We Found a SECRET HIDDEN DOOR - - What's inside?

[@davebrooks2942]

I'll be checking all over that house for more hidden compartments

[@bryandunkel]

I own an 1820's Brick Farmhouse it has many secret compartments. My son has lived there for 2 years and has not found a single one. I will never tell him where. Love the Oak Mantle, Hope it was not destroyed. Sat Down at my drafting bench and drew the plan. As a woodworker this will be a fun plan for my house.

[@anabelavandenheuvel480]

What a brilliant place to keep your valuables 😊

[@dcallan812]

Handy for hiding your valuables. 👍

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Good that the two of you experienced the excitement of hidden storage.

[@lisab3338]

Very cool. A safe keeping place. I was going to guess prohibition stash but too new.

[@revconnievinci]

Hidden moonshine first came to my mind, too!

[@TheKraemerLife]

We guess it was built in early 2000 when the prior owner added the bookshelves and addition to the house.

[@PhonieOperator]

I love when people have bookshelves and lots of books I’m a reader too

[@karomaalta4592]

That was fun! That's something that every kid dreamed of, to find a hidden door ❤❤❤

[@TheKraemerLife]

Did you see Nate's reaction, he was so excited.

[@karomaalta4592]

@@TheKraemerLife I could feel it!

[@nancywatson9535]

That's really cool to find hidden secrets. Keep up the good work!!

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thanks! Will do!

[@sheilam4964]

Georgeous fireplce, mantle and exquisite wood work decorations.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thank you very much!

[@mikespangler98]

I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought "Put the candle back!"

[@ciaobella8963]

I think that's where the previous owner hid his first edition books haha. 😉

[@TheKraemerLife]

HAHA, that is exactly what I said when we found it. Wish they were still there.

[@melfarm9109]

What an innocent mind you have, it would obviously be for alcohol

[@ciaobella8963]

@@melfarm9109 Yeah, if it were the Prohibition perhaps haha. And thanks for the compliment, all praise be to God.

[@pogmothoin1342]

Playboy and hustler had first editions.

[@GrampiesCorner]

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[@JustMe88419]

I have seen very similar set ups simply for liquor bottles. Sort of a nice display for when company comes by, you open the little door and the light illuminates the expensive bottles.

[@KaquolMeliReno]

That’s a beautiful old mantle!

[@dorzak975]

That plywood looks newer than the 1930's even for being hidden behind the mantle. My guess is there was originally a fireplace or a wood stove inside the mantle when the house was first built. Yes, commercial plywood became viable in 1934, but didn't take off extensively until post WWII. When they took out the original fireplace/wood stove insert they built that box with the fake marble (also doesn't look to be 1930's) and when they did so they added the secret compartment.

[@originalsusser]

I think the modern spring-loaded cabinet hinges shows it's age

[@RickBeall]

All the hardware in there looked new, and it used Philips head screws which were invented for the auto industry in the late 1940s. Everything back there looked like 1970 or newer.

[@creinicke1000]

Maybe you guys can put another hidden hole someplace too? Leave a letter or a time capsule of sorts. Yes, you may live there forever, but who knows what will happen in the next 50 years? You could leave something for others to have fun in finding.

[@TheKraemerLife]

I think that the prior owner may have done that when he built all of this...we shall see if we find something else squirreled away.

[@KraftyKaren-7]

Oh wow!!! That’s crazy to have found that secret door. Too bad there wasn’t anything hiding in there. Yes I am sure there will be many more treasure hunts on your property just waiting to be discovered. And looking forward to you next up coming project on the house. I just love watching house demos and remodeling. And just homestead projects all together. Your channel is one of my favorite channels to watch you rant #1 in my book. Have an awesome day and will be waiting for more videos to come take care😊

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thank you so much! Yes, I think this property is a huge scavenger hunt and we will continue to find odd things as we clear and rennovate.

