the people asking how you open it: you probably push it like a button and it pops out
#7
Cool Night Stand
Maisey Myles 3 years ago
If this was my bedside table, I would never be able to get to the 'secret stash'. The top would be cluttered with coffee mugs, tea cups, books, dog treats, etc
Luna W. 3 years ago
So is mine LOL...!! But I noticed that it's not the top of the nightstand but the pulled out drawer that can be lifted up. All the stuff on top is safe..! :)
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#8
Found A Hidden Compartment In My Floor While I Was Moving Out. Empty, But I Left A Little Something For The Next Person To Discover It
Stephanie Goadsby 3 years ago
To the new tenants, "please remember to feed the occupant in the basement." Tenants: "What basement?"
Somewhat-Guilty 3 years ago
My friend rented a house for 14 years and got evicted. I went to help clean it out and I found a secret compartment in his master bedroom that was holding a safe. I called him to ask if he remembered to empty it and he thought I was joking. Had to send him pictures to convince him. I managed to open the safe... It was empty though 😞
#9
Secret Passageway
BG 3 years ago
That's literally a real coke machine CokeV39Red...05196f.jpg 
Bill Swallow 3 years ago
Well, that would be an inconvenient thing to get your Chameleon Circuit stuck on! But you'd probably collect a lot of quarters...
"Every show I do I hear a story about someone being robbed, and 'they got the jewelry box, and I don't really care about most of it, but they got grandma's Tiffany necklace from the ‘30s, and it cannot be replaced...' Those stories break my heart. Put the costume jewelry in the jewelry box so they think they got something but put the good stuff in the coat rack!"
#10
Italian Writing Desk That Belonged To King Carlo Alberto
Marley Nachi 3 years ago
I think they could make a BP post on just this desk alone. There are multiple hidden compartments in this desk
K.A. Hansen 3 years ago
Unbelievable - and the chair has secret compartments, too! https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/yara9f/king_carlo_albertos_royal_italian_writing_desk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Shyla Bouche 3 years ago
If I need something, I don't want to have to fumble through hidden compartments and traps to get it. My only valuable is Bouche, and she'd figure out how to get in and out without my help. It's a beautiful desk, and the kid in me loves the secret compartments, but I'm just too damned old now.
#11
Home Office Has A Secret
Shyla Bouche 3 years ago
It's okay for them to have different taste than other people.
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#12
Patio With Hidden Table And Benches
Henrik Schmidt 3 years ago
They stick out just enough to trip over them every single time you walk there.
Maisey Myles 3 years ago
It may have been photographed that way to show where/how it pops up- but you're right.
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Francisco Scaramanga 3 years ago
The table on which you put your food usually serves as a walkway? ... clever.
I'm.Just.A.Girl 3 years ago
I don't like the idea of walking on my table. It is a really neat design and it's not out of judgement, but out of my own preference. The things people step in and the thought of that on the tabletop. 😞
NL Stuart 3 years ago
That's what tablecloths are for. Sorry, couldn't think of a grammatically correct way to say that.
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HELIKOPTER HELIKOPTER 3 years ago
WHY DOES THIS GIVE ME LEGEND OF ZELDA VIBES. You just need a hidden switch covered by a pile of rocks and boom!
#13
Behind The Rock Wall
The Big Dipper ⭐️ 3 years ago
You should look around suspiciously and then quietly slip into this when you’re sure there are people around
Headless Roach 3 years ago (edited)
Strong Wolfenstein vibes here - secret door behind a stone wall. Anyone here old enough to agree?
Nancy Lynch 3 years ago
Of course there's something there! Who will have a short hall that has a dead end?
The solutions people come up with to "outsmart" others are also entertaining to see. "I think people enjoy looking at those things because it is creative and surprising. It is unexpected. It shows time and effort," Jill Herro explained. "I take pride in the fact that my designs look totally 'normal'. Some of the other stuff available out there looks 'unbalanced' or out of proportion."
#14
Treasure In The Table
TheDemonicCat 3 years ago
Goddamit Jeffrey you weren't meant to tell them where the wee- I mean Oreos were kept
#15
I Built Some Hidden Storage In A Wall Behind A Sliding Mirror
#16
Lemme Just Slide Out Of The Kitchen
indiecognition 3 years ago (edited)
It won't be a secret when everybody hears you say wheeeeeeeee!
Randolph Croft 3 years ago
Follow the Reddit link - it's a video and she ends up in a downstairs apartment or something like it.
