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Secret playroom behind wardrobe

This wardrobe is actually a secret entrance to a playroom. The owner of the house had the wardrobe and figured he might as well add a touch of magic to the house for a pretty amazing result.

This reminds me of an apartment I once visited in San Franciso. There were two refrigerators in the kitchen. One was normal and the other was a secret door. Walking through it led you to a dark hallway that ended in a small room with a single chair in the middle and a single lightbulb hanging down over it. Creepy as hell.

Cowing Secret Playroom Entrance via Geekologie

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bmackay1 says: Nov 29, 2011. 7:55 AM
I remember finding things and hidden rooms when I was young it was always awesome.
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dombeef says: Apr 8, 2010. 10:30 AM
 This reminds me of a book and movie...
kmills5 says: Aug 22, 2011. 2:01 PM
The Chronicles of Narnia is the movie/book you all are thinking about!
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fungus amungus (author) says: Apr 8, 2010. 11:20 AM
Flowers in the Attic?
bgoodwin2 says: May 22, 2011. 3:47 PM
i appreciate you reminding me of this amazing book which i must read again!
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dombeef says: Apr 8, 2010. 2:25 PM
 No the lion the witch and the wadrobe
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kelseymh says: Apr 8, 2010. 11:48 AM
That's just wrong....Not quite as wrong as your friend's refrigerator, but still :-)
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fungus amungus (author) says: Apr 8, 2010. 2:40 PM
I'm glad someone got it. :)
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jedi pen-gui-n says: Apr 8, 2010. 10:40 AM
see below for picture of said book and movie.
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dombeef says: Apr 8, 2010. 10:59 AM
Oh i didnt see that
co1973 says: May 18, 2011. 9:26 AM
That is very cool. I'v e always wanted a hidden passageway, but I've only really considered a sliding bookcase, with a small closet behind it. Even that small project never got done. Alas, time is not on our side as we turn into adults...
steventomaryn says: Apr 14, 2011. 10:12 AM
How about a wine storage room? It would have to be a little taller, but hey, that's no biggie.
usmmjenny says: Apr 9, 2010. 12:09 AM
Hmmm, this would be a cool hidden entrance to a secret hydroponics garden.
sevans3 says: Mar 22, 2011. 2:03 AM
You could grow a JUNGLE! Mmmm.
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patriots8888 says: Feb 28, 2011. 1:44 PM
NARNIA!
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kelseymh says: Feb 28, 2011. 2:08 PM
What an original comment! I am sure that in the past year, not one of the 41 previous postings ever even mentioned that.
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patriots8888 says: Feb 28, 2011. 2:09 PM
MORE NARNIA!
brad1954 says: Jan 10, 2011. 8:10 AM
As a former fire life safety officer, I would have to say that this would be a good place to hide children from their rescuers in a fire situation. Hide them real good so the bodies wouldn't be found until demolition starts. FAIL. No matter how many people actually know about "secret room" its unlikely that emergency responders would ever find someone in a place like this. Sorry, BAD IDEA.
woodat says: Feb 16, 2011. 8:05 AM
We could also never let our kids outside due to the danger of cars, or have them interact with other kids due to the risk of life-threatening germs. Hell, why not wrap them in bubble wrap as well and never let them near anything sharper than a wooden spoon.

Or, conversely, you could have just suggested that if people do that then do it with a room that has two doors, so that your fire safety pals could just enter from the other way and save the day. Then honour and imagination are both preserved.

Constructiveness, it's a wonderful talent to have.
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Warlrosity says: Apr 14, 2010. 1:54 AM
Gnarnia?
McKippers says: Apr 11, 2010. 3:24 PM
IT'S NARNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Saturn V says: Apr 9, 2010. 7:10 AM

What if there was a metal table, a Jacob's ladder, and frankenstien, all complete with a mad scientist?  Now imagine if the neighbors found out.

