Where to hide valuables at home In today’s perilous times

It makes sense to know where to hide valuables in your home due to the surge in crime and the questionable behavior of banks.

Keeping valuables safe is a concern as you never know when it will be your home’s turn to be hit by burglars.

Some of the more obvious solutions will be a home safe, gun safe, picture frames, a floor safe, and so on.

These are some of the first places burglars look for when they are in a home.

The key to knowing where to hide valuables is to be both creative and innovative but not so creative that you do not remember where you put your nice things.

The good news is that you can hide your valuables without spending a lot of money doing it.

18 Good Locations to Hide your Valuables at Your Home

The following suggestions are meant to help you find your own creative hiding places.

You can use these or use them to motivate you to make sure no one can find your valuables when they break into your home or stay as a guest.

Of course, places like drawers, ice cube trays, hollowed-out or fake books, and other obvious locations will not be on this list.

They are too famous to be of any good to homeowners.

#1. Fake logs

Are always a good hiding place as these fake logs blend in with the real ones to make sure no one thinks about looking at the wood pile.

You can use these fake logs inside or outside.

Just make sure to have a fireplace inside your home or a fire pit in your yard.

#2. The mantle clock

This timepiece can be designed to hold a gun or money, etc.

Not many thieves look at the clock to see if anything is hidden there.

Just make sure to have a well-hidden lock to not tip the thieves off.

You can use wall clocks as well.

They can have a hidden door and tiny shelves inside.

#3. A box of laundry soap

If thieves are in a hurry they will not look in the laundry room for valuables.

They do not like dirty laundry like anyone else does not like it.

You can have the box empty, half full, or full of laundry soap to make sure your valuables are well hidden.

#4. Household items

By this we mean fake toothpaste tubes, fake canned goods, and similar household products that no one would think about looking in or searching for a hidden compartment.

There are countless household items you can use with or without the hidden compartment.

Just make sure that when you use a real one to wrap your valuables properly so they do not get ruined by paint, vaseline, fruit juice, and so on.

#5. Fake drain pipe