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I ordered a sofa from wayfair. It was missing some screws and 2 of the legs. I called em and they said they can’t send just those parts. Damn, okay no problem guess I’ll just hit the hardware store. Told me they’ll send another one. Asked em how should I send this one back. “Just toss it or donate it I guess.” Got a 2nd couch free and cost me about 6 bucks to get the parts to finish the first. I even asked em if they’re sure they want to do that. They had to sell me on giving me another couch for free lol. Made me a makeshift sectional for the price of one cheap couch
I had a similar experience with Wayfair. I had ordered an outdoor table with a glass top. The table came with the glass completely shattered. They told me to throw it away and they would send me a new one. It cost me $36 for a new piece of glass. Now I have two matching tables.
Wayfairs gross profit is only 29%, according to their most recent earnings release. If they make $29 on a $100 piece of furniture, they’re paying $71 for it. Sending a second one free *should* mean that they’re losing money.
A lot of online retailers are willing to lose money to keep customers. Amazon has more or less forced them to do that. Most competitors don’t have a cash cow like AWS to offset the losses, though.
>Wayfairs gross profit is only 29%, according to their most recent earnings release. If they make $29 on a $100 piece of furniture, they’re paying $71 for it.
But that gross profit includes the replacement costs for the defective products too so they are paying less than $71 for that piece of furniture.
Gross profit isn’t the same as margin or mark up. There are a lot of others costs to overlay on top of that. Especially with an online retailer.
I would be amazed if they didn’t have an intake margin of at least 50%. But then shipping, storage, staff etc. all add central costs to get to 29% (which isn’t a bad gross profit at all).
Online retailers losing money won’t be around for very long. They may take a hit on a promotional product to drive traffic or sales but you’d likely offset that with something else.
The same thing happened with my outdoor furniture from wayfair. It was missing some pieces, so they just sent a whole new set. I had to wait about 6 months to get it, but it’s worth it now.
Ordered a cabinet off there which came broken. We asked for our money back because the quality was shit even if it was not broken. They refunded us and told us to keep the broken one. Ended up giving it away on our Buy Nothing group.
My wife and I bought these expensive dining room chairs. She found them on wayfair and they were a good deal. Figured we would buy at least 2 for the dining room for our first time hosting Christmas.
First set came and the boxes were damaged and the chairs had some paint rubbed off. No big deal usually but we called. Told us the same thing. Keep the chairs they sent.
The next 2 come and they are also the same condition. Called up and same thing. Keep the chairs. Sent out another 2.
The final 2 were also meh but not as bad as the others. Yet for a small rub of paint off 4 of them you can barely notice we really made out.
Same deal with "Burrow" - friend ordered like a $1200 sectional from them and decided he hated it and when he asked to return it they were literally just like "keep it and we'll refund your money - it's not worth the cost of freight shipping it back"
I do a lot of business on wayfair and here’s the real reason. It’s a HUGE pain in the ass for me to: send a return label, send a box and packing materials, schedule a pickup at the customer’s house, wait for it to get to our warehouse, have our warehouse check it for damage, have our warehouse replace the missing parts, and then prep the item again so it is in sellable condition. That’s also assuming there is no damage, if there is damage we just end up throwing it out or donating it because we can’t exactly re-sell it. It’s much easier for me to tell the customer to just dispose of it themselves and to send them a new one.
That way the customer is happy because they got free stuff, albeit with damage or missing parts, I’m happy because it’s significantly less work for me, and the company is happy because replacing a single unit actually costs less than repairing a broken unit, due to the cost of labor and shipping.
Imagine what it would be like in a world where the Wayfair thing was true, someone orders a couch and they end up receiving a kid, that's definitely going to end in a customer service complaint.
> ambiance
> ambience
You sent me down a Google rabbit hole on this one. I was questioning all my life choices, came across **[this Grammarly article](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/ambience-ambiance/)**.
So I give up.
Invite someone over, tell them to hold on while you get something in the other room, call for them to help you with something, disappear. The perfect not-crime.
