We’re spotting hidden doors everywhere at the moment – connecting bedrooms to en suites, kitchens to pantries, and leading from sitting rooms to home offices and secret reading nooks.

"I wish we saw more of that style of home today," the man in Kentucky who noticed the "secret" house feature told Newsweek.

So he started a company himself. Now, Creative Home Engineering installs hidden doors, secret rooms, and trapdoors in homes. Story by Jacob Shamsian and editing by Stephen Parkhurst More from ...