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Cyberscann54 says: Apr 9, 2010. 12:06 PM
Frankenstein was the mad scientist not the monster; but I get what you mean that would be insane 
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mg0930mg says: Apr 10, 2010. 8:24 PM
While it was Dr.Frankenstein, they do consider it the Frankenstein Monster. Most people don't even realize that Frankenstein was the mad scientist, I think I was very suprised when I did find out that it was in fact the scientist.
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Saturn V says: Apr 11, 2010. 11:18 AM
That's right! My bad, I'm not big on monsters. 
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Obediah says: Apr 11, 2010. 8:15 AM
I think the monsters name was "Adam" named after the first man.
sergeantfrog says: Apr 11, 2010. 1:04 PM
The Monster was never given a name, That was Half the point of the book. On a side note that's pretty cool. Walk-in wardrobe, Narnia style.
TheReighan says: Feb 15, 2011. 9:43 AM
Actually, Dr. Frankenstein did name the creature Adam, in the book anyway...
sergeantfrog says: Feb 15, 2011. 10:37 AM
Nope. The creature refers to itself as adam. "Remember that I am thy creature;
I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed." Creature, Volume two, Chapter II pp 103. Penguin Classics Edition (1992) [1818].
TheReighan says: Feb 15, 2011. 11:17 AM
Fair enough, been a while since I read that one, thanks for the correction :)
sergeantfrog says: Feb 15, 2011. 12:50 PM
No worries. Turns out a degree in English Literature does actually have some uses. No matter how few. ;)
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JohnJY says: Apr 11, 2010. 11:08 AM
 The Loin, the Witch, and The Wardrobe.
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mg0930mg says: Apr 10, 2010. 8:27 PM
I could have sworn I saw a picture where someone did this to a kid's bedroom. It had a fake lamp-post and everything in it.
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MadBricoleur says: Apr 8, 2010. 1:39 PM
NARNIA!!! well at least kid's play scale.
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dombeef says: Apr 8, 2010. 2:25 PM
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mg0930mg says: Apr 10, 2010. 8:26 PM
The Chronicles of Narnia...
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kcls says: Apr 10, 2010. 2:51 PM
Just add magical creatures to have your very own Narnia playroom!
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DJ Radio says: Apr 9, 2010. 4:21 PM
Well I guess this is as close to Narnia as we're ever gonna get.
bounty1012 says: Apr 10, 2010. 8:56 AM

My thoughts exactly.

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Goodhart says: Apr 9, 2010. 4:24 PM
Hmmm,  they could build one at the entrance of Disney,   or if we had a transporter......that would be awsome   LOL 
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Foaly7 says: Apr 10, 2010. 7:36 AM
Or you could just make a secret room, or special entrance to an underground bunker: "Quickly, Bluejay! To the Ratcave!!!!"
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crapflinger says: Apr 9, 2010. 6:24 AM
they should hang a sign over the door that says welcome to "spare oom"
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jessyratfink says: Apr 9, 2010. 5:50 AM
 I waaaaaaant. 
That's absolutely fantastic. :D
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bowmaster says: Apr 9, 2010. 4:50 AM
Cool!! It's Narnia! That apartment with the fridge was probably mine. I interrogate Nazi's back there.
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Karroo Oakey says: Apr 8, 2010. 8:43 PM
It would be even better if there were a bunch of long coats on hangers that had to be crawled through to gain access, just like in the movie. I would have done anything for a playroom like this when I was a kid!
CookieLuver says: Apr 8, 2010. 4:03 PM
 my friend used to have something like this in the back of her closet. it was a little door that you crawled through into a huge room where one wall was a giant window. the window made it less creepy cuase it let it a lot of light and you didnt feel as trapped.
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rredmon says: Apr 8, 2010. 3:49 PM
I think that's an awesome idea. so long as it is used in innocence as a playroom for kids and nothing more. I'd have loved a secret passageway room when I was a kid...Hell, I'd love one as an adult. I've always said that I'd have secret passages in my house when I have it built. you know...to go to the bat cave :P
rtomson says: Apr 8, 2010. 3:45 PM
This really freaks me out... in a bad way.
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jwflammer says: Apr 8, 2010. 10:55 AM
yeah lets lock our kids when there bad and only feed them pancakes through the cracks good idea time just got "SAW Trap Style "
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jedi pen-gui-n says: Apr 8, 2010. 10:16 AM
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