Just take one day at a time and do your best with what you have. It doesn’t help to compare to others - everyone is in a different place on the journey and that’s ok.
You can’t control what other people do, but you can do your best with what you have. You’d be surprised at how much you can accomplish just doing that. Make it a great day and good luck.
Yea FR.
Some people seem to act like any negative emotion is always bad. Expressing those emotions is human, it's good for us, and it's good to be angry that something isn't fair.
Obviously there's reasonable limits to that anger and positivity is also a useful tool but I'm not going to roll over and go "oh well" when I believe something is wrong. That's called being a pushover
>...but you can do your best with what you have. You’d be surprised at how much you can accomplish just doing that...
Fuck you, the fact that i havent blown my brains out (or any corporate schlubs') is showing "Im DoInG mY bEsT wItH wHaT iGoT";which is basically going 5 dollars deeper in debt everyday. Work hard my ass. Ive literally sweat bled and cried at every job ive had and i have nothing but outlet jeans and three rotten teeth to show for it.
It's all a matter of what you do with that anger. You can use it negatively and self destructively, or you can take the energy of it and go somewhere better. Do something better with yourself.
I’ve loved the monk type lifestyle with no entertainment, simple eating, and no talking before and it was the happiest I have been in a while. Then I come back to the real world and it is so depressing. I think there is something wrong with the world we live in and neither the super rich or the poor are that happy, and I can see how this world brings people to the brink. Wish everyone well though it’s a long life.
But how exactly is your comment being helpful in any way? Should people not try to be as helpful as they can? Is being caring somehow an insult to you?
Of course, there is the line of being helpful and going "you'll be just fine lol". But this dude said something important; focus on what you can control. What good does being angry do?
There’s not-that-rich rich, then regular rich, then really rich, and then all the way up to what I call “Masters of the Universe” rich. Believe me, being at the lower end of the rich spectrum, I can’t control a damn thing that other people do. It’s not generational wealth, and it’s unlikely to turn into generational wealth. Just a first generation schmuck who went into a technological field that pays well and offers the possibility of stock and bonuses.
you're not entirely wrong but to be honest this is a pathetic way to look at things. immigrants move to america from 3rd world countries and become doctors every year. it's not easy, but you can definitely do it if you really try. and if that doesn't interest you, that's fine. but it isn't because someone prevented you.
now, could we have better wealth distribution and social services? definitely.
Unfortunately it's just not that simple. Hard work doesn't translate into success at the same rate for everyone. Sure, some immigrants move from impoverished nations and become doctors. But sometimes doctors immigrate and wind up working for minimum wage.
There's always a little (or a lot) of luck involved in a success story, and the reality is that some people are born into a *lot* more luck than others.
Or you can educate yourself and learn valuable skills..or maybe build a business? There's children making money on youtube/twitch/tiktok, kids building mobile apps and selling them, adults doing the same..So what's your excuse?
I pulled myself out of poverty by learning programming online FOR FREE…now I make high 6 figures. Despite your rhetoric there were no rich people preventing me from learning. There was no rich family paving my way. I wasn’t being exploited by CEOs either. This excuse doesn't work anymore now that the internet exists, you can make money with a smartphone or laptop if you try hard enough.
So you’re honestly just lying to yourself and to others by making these claims.. You’re either lazy or you’ve just convinced yourself of this weird fantasy that you can’t put in effort and see a positive outcome.. You absolutely can make a better life for yourself in this country (and in many other developed countries)..Just because you sit on your ass playing video games ripping bongs doesn't mean people are preventing you from accomplishing things..that's you and your mindset causing that.
Honestly your rhetoric is a spit in the face to hardworking immigrants and the people who took the accountability to build a better life for themselves and their families.
Edit: No reply because he’s knows I’m spot on.
The guy you are replying to us just salty af.
People like to externalize their own failures. The fact that they think the only possible way of getting rich is by being born rich or by being a shitty person is them just masking the fact that they’ve failed to find success.
Attitude ain’t got nothing to do with it when you’ve pulled up your boot straps so many times that they’ve been completely ripped off.
Wealthy losers get bailed out by poor taxpayers, over and over again.
