This week the backfill was done. On the wall close to where Rob and Becky are standing is a sign on the foundation that says DO NOT BACKFILL VERANDA. While we were designing the house a friend suggested that we build a wine cellar underneath it. So the secret room, cold storage, or wine cellar evolved. It will not be much of a secret now.
The story gets a bit more interesting. When our neighbors house was being built they noticed that there was some useful space under the front veranda, but they were too late to do anything about it, since it had no doorway and it had already been backfilled. We spray painted the sign on the front to keep the dirt out!
As a result we will have a tornado shelter, a cold room, or maybe a wine cellar, but definitely not a secret room.
It's too bad you didn't keep it a secret... you would have been able to maintain your wine habit if Canada were ever to institute a Prohibition. ;-)
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