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Old 09-11-2008, 05:48 PM  
davidd
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If you are building a new house you want the architect to put two walk-in closets into a room or put a closet in a hallway. Tell the architect you need a good amount of electrical outlets in the closet because you have "fur coats" going into that closet.

Let the house finish construction and the house get its final inspection.

Once all of the final inspections are done and all of the subs are out of the house... have the builder (who should be cool anyways) or a carpenter from at least 75 miles away come and install this:

http://www.woodfold.com/bookcase/residential.php

There are a bunch of companies that sell these products with a bunch of different styles. The key is to make sure the baseboards, door, etc all match up and do not look stupid.

Let me tell you, from experience, all architects do this and every high-end home builder does this. Every house in New England built in the 1600 to 1800's have something hidden... and every house in my neighborhood have bunkers, panic rooms, hidden spaces, etc. Very, very common on million dollar and up houses and people will not look at you strange. Stress security, fear, and crime and they will not question it.

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