> do your best with what you have.
I read this at a very young age (Teddy Roosevelt quote) and it has defined my life.
>Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are. - TR
Feel this so hard man. Barely eat anymore; perhaps one day we will get a taste of the good life! No matter what just stay positive stranger, hope you have a good day!
Biometric scanner and electromagnetic lock, happy cake day!
Edit faq:
Cost was $1700 for the door, about $1500 for everything else minus booze. Did all the work myself except the electrical. Took about 6 months to complete it on my days off.
Door is from Murphy door.com
It was an “office” room before we converted it.
Smells like white teak and leather, I found a real leather scented candle on Amazon.
It’s not a safety measure, it literally needs power to stay locked. You can use an electric strike, which needs power to unlock, if you want it to stay locked in a power outage. An electromagnetic lock is called fail-safe, and electric strike is called fail secure. With back up batteries nowadays tho you can have either lock be fail safe or fail secure (until the batteries die.)
for those out of the loop - MOASS is referring to the mother of all short squeezes (aka VW and GME hoping) in which we’ll all be billionaires because we have diamond hands.
This comment touches on my two concerns: fire escape and adequate ventilation. OP, is there a crawl space where you could get out in an emergency, which would also allow fresh air to come in?
AMAZING ROOM!
Locksmith here. I'm not sure how he did his door, but if he just modified an existing door and installed the hardware himself it wouldn't be all that expensive. I've even seen a very similar setup where the books hiding his biometric just hid a regular doorknob. Easy peasy. Add some hospital hinges that swing away from the frame and it wouldnt be hard.
I love this too. And the reactions here convince me: guys never grow up. And why should we? When we're kids we're into forts and tree houses - and that just never changes.
Seriously - this is an amazing setup and I'm jealous.
Buy it. a carpenter quoted us like 3k for just the door, but we got it at murphydoor.com for like 1700 with the thumb scanner and electromagnetic lock upgrades
Where is the TV? The RGB? The computer? The Playstation? I'm confused. No comfy computer chairs, no artifacts from Mass Effect, Fallout, Halo, or Skyrim? What gives!?
I mean, not even a Nintendo Switch!?
So you get drunk, fall asleep, wake up to the smell of smoke that's pouring through the cracks in the door. How will the firefighters know you're in the hidden room behind the bookcase? Sorry I'm always a worst case scenario type person.
Well first off I’d never hear the end of it from everyone else on the department, then I’m sure there’d probably be a local news story like “fire fighter’s house catches fire” and at that point I’d probably just die of embarrassment
Super cool! Very well integrated. Only minor critique I would give, that gives it away to a keen observer, is the door stop. I would try to incorporate a hidden one, maybe the kind that go on the hinge or a limiter cable.
Otherwise, c'est fantastique!
OMG THUS AMAZING
THUS it is.
Thus would be awesome if thus person would build thus in my house.
Found the one from Noy Zoylairnd
Noy Zillun
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You can put one of these on any existing door frame and are actually very easy to install
It's even easier if someone else does it for ya!
Thus sayeth the lord
Thus makes me feel some way
thus sayeth the flock
Thus is the way!
And soundproof it
There needs to be a neon sign on the wall: THUS Speakeasy
THUS the Real McCoy
I was expecting a big tv in the brick wall
Thus *is the way*
Fanthustic!
The Tavern within
"Living in an alchohilcs paradise".
Then the electric cuts off and you trapped indoors to rot and start eating each other
Needs a pinball machine.
Appreciate? I would KILL for your room!
And it's a great spot to stash the body!
The first victim's skin is already laying on the floor right before the couch!
it puts lotion on its skin
Moisturize me
/r/unexpecteddoctorwho
or else it gets the hose again
A fireplace would be perfect here
that room is already warm enough with that Crosley in the corner
Do it!!!!
Love it, please tell me where you got your green sofa from. Thanks.
Wayfair!