[@carmenortiz5294]

They may be as lucky as me. I have so many hidden places in my house, that was build by a bootlegger. I just posted about it. Even an entire secret room. He even had a speakeasy in what I call the cottage, he had dancing girls according to a neighbor who was 100 years old when I moved here. From the outside it looks just like a small normal house of the Great Depression years.

[@hattiem.7966]

My parents last house had 2 hidden stairs.One was a narrow one between twining room and kitchen.It had a door and it went up to the master bedroom bathroom or closet.The other one went from that bathroom to the attic.The house was built in 1900.

[@carmenortiz5294]

@@hattiem.7966 Isn't nice to find things like that. People from quite a while ago had imagination.

[@maggidull1952]

What a neat find even if there were no actual treasures.

[@diannemiller4754]

Hidden treasures back in the day.😊nice find! Although empty, it's very intriguing for sure 😊

[@TheKraemerLife]

YEs, not what we were expecting when we started our day.

[@MikeS29]

Back in the day with LED lightbulb and IKEA hinges.

[@williambabbitt7602]

How will you use this hiding place for yourself? That’s like having a room size safe in your house.

[@maryannsmithkang7224]

Sooo cool!! 😊

[@sharon3017]

Great job, now you have shown every one about you secret space.

[@TheKraemerLife]

It doesn't exist any more...we didn't plan on keeping it.

[@robertasaunders9362]

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[@loveycomeaux4380]

I would for sure go through all the books. You never know what is hidden in them.

[@anitafanshaw8932]

Awesome videos Nate your narration was very good.

[@seaduster8347]

I was just waiting for those mirrors to fall and break.

[@ShirleyShirley-t5f]

Yes. Should’ve removed them first and got there sooner. Eh?

[@jodyboatright41]

The Journey so far has been Awesome!! ❤

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻 what a nice secret!!

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thanks, we thought it was cool.

[@lewih7135]

Cool find. You guys are doing great work! 👍🏼

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thanks! 👍

[@moanahughes3593]

Great progress guys 🎉 warm and weather proof, animals and land on track 👍

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thanks

[@Bizzy-Bumble1131]

Looks like the perfect size where a riffle would be hidden. Very cool farm house.

[@peggydozier9941]

AMAZING Secret & Your Hard Work is with Extol!.😊

[@rhondajackson6677]

Exciting find! Clever hiding place!

[@wdwerker]

I built a decorative fireplace mantle along with bookcases for a client. If you stuck your head up inside the fireplace the top lifted out of the way and there was a space on either side to stand rifles up plus shelves for valuables. The top was labeled “ No fires” Decorative fireplace only.

[@fredwmm]

Great job. Keep making it your own place.

[@DinkTank369]

Good afternoon Nate & Katie

[@OMGaNEWBIE]

COOL FIND!

[@johnmills34YT]

Really cool the other owners put a secret compartment in the fireplace but definitely newer since it has backerboard from 15 years ago behind the compartment.

[@IMOO1896]

Good thing you didn’t try to use the fireplace. That’s a great find!

[@TheKraemerLife]

The fireplace is just for looks no function.

[@victoriajones8747]

Fabulous... Really enjoyed it thank you 😊

[@catty2chatty]

Pretty clever little hideout.

[@Home-11]

How cool is that?! 👍😁

[@deborahmitchell6387]

That is actually pretty cool!

[@ReverendBrown.]

Thongs change scent from one end to the other. Knowledge is power. God bless

[@PhonieOperator]

Great comments everyone loves a secret hiding place

[@colleenrodamer9497]

How awesome is that ❤

[@SunflowerandtheBussLady]

That would have both scared the pebbles out of me, and excited me to know that there could possibly be other secrets in and round the home/property. Very cool find!

[@lieuwina]

That was very exciting.

[@deborahmallabone1387]

That's really interesting what else will you both find 😊

[@TheKraemerLife]

Right?! I am sure there will be little surprises all over this property.

[@TheJacobKlag]

Just a thought.... previous owners maybe were .... growing something, you know... that may need light.

