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Monday, August 29, 2011

The Construction of Secret Hiding Places

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I love alternate views of our normal notions of domesticity and home economics. On a recent trip to the book section of a large surplus store I noticed our first book The Urban Homestead right alongside books on burying weapons caches, wiring solar panels, acting as your own dentist and assembling SKS rifles. We certainly have exciting company on this journey.

One book in particular caught my eye, The Construction of Secret Hiding Places by Charles Robinson. You can download a pdf of this book for free here. Of course the fact that this info exists in book and interweb form means that the secrets aren't, well, secrets anymore. Nevertheless, I'll never view a stairwell, baseboard or that useless space under the dishwasher in quite the same way again.

Do you have a favorite secret hiding place? Anonymous comments are welcome . . .





1 comment:

  1. In every two story house I have lived in I have been able to make a space under the stairs to keep things. Usually we are talking about 10-20 sq feet of storage space. A typical access point is through the drywall in a closet. Another is the air return ducts

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