too funny.

"virgin sacrifice".

The rooms are considered to be secure areas that family can retreat to in the event of something like a home invasion. No surprise that Romney would have such a room.

Most likely a safe room. Dawg knows he's made plenty of enemies in his life. Not to mention his wife.

That was the FIRST thing I thought of when I read the OP title line!


Too funny.

he will be done in by his own door......probably to hide his nads from the old lady.... or his money....

was a panic room but the cabinets doesn't jive with that idea.

Storage of survival supplies? You know--caviar, aged Brie…

If it's a safe room that's likely what the shelves are for.

Mormons are instructed to keep at least a year's supply of emergency food provisions on hand in case of disaster.

I want a room behind my bookcases, because, well just because.

and it has a closet behind bookcases. Alas, there's no way to expand the closet into a room. Oh well, the hidden closet is cool enough.

Elevator to Bat Cave. So doesn't need to be any larger technically.

Who wouldn't want that?

Wow.

They'll be studying this sinister hidden room in the better architecture programs for years.

A HIDDEN room? Why...that's astounding. CONCEALING a room so as to keep things SAFE or PRIVATE?
Are you sure that's RIGHT? I'm having a hard time believing that such a thing could be.

A HIDDEN room. Holy God. He's HIDING a ROOM.

... it has no need to keep its secrets hidden.

...and why it fills me with such dread.

A CONCEALED room.

I don't think we have the capacity to understand its ramifications (other than to assert with
confidence that since Romney has it, it must be bad. No Democrat would or could dream of
a CONCEALED room, as evidenced by their complete nonexistence until today). Maybe
if some occult blending of Kierkegaard and I.M. Pei were possible...maybe THEY could
help us comprehend this alteration of the social and architectural fabric.

Its just a long closet.

Even if it isn't

A giant safe for people. He's cheap, though--the best panic rooms have access to water--a crapper/sink is deluxe, and provisions for air handling. Maybe he'll put a porta-potty in there...? Don't forget the MRE's and a power point with a well charged cell phone, too. He'll want a few cases of water, as well, since there's no sink--ya never know how long it'll take to get rescued!

He's also stupid--he should have left off the book case in the construction plans, and had those built AFTER he took delivery of the house. That way, he's not announcing to the world where his "panic room" is.

I've been in a few panic rooms (before they were called "panic rooms" too) so have some experience in this regard!

Cause you're supposed to do that in private. I like it. I want one to hide in and take naps.

Of course, my entire house could probably fit in his car elevator, but I think a secret room would be a neat thing to have. It's probably his money bin

I would like a secret door leading to a staircase that converts into a slide at the push of a button.

a house I lived in when I was little had a hidden room with a panel for a door that just looked like the rest of the paneling in the room. I have no idea what the room was originally for. My dad used it as a wine cellar.

I heard he had 2 way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood.
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Not to "hide" stuff but to put it out of sight. Nothing uglier than a row of filing cabinets. Hel, nothing uglier than a single filing cabinet.

As far as behind a bookcase? Why not? The alternative is a door or an opening, neither of which offers any utility.

In one of my home designs I had a wine cellar off a bar. At the end of the space between the front bar and back bar was a hallway then at the end a door into the climate controlled wine cellar. I always thought it'd be interesting to build a cabinet for wine glass display which hinged to provide access to the hallway...never got a chance to do that.

If you have the money or ability to do something out of the ordinary? Why not?

Added: In my current home I have an alcove under the basement staircase. I plan to install a dry bar with 2 refrigerators...one of which will slide out to provide access to a storage area under the stairs. That's where the xmas stuff will go. Inconvenient to access but hey, only twice a year.

and he has to have one

It's not a sin if no one can see you.
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If Batman gets one, so does Batshit Crazy Man.

A built-in bookcase that opens to a closet size room that you wouldn't even know was there. No big deal.

like the car elevator. Who knows how many interesting gadgets such houses have.

the only problem is batman fights crime whereas Romney fights for corporation.

"Corporation are people my friend"

I've always wanted one of those in my mansion. Now all I need is the mansion.

it always had a secret room behind a bookshelf. And I also fought crime.

I would like one and I'm not even rich

Just because it's kinda cool

If I had his money I'd have a castle with secret rooms and passages all over the place. That's cool stuff.

Bain. Kb toys will haunt him one day.

It would be a cool place to hide when I didn't want bothered by anyone...

It is an extra measure of assurance that a thief won't find the best goodies.

He needs a safe place to conceal the staff during immigration raids. You know that fuck wouldn't pay real wages to the help.

...for that pesky 47% video!"

I have never heard the full thing.

He's a wealthy Mormon so he probably has impressive emergency preps.

If I had the moolah, I would have one.

TlalocW

Many possibilities.

but I just don't think Ritt Momjeans gets freaky. Ever.

not something you really need, but since you have money you can usually pay for things you might think up.