Contemporary Ranch in Virginia

The homes previous layout was confusing. The wall you see with the built-ins did not exist making the home too open and making this room seem like it did not serve a purpose other than to walk through to get to the front door. I added a wall in-between the existing living room and previous dining room giving both rooms a purpose. I also added a hidden built-in safe into the existing bookshelf on the right. The bookshelf opens up into a secret compartment to hold guns, jewelry or objects that you need to hide. The hinges are able to carry the entire load of the bookshelf and it's contents and opens out into the room. I though this was pretty 007 of me :) and really loved designing this bookshelf with this in mind. By working with the space to maximize it's potential I added a closet just on the other side of the shelving unit to the left giving the new bedroom a closet, this allowed us to pop out the other shelving unit on the right and create this hidden space that when looking at, you would never know it was there. Photo Credit: Kimberly Schneider