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20 Secret Doors and Clever Hiding Places

By Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith

Nicole is a former Editorial Intern at Make: She is a long time maker and previously worked for Instructables.com (Penolopy Bulnick). Every day she is inspired by something new and wishes there was more hours in the day to make!

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The fascination with secret doors and hidden compartments has been around since ancient times and our desire to hide things hasn’t dwindled.

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Seventeen Sneaky Secret Compartments

Seventeen Sneaky Secret Compartments

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Be inspired by these seventeen secret compartments and passageways. Pick one to build yourself or come up with your own clever hiding place.

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Plywood Secret Compartment

Plywood Secret Compartment

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Check out this very clever secret compartment hiding place inside of a table’s edge.

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