The Allure of Speakeasy Doors and How to Create One at Home Giving your home or business a historical look can make your design more attractive. How can you take your architecture to the early 20th century? Speakeasies were a staple during the Prohibition to drink...
Movies inspire viewers in so many ways. From fashion to catch phrases and beyond, the list of ways that films impact everyday life is a long one. As a company that specializes in secret doors, and was inspired to start building secret doors after seeing one...
A home’s layout and architectural design is what gives it its footprint, its function and its overall feel. Home design trends in recent years have included open layouts that flow from room to room, multifunctional spaces that work for a variety of purposes, and transitional...
Panic rooms are designed to provide homeowners with a certain peace of mind, knowing family members will be protected in the event of an emergency or home intrusion. And they’re growing in popularity. What was once reserved for the ultra-wealthy — from CEOs to politicians to...
The popularity of open floor plans has facilitated airy, spacious layouts that flow from one room to the next, but they also leave little room for privacy — which can be a need and a want for families, individuals and business owners. Certain business conversations require...
Wine cellars, and even less formal collections of wine, have grown in popularity in recent years. Industry analysis reveals that wine sales are up more than 17%, and with that growth has come a need for storage. Once wine connoisseurs graduate to a level of having...
The best hiding spots are the ones that go unnoticed. Everyone remembers that from their youthful, hide-and-seek days. And when it comes to home security concerns as adults, a similar mantra applies. Secret doors that seamlessly blend into a home’s design and decor can truly go...
Homeowners need or want secret doors and hidden passageways for their own unique reasons. Some are designed and installed to shore up security while others are for pure entertainment. From the switches to the appearance to the access panel to what’s behind it, secret doors...
Bookshelves require dusting. Silver requires polishing. Floors require mopping. Regular cleaning and upkeep is part of being a homeowner, or at the very least, an adult. So, when a secret door comes into the picture, it’s a fair expectation that an investment in upkeep and maintenance...
As surprising as it may sound, the demand for panic rooms is on the rise. And those who are fueling it are ordinary people, no longer exclusively the ultra wealthy or those affiliated with professions that put them at risk. In fact, a recent story published...
Hidden doors, very often, conceal something of value for homeowners. From high-profile collections to exquisite jewels to a safe, secure outpost — the investment a homeowner makes in a hidden door is only wasted if the quality of the door doesn’t measure up to its...
The whole concept for Creative Home Engineering began with an idea and a sense of curiosity. To be specific, a rotating fireplace in an Indiana Jones movie inspired the idea for the company, and that sense of curiosity has acted as a common denominator for...