[@nancyvolker3342]

that was a beautiful mantel

[@leahharbison4932]

I like that mantle. Hard to find a pretty wood mantle. I hope you will find use for it.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We will keep it for sure, possibly for a differnet home.

[@annmarieschantz9724]

What an interesting find. Love what you done with this property !!

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thanks, we thought it was cool.

[@rebeccazody1278]

mJ growing area? Matches the “paint” room in barn. Great find

[@donnamaeanderson3448]

That was quite interesting. Was so hoping there would be something of value for you inside. ❤

[@TheKraemerLife]

It was a fun find, we also would have loved for the shelves to have been lined with some form of value but it wasn't anything we expected so a fun experience.

[@cheryl63...]

That is so cool!

[@mariesheppard3750]

Ooopps to bad no big cash find, Another great day on the Homestead

[@TheKraemerLife]

Right!? It was just a fun find.

[@angelmorrigan7680]

that mantel is beautiful! are u going to keep it and put it somewhere else?

[@TheKraemerLife]

We will keep it for a future project, we love it.

[@janicecorum4293]

That's awesome!!

[@zoeshorthouse7913]

That is so cool.

[@tammysarrazin-ux9tv]

cool hidden spot for sure hugsssssss

[@debbiebrooks3473]

Could it be part of the Underground Railroad? What a piece of history that would be!

[@johnje4285]

Such a beautiful mantle. I hope you keep it

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, we are keeping it.

[@lauraschuler3894]

Very cool. Maybe where they hid their whiskey during prohibition.

[@camicri4263]

So cool! Blessings!

[@LowejaDogs]

Very nice mantle. Love it.

[@alanlawson6238]

Luv you guys ❤️

[@ellenw1587]

Cement backer board may be as a barrier between the exterior wall , moisture.

[@timeenuf4200]

What fun to discover! Who knows what else you'll find.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, we anticipate more treasures or at least random finds as we continue to explore.

[@mommabecky83]

I love this house. So many cool things

[@TheKraemerLife]

It is an odd place, very quirky.

[@user-nf7dk2lk3v]

Oh my, that is so cool.You've got to keep tdad

[@littlefish9670]

That's where they used to hide their moonshine at you know the good liquor. Or other things.👍👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@krickette5569]

How Exciting! My mind was racing thinking of what he may have kept hidden in there!

[@TheKraemerLife]

Right!? We were excited just having what do you think was there conversations. Pretty interesting that someone went to that much trouble to build something like that and it be empty.

[@pattyellen1954]

Beautiful wooden mantle 😊 love refurbished old homes

[@TheKraemerLife]

Me too!! We hope to reuse it in another project.

[@debbiedempsky8160]

Bummer! I was hoping for some buried treasure back there.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Same...oh well.

[@lindabyrne1645]

Nice Job

[@Grandma_NC]

Love the hidden shelves

[@shrumittofarmer439]

Looks like relatively new construction looking at plywood and the cabinet hinges

[@kameljoe21]

Along with the romex as well. With in the last 10 to 30 years. It looks like it was built to replace a ugly wood stove or chimney.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Remodel was 2000 from prior owner

[@TheKraemerLife]

24 years

[@wolfmansgoodies]

Awesome video

[@miriammuskal5402]

WOW 😲❤

[@margaretbedwell3211]

What an awesome find. I would definitely leave it there. It would make a great safe. Sorry there wasn't a bundle of cash or something of value that could have been turned into cash. Have a Blessed day.

[@margaretepting9387]

I thought it might have been for moonshine!

[@margaretbedwell3211]

@@margaretepting9387 Maybe it was. LOL. It would have held quite a bit back there. Hmmm....a side gig for Nate maybe????

[@TheKraemerLife]

It was cool finding it, a bit of a bummer it was empty but we were not expecting to find anything so we were happy for a cool surprise.

