hole you might not realize it but stairs take up quite a lot of space in any home some homeowners opt to convert the space underneath the steps into things like closets and storage cupboards but one man david molineux changed the game with this revolutionary use of hydraulics with a remote flick of a button the motorized hydraulic arms lift up the front of the staircase revealing the perfect space underneath to store shoes as well as a safe i can't be the only one thinking that this must double up as a killer hiding place in a game of hide and seek right disco dryer from bookcases to stairs and even some stone facades it turns out that you can build a secret room into almost anything in your home even your dryer wait am i seeing this right yep the shell of this dryer has been built into a wall opening up into a fantastical looking tunnel tock user catriona bruneman shows how this dryer leads to a small cozy room just big enough for a few people as much as this may look like it's part of the coolest house on earth it's actually part of an immersive art installation run by company meow wolf their three centers dotted around the u.s are filled to the brim with hidden doors funky spaces and rooms that are begging to be explored so if you need to scratch that secret door itch now you know where to go you're welcome house of hidden floors okay if i could afford to every room in my house would be filled with hidden doors and secret spaces i mean inviting people over for a game of hide and seek would be the most hilarious game ever and that's why i imagine tick-tock user jake hendrix as people begging to come over to his house all the time in a house tour he uploaded he showed that with the touch of a button an entire hidden staircase descends from his ceiling revealing a whole other hidden floor above the entire thing seems to hinge on that one huge hydraulic arm you can see right at the very top neat but this isn't the only secret feature of jake's house over in the kitchen he has a huge pantry shelving unit that swings out revealing another set of stairs that leads down into the basement man how many secret floors does this house have no wait don't tell me on the slim chance i do get invited over for a round of hide and seek i want it to be a surprise finders keepers the building of a secret room yourself sounds like a really fun idea finding a secret room hidden in your home isn't always as thrilling back in NUMBER_TOKEN youtuber steve g realized there was an odd room in the house he was renting that was always locked and that he didn't have the key to what was even stranger was the little window built into it that oddly looked out over the stairs leading up to his living space steve had lived there for three years but had never really noticed this freaky feature before curious he decided to document his investigation of the room he clamored up on a ledge poked his recorder through and discovered this there is a bed in a random storage closet or i don't even know what this thing is oh boy that's ominous to say the very least had there been someone squatting in his house all these years without him realizing it he quickly scanned around and saw something
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