#17
I Built This When I Got My Very First Chef's Knife
Historyharlot93 3 years ago
I need one. I once caught my youngest son using my Japanese dimpled chefs knife to cut a frozen pizza. He didn’t understand why I was upset. I told him it was the equivalent of me using his Xbox controller to hammer nails in the wall. I have a beautiful Chinese chefs knife I keep hidden or it probably would be used as a cleaver. This was not a part of adulthood I was prepared for.
Joan Plumb 3 years ago
I had one that fit all my knives from the home improvement store in 1984
One time, I spoke about keeping secrets with Dr. Michael Slepian, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, spread out in between the pictures.
While Dr. Slepian thinks it's possible for people to live like an open book, sharing everything with the world, he wouldn't advise it.
#18
I Figure This Fits Here
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
And they were huge! The complex of tunnels at Củ Chi stretched for 131 miles.
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The Big Dipper ⭐️ 3 years ago
Yeah seeing someone step out of the ground randomly won’t be creepy at all
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
We used to build underground forts all the time when I was little. And yes, we'd cover them up like that.
Burnt Bagel 3 years ago
Climbed into one of those in Vietnam a few years back while traveling. Very scary feeling!
#19
What A Sweet Surprise!
Hilary Mol 3 years ago
I, too, would like a door to nowhere that would gift me a random cat when I opened it.
#20
Budget: 120€
Hill Branda 3 years ago
MAN, I wish I had that. No one would be interrupting me in my office if they couldn't find it!
Mekhi Frazier 3 years ago
4 people living with me + the doggo that wont stop crying = Room that helps spare my sanity
#21
I’d Love To Have This Hidden Bookshelf Door!
The Big Dipper ⭐️ 3 years ago
One should step out of this and say “Wow, Narnia was really neat!”
Biliegh they/them 3 years ago
That should be for the wardrobe door above 😊
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Midnightoil 3 years ago
You can see the obvious spaces where the door swings open. That would be a dead giveaway.
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
What’s in the secret room behind it. Looks like a bedroom to me
"There is a class of secrets that most everyone agrees is okay to keep. People often call these 'white lies,'" he clarified.
"If you are just arriving at the party, and your friend asks you how their outfit looks, but it is too late to change, then most people agree that saying something positive is the kinder response ('You look great!'). If the truth needlessly hurts someone's feelings, holding back is often the more compassionate choice."
So I guess, if you need to tuck something away in a secret bookshelf or the far corners of your mind, go for it.
#22
Chessboard With Secret Compartment That Only Opens When The Right Move Is Played
Headless Roach 3 years ago
Too bad I'm c**p at chess. My stuff would stay safe forever, from me included
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
The king forwards by the looks of it
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
I hid $500 in a book 25 years ago. I swear I've looked through each & every one to no avail. My luck it was probably a library book.
#23
Update To My Wine Room Behind The Wardrobe. (More In Comments)
SpookyPanda 3 years ago
If you click on the username under the image, it'll take you to a full video. It's pretty neat!
Amber 3 years ago
Somebody have Stephen King contact me I just got an idea for a movie "wine room in the cupboard"
#24
Bookcase That Conceals A Safe In A Narrow Hallway That I Built
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
That’s actually really smart but I really want someone to have a secret library behind their bookshelf. My uncles fiancé could use one and I, too.
#25
It Took Two Years, But My Covid Project Is Finally Complete! Come Inside And Have A Drink With Me
U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
I thought it was library behind a small bookshelf in the lighting but then I realised I’ve already seen this post up above
#26
Narco Getaway Tunnel
Zuleyka Alaniz 3 years ago
Narco Escobar is a funny way to call the drug lord no offense 😆
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#27
I Built A Sliding Bookcase Out Of 3 IKEA Besta Booshelves With 6 Casters Screwed To A Large Bottom Plate
#28
Finished My Bookshelf
Epona 3 years ago (edited)
I want a workshop someday. I'm in a tiny 462 square foot apartment and I hate it. I don't really have anywhere to do large woodworking projects or other DIY projects that involve spreading out the items I need to use and making a mess with sawdust and creating a lot of noise. I have a friend that lives across town who lets me use her driveway, but that is an imposition and a hassle to load everything into my mom's car (I don't drive). I rarely miss living on a gulf island in rental homes but having the space and relative freedom to work on larger projects was a nice perk back then.
#29
For Those Secret "Spices"
#30
Here Is Some Buried Treasure
Jesse 2 years ago
woah-oh-oh-oh camouflage, things are never quite the way they seem
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#31
I Made This Coat Rack With A Secret Compartment
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
it's funny that they think people won't wonder why it projects off the wall for no reason.
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
You do realize they ALL do that, right? That's not a secret hideaway, that's why you don't just have a row of hooks.