[@susanwheat9910]

It is a Speak Easy! Where during Prohibition, Moonshine etc was hidden I first saw a space like that in Marjorie Kinnans Rawling's home.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We guess it was built in early 2000 when the prior owner added the bookshelves and addition to the house.

[@melanieronbrooks80]

That fireplace surround looks like the one in my parents home. My mother bought the surround from an antique dealer to put into their new home. The back of the surround had a date written on the back of 1870.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We were told it was an antique but it is hard to say, we didn't find any names or dates on it.

[@freedomforusa1658]

I sure liked the book cases and probably not the fake fire place. Cool hidden spot! Bootleg batch?

[@CyclingM1867DubbysMama]

Really cool!! My house has a secret compartment that my landlord and landlady showed me when they were showing me the place. It's come in handy and is a cool thing to have. I always wanted a secret compartment in my home. Nothing was in there when I moved in, although I do make good use of it.

[@maggiefriedrichs777]

A good place to hide guns

[@Tracy_R]

😮very cool

[@jmo2104]

Wow, That's exciting

[@belindasanders7072]

Would have been sweet 2 find a wad of cash, 4 sure. Have a great weekend u guys. ❤ & God bless

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, that would have been a tad more exciting for all of us.

[@marthaosburn-henry1087]

Did the hidden area date back to prohibition? Or it was a DYI safe. Luv your videos.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We guess it was built in early 2000 when the prior owner added the bookshelves and addition to the house.

[@alasdairblackmore2592]

I find it amazing that you didn't notice it wasn't a real fireplace ... and it makes me wonder what else that hides in plain sight you have missed !

[@TheKraemerLife]

???We knew it was a fake fireplace from day one, lol. We didn't know the mirror was on a hinge and there were hidden space behind it

[@mattwaters6987]

Interesting find.

[@mgtmoffat8411]

Exciting find.💕💕🌻🌻

[@marysullivan3881]

Some old houses had secret compartments in the dining or living room for booze during prohibition.

[@marysullivan3881]

Civil war homes in the South may have had compartments to hide gold and silver from Yankees.

[@i_dont_live_here]

That’s where they kept the good stuff ❤

[@teesiemom]

Such an interesting find!😃 And it's good to know you may actually get to put in a real fireplace if you want! Goodness knows, firewood would not be an issue 😄 Can't wait to see where the next phase of your journey takes you guys.😊

[@TheKraemerLife]

So true! We have plenty of fire wood to select.

[@duanekc]

Check those hinges for a date; I don't think that type was available before the 1960s.

[@elizabethwatson71]

That board and fiber board are VERY new. As well as the hinge on the mirror is made in the last 10 years. I was probably made just to hide something small like a gun or safety box

[@kar702]

There’s nothing better than finding a good old hidey hole❤

[@TheKraemerLife]

It made us speculate as to why it was built in the first place.

[@lindaking7746]

Love the bookshelves.

[@proto57]

In the early 1980's, a friend of mine was renting an old farmhouse in NY. The basement walls were the stone foundation, but one wall was planked with horizontal wooden boards. There was a tiny gap between a couple of boards, and when he shone a light in there, we could see rows of dusty bottles. So we pulled off a few boards, which revealed many gallons of depression-era... and before?... gallon bottles of what turned out to be home made grape and molasses wine. Someone was hiding it, long ago, and it was completely forgotten about. We drank some of it. In fact, when we went to NYC for dinner with friends, and his brother and his wife, we ate at a "bring your own" (alcohol) place. We brought a bottle of the molasses wine... which was identified by the waiter, a transplant from Illinois. He said he had family that still made it at the time. I still have two sealed bottles of it, in my basement. It is probably 90 years old or more by now.

[@jenny9545horse]

Great job on the video 👍🏼

[@TheKraemerLife]

Glad you liked it!

[@evalinawarne1337]

I would of kept this private. You could of use it for your self. A safe. ✨💖🥀🌹❤️

[@tinakercher8768]

I would have as well!

[@TheKraemerLife]

We planned on ripping it out so no need to keep it secret.