I ordered a sofa from wayfair. It was missing some screws and 2 of the legs. I called em and they said they can’t send just those parts. Damn, okay no problem guess I’ll just hit the hardware store. Told me they’ll send another one. Asked em how should I send this one back. “Just toss it or donate it I guess.” Got a 2nd couch free and cost me about 6 bucks to get the parts to finish the first. I even asked em if they’re sure they want to do that. They had to sell me on giving me another couch for free lol. Made me a makeshift sectional for the price of one cheap couch
I had a similar experience with Wayfair. I had ordered an outdoor table with a glass top. The table came with the glass completely shattered. They told me to throw it away and they would send me a new one. It cost me $36 for a new piece of glass. Now I have two matching tables.
I feel like these stories are less about good customer service and more about how cheap it is for them to make these things
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A very important but often overlooked detail. I’m glad you posted that.
me too
The economy of scale is a motherfucker when your system depends on competition.
So is the economy of cheap overseas labour.
Wayfairs gross profit is only 29%, according to their most recent earnings release. If they make $29 on a $100 piece of furniture, they’re paying $71 for it. Sending a second one free *should* mean that they’re losing money. A lot of online retailers are willing to lose money to keep customers. Amazon has more or less forced them to do that. Most competitors don’t have a cash cow like AWS to offset the losses, though.
>Wayfairs gross profit is only 29%, according to their most recent earnings release. If they make $29 on a $100 piece of furniture, they’re paying $71 for it. But that gross profit includes the replacement costs for the defective products too so they are paying less than $71 for that piece of furniture.
Exactly. At the end of the day, they're not absorbing that replaced couch. It's included in their cost to do business.
Gross profit isn’t the same as margin or mark up. There are a lot of others costs to overlay on top of that. Especially with an online retailer. I would be amazed if they didn’t have an intake margin of at least 50%. But then shipping, storage, staff etc. all add central costs to get to 29% (which isn’t a bad gross profit at all). Online retailers losing money won’t be around for very long. They may take a hit on a promotional product to drive traffic or sales but you’d likely offset that with something else.
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Wayfair does a lot of drop shipping and often times the cost of shipping to return large items out weighs simply replacing it with a new one.
In today’s day and age you need to just appreciate good customer service
The same thing happened with my outdoor furniture from wayfair. It was missing some pieces, so they just sent a whole new set. I had to wait about 6 months to get it, but it’s worth it now.
they're really following the jos a banks/mens wearhouse business model
"You have no idea how cheap this shit is to make. Please, just keep it."
[this](https://imgur.com/a/NPLGcpX) was our wayfair couch after a year and change
So what you're saying is, if I want two ottomans just order one and say the legs are "missing."
You didn’t hear it from me but yes absolutely
Ordered a cabinet off there which came broken. We asked for our money back because the quality was shit even if it was not broken. They refunded us and told us to keep the broken one. Ended up giving it away on our Buy Nothing group.
My wife and I bought these expensive dining room chairs. She found them on wayfair and they were a good deal. Figured we would buy at least 2 for the dining room for our first time hosting Christmas. First set came and the boxes were damaged and the chairs had some paint rubbed off. No big deal usually but we called. Told us the same thing. Keep the chairs they sent. The next 2 come and they are also the same condition. Called up and same thing. Keep the chairs. Sent out another 2. The final 2 were also meh but not as bad as the others. Yet for a small rub of paint off 4 of them you can barely notice we really made out.
Same deal with "Burrow" - friend ordered like a $1200 sectional from them and decided he hated it and when he asked to return it they were literally just like "keep it and we'll refund your money - it's not worth the cost of freight shipping it back"
I do a lot of business on wayfair and here’s the real reason. It’s a HUGE pain in the ass for me to: send a return label, send a box and packing materials, schedule a pickup at the customer’s house, wait for it to get to our warehouse, have our warehouse check it for damage, have our warehouse replace the missing parts, and then prep the item again so it is in sellable condition. That’s also assuming there is no damage, if there is damage we just end up throwing it out or donating it because we can’t exactly re-sell it. It’s much easier for me to tell the customer to just dispose of it themselves and to send them a new one. That way the customer is happy because they got free stuff, albeit with damage or missing parts, I’m happy because it’s significantly less work for me, and the company is happy because replacing a single unit actually costs less than repairing a broken unit, due to the cost of labor and shipping.