Brenda Pereira 3 years ago
My son made me one that is a large jewelry cabinet. Inside, there is a hidden nook that just looks like part of the cabinet, but when you put the right magnet in the right place and turn the decoration, the hiding place for my pain meds opens. We had a suspected drug thief in the family.
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago
No offense, but *most* Americans don’t own guns. Less than 40% do. When one single nation has 350,000,000 counted people with actually closer to 4 million, it’s may be a loud minority reinforces a sensationalized stereotype. Why would you say this about to the US and not the deadliest nations??? I mean, I grew up learning the British interbred (not just their royals) and that was what was wrong with their ears & teeth. Gross to think how misled I were. The US is more vast than Europe (sans Russia) with a very large mix of ethnic identity. Making these negative statements about the US (especially in a context not remotely related to geopolitics) is nothing but a bitter excuse to bash them. There are now as many people in California alone as there is on the island of Great Britain. It seems ignorance is universal, but assuming most Americans have guns is an attempt to be debasing or cynical is just an ugly quality.
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#32
Hidden Bathroom And Pivot Door
Stacy Kincannon 3 years ago
Not very hidden. You can see the frame of the door so you know something is there😕
Michelle Thiel 3 years ago
Hidden door to bathroom on right. Pivot door on left goes to some other room.
Load More Replies... U r lovely and beautiful 🫶️ 3 years ago
The pets thought. The dog is oblivious and the cat’s like “something’s going on but I can’t tell what…”
#33
Starting New Job Tomorrow. Took 5 Days To Build A Hidden Office Door And Desk. I Can Open It With An App Or Through A Key Card
Maisey Myles 3 years ago
This is where one goes to pay bills. They can scream and cuss without being heard- need to be sound proof
Tyler 3 years ago
I imagine they'll be paying a lot more bills after installing this fancy door
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#34
Built A Secret Door To Hide The Gym
babs de souza 1 year ago
I can't find the gym when it's in plain sight. This would totally be one of those, "out of sight, out of mind" things for me.
Mekhi Frazier 3 years ago
My stupid self didnt read the caption so i though he had his own recording studio
#35
Made A Secret Spot For A Safe, When Building My Wardrobes
#36
Added A Little Surprise To This Accent Wall
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
When you need some privacy and quiet time. Is the room also soundproof?
#37
Hidden Lock
#38
Hidden Disc Golf Cave
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What do you think ?
Chich 3 years ago
Re-did a house in the maritimes. Every closet had a false back that hid shelves which were used by rum runners back when. The next house, workers found a hidden hallway and a small sack of gold coins. All we found other than the shelves were a half dozen whale bone corsets stuffed in the walls.
Pete from Cali. USA 3 years ago
Some were really hard to tell what the opening looks like based on the photo. The others were very clever
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
I used to have a closet with a fairly hidden panel that led to the attic. I kinda forgot about how sneaky it was until I used it while having someone over. We were watching Shadowlands, about C.S. Lewis who wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, about a family of kids whose wardrobe leads to a magical world. The look on her face when I came back out was purely priceless. I'd've done it on purpose if I'd've thought about it.
Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
I have a laundry chute that I love, that goes from the master bathroom upstairs to the hall outside the laundry room. You'd be surprised at what will slide down between 2 studs.
Bec 3 years ago
The bathroom in our 1930 built house has one, it makes me happy
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Hypoxia Smurf 3 years ago
No room for hidden spaces in our trailer, er I mean modular home. Maybe underneath?
Chich 3 years ago
Re-did a house in the maritimes. Every closet had a false back that hid shelves which were used by rum runners back when. The next house, workers found a hidden hallway and a small sack of gold coins. All we found other than the shelves were a half dozen whale bone corsets stuffed in the walls.
Pete from Cali. USA 3 years ago
Some were really hard to tell what the opening looks like based on the photo. The others were very clever
the Return of Bruno 3 years ago
I used to have a closet with a fairly hidden panel that led to the attic. I kinda forgot about how sneaky it was until I used it while having someone over. We were watching Shadowlands, about C.S. Lewis who wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, about a family of kids whose wardrobe leads to a magical world. The look on her face when I came back out was purely priceless. I'd've done it on purpose if I'd've thought about it.
Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
I have a laundry chute that I love, that goes from the master bathroom upstairs to the hall outside the laundry room. You'd be surprised at what will slide down between 2 studs.
Bec 3 years ago
The bathroom in our 1930 built house has one, it makes me happy
Load More Replies... Hypoxia Smurf 3 years ago
No room for hidden spaces in our trailer, er I mean modular home. Maybe underneath?
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