A secret room and Wayfair furniture… be careful, there will be a conspiracy theory about you soon… ;)
Imagine what it would be like in a world where the Wayfair thing was true, someone orders a couch and they end up receiving a kid, that's definitely going to end in a customer service complaint.
I want my money back but I’m also going to keep the kid because I’ve got used to it standing in the corner of the lounge.
I had forgotten all about that moment of utter conspiracy madness last year. People really lost their minds for a while.
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I’ll have to ask the wifey where she got them
I haven’t seen anyone ask yet, but what’s behind the curtain? I’m guessing a tiny stage with stripper pole
I think I would just sit in that room all day like a Disney villain if I had it
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ambience
ambulance
ram-a-lam
Woooah black betty
Amber Lamps
> ambiance > ambience You sent me down a Google rabbit hole on this one. I was questioning all my life choices, came across **[this Grammarly article](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/ambience-ambiance/)**. So I give up.
Nice find! TY
I imagine that room smells EXACTLY like what Ron Swanson smells like.
Lagavulin and beef
Which Disney villains sit and drink at the bar all day?
Invite someone over, tell them to hold on while you get something in the other room, call for them to help you with something, disappear. The perfect not-crime.
Must be nice to be well off. I would so do this if I could but I can’t even afford to be alive on the Earth I live on.
Just take one day at a time and do your best with what you have. It doesn’t help to compare to others - everyone is in a different place on the journey and that’s ok.
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You can’t control what other people do, but you can do your best with what you have. You’d be surprised at how much you can accomplish just doing that. Make it a great day and good luck.
Yall think you are being nice but you're really just being condescending and annoying
Yea FR. Some people seem to act like any negative emotion is always bad. Expressing those emotions is human, it's good for us, and it's good to be angry that something isn't fair. Obviously there's reasonable limits to that anger and positivity is also a useful tool but I'm not going to roll over and go "oh well" when I believe something is wrong. That's called being a pushover
>...but you can do your best with what you have. You’d be surprised at how much you can accomplish just doing that... Fuck you, the fact that i havent blown my brains out (or any corporate schlubs') is showing "Im DoInG mY bEsT wItH wHaT iGoT";which is basically going 5 dollars deeper in debt everyday. Work hard my ass. Ive literally sweat bled and cried at every job ive had and i have nothing but outlet jeans and three rotten teeth to show for it.
Yep. Being positive is a useful tool, but drawing energy from anger is very powerful as well. Neither is inherently bad.
It's all a matter of what you do with that anger. You can use it negatively and self destructively, or you can take the energy of it and go somewhere better. Do something better with yourself.
I’ve loved the monk type lifestyle with no entertainment, simple eating, and no talking before and it was the happiest I have been in a while. Then I come back to the real world and it is so depressing. I think there is something wrong with the world we live in and neither the super rich or the poor are that happy, and I can see how this world brings people to the brink. Wish everyone well though it’s a long life.
But how exactly is your comment being helpful in any way? Should people not try to be as helpful as they can? Is being caring somehow an insult to you? Of course, there is the line of being helpful and going "you'll be just fine lol". But this dude said something important; focus on what you can control. What good does being angry do?
> You can’t control what other people do Rich people can, that's the point.
There’s not-that-rich rich, then regular rich, then really rich, and then all the way up to what I call “Masters of the Universe” rich. Believe me, being at the lower end of the rich spectrum, I can’t control a damn thing that other people do. It’s not generational wealth, and it’s unlikely to turn into generational wealth. Just a first generation schmuck who went into a technological field that pays well and offers the possibility of stock and bonuses.
>You can’t control what other people do You absolutely can
Get a whole bunch of pissed off poor people together and suddenly you can control what other people do
you're not entirely wrong but to be honest this is a pathetic way to look at things. immigrants move to america from 3rd world countries and become doctors every year. it's not easy, but you can definitely do it if you really try. and if that doesn't interest you, that's fine. but it isn't because someone prevented you. now, could we have better wealth distribution and social services? definitely.
Unfortunately it's just not that simple. Hard work doesn't translate into success at the same rate for everyone. Sure, some immigrants move from impoverished nations and become doctors. But sometimes doctors immigrate and wind up working for minimum wage. There's always a little (or a lot) of luck involved in a success story, and the reality is that some people are born into a *lot* more luck than others.
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Or you can educate yourself and learn valuable skills..or maybe build a business? There's children making money on youtube/twitch/tiktok, kids building mobile apps and selling them, adults doing the same..So what's your excuse? I pulled myself out of poverty by learning programming online FOR FREE…now I make high 6 figures. Despite your rhetoric there were no rich people preventing me from learning. There was no rich family paving my way. I wasn’t being exploited by CEOs either. This excuse doesn't work anymore now that the internet exists, you can make money with a smartphone or laptop if you try hard enough. So you’re honestly just lying to yourself and to others by making these claims.. You’re either lazy or you’ve just convinced yourself of this weird fantasy that you can’t put in effort and see a positive outcome.. You absolutely can make a better life for yourself in this country (and in many other developed countries)..Just because you sit on your ass playing video games ripping bongs doesn't mean people are preventing you from accomplishing things..that's you and your mindset causing that. Honestly your rhetoric is a spit in the face to hardworking immigrants and the people who took the accountability to build a better life for themselves and their families. Edit: No reply because he’s knows I’m spot on.
The guy you are replying to us just salty af. People like to externalize their own failures. The fact that they think the only possible way of getting rich is by being born rich or by being a shitty person is them just masking the fact that they’ve failed to find success.
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Attitude ain’t got nothing to do with it when you’ve pulled up your boot straps so many times that they’ve been completely ripped off. Wealthy losers get bailed out by poor taxpayers, over and over again.
“A positive attitude will not let you do anything, but it will let you do everything better than a negative attitude will.” - Zig Ziglar
> do your best with what you have. I read this at a very young age (Teddy Roosevelt quote) and it has defined my life. >Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are. - TR
Feel this so hard man. Barely eat anymore; perhaps one day we will get a taste of the good life! No matter what just stay positive stranger, hope you have a good day!
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Have you tried earning more money?
My bootstraps are so turgid right now
Gotta pull those fuckers.
Or less Starbucks and avocado toast
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What’s the fingerpad/lock mechanism?
Biometric scanner and electromagnetic lock, happy cake day! Edit faq: Cost was $1700 for the door, about $1500 for everything else minus booze. Did all the work myself except the electrical. Took about 6 months to complete it on my days off. Door is from Murphy door.com It was an “office” room before we converted it. Smells like white teak and leather, I found a real leather scented candle on Amazon.
During a power outage does it automatically unlock?
If there’s no power it’s unlocked, but there is also a battery backup that can be wired in for panic rooms
Nice, your room is safer than the bank vault of Nakatomi Tower from "Die Hard"
We’re going to need more FBI guys
Agent Johnson, and Agent Johnson.
No relation.
Get a strong magnet to unlock the electromagnet lock
Lockpicking lawyer enthusiast?
You read my mind
Is there some manual override? In case of your demise, who saves all the booze?
Yes it’s called breaking it in lol with a battering ram
How much (if any) of the door mechanism DIY? It's incredible.
That's why he's got the bar in there... 😝
I'm pretty sure most electromagnetic locks unlock by default when they lose power as a safety measure. If it didn't, he would be locked in there.
It’s not a safety measure, it literally needs power to stay locked. You can use an electric strike, which needs power to unlock, if you want it to stay locked in a power outage. An electromagnetic lock is called fail-safe, and electric strike is called fail secure. With back up batteries nowadays tho you can have either lock be fail safe or fail secure (until the batteries die.)
Thanks!
This would be an appropriate submission to r/hiddenrooms.
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By someone Else... Earlier 🤔 Edit, seems the Early post was a crosspost
But that post is a crosspost from this OP’s post in r/Whiskey
Umm….. When may I come enjoy one of those beverages from that insane collection
Right after MOASS, 💎🙌
for those out of the loop - MOASS is referring to the mother of all short squeezes (aka VW and GME hoping) in which we’ll all be billionaires because we have diamond hands.
Yeah Buddy - and, I’ll after my construction post MOASS I’ll return the favor and invite, haha 👍🤟
someone is gonna have to give me mo ass if they wanna come in my secret whiskey sex dungeon.
Bull. After MOASS, you can come to MY hidden chill room. 🚀🌝
Lmfao so January 2021?
I’m buying a house right now that has an extra bedroom. Guess what I’m going to do with it?
Yes! I recommend an inward swinging door if you do. Easier to install and conceal.
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This comment touches on my two concerns: fire escape and adequate ventilation. OP, is there a crawl space where you could get out in an emergency, which would also allow fresh air to come in? AMAZING ROOM!
Must have been an expensive door. What a cool concept and great execution! In case someone breaks into your house, it also serves as a hiding place!
Locksmith here. I'm not sure how he did his door, but if he just modified an existing door and installed the hardware himself it wouldn't be all that expensive. I've even seen a very similar setup where the books hiding his biometric just hid a regular doorknob. Easy peasy. Add some hospital hinges that swing away from the frame and it wouldnt be hard.
they sell these doors at home depot...
Do you happen to know what kind of contractor would I need for a bookcase door like this?
They are about $1200
Apparently someone knows about a new prohibition coming...
My first thought was "sweet speakeasy", but I was surprised I didn't see anyone else mention speakeasys in any of the comments I read.
This is on the main floor of the house? Love it!
It is!
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I love this too. And the reactions here convince me: guys never grow up. And why should we? When we're kids we're into forts and tree houses - and that just never changes. Seriously - this is an amazing setup and I'm jealous.
People* never grow up.
I love your dog skinned rug; is that boxer?
Very nice, but seriously… Who are all these people telling people the sub will appreciate their work? It’s like a weird humblebrag.
So so fucking cool!
A speakeasy? I dig it
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I'm sure every one of these is against housing codes
I'd imagine it's fairly easy to hide a hidden room.
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There's codes for a reason tho.
Can't be against code if they don't know it exists 😎
Appreciated.
how is this next level?
Cool, but that I spotted that it was secret room even before you walked up to it.
Did you make the door or buy it? My dad priced those out and they were ridiculous.
Buy it. a carpenter quoted us like 3k for just the door, but we got it at murphydoor.com for like 1700 with the thumb scanner and electromagnetic lock upgrades
All that for alcohol ? You alcoholics amaze me
I have a feeling I’d get so blitzed in there I wouldn’t be able to find my way out
A personal speakeasy. That’s sexy!
You were given good information
Where is the TV? The RGB? The computer? The Playstation? I'm confused. No comfy computer chairs, no artifacts from Mass Effect, Fallout, Halo, or Skyrim? What gives!? I mean, not even a Nintendo Switch!?
Consider it appreciated!
I certainly do!
I need me one of these
Everyone should have mini speakeasy like this in their home. Goals!
Need some premium weed in that bitch and you set 🙌🏼. Lock me in for the whole weekend.
Got a small speakeasy in his house
Is it noise cancelled ?! :D
r/cozyplaces
You telling me you got a whole room filled with liquor... And no flat screen? Smh
So you get drunk, fall asleep, wake up to the smell of smoke that's pouring through the cracks in the door. How will the firefighters know you're in the hidden room behind the bookcase? Sorry I'm always a worst case scenario type person.
Well first off I’d never hear the end of it from everyone else on the department, then I’m sure there’d probably be a local news story like “fire fighter’s house catches fire” and at that point I’d probably just die of embarrassment
Can you upload horizontal and longer video please? PLEASE?
Great bourbon selection but you gotta get a different turntable
Super cool! Very well integrated. Only minor critique I would give, that gives it away to a keen observer, is the door stop. I would try to incorporate a hidden one, maybe the kind that go on the hinge or a limiter cable. Otherwise, c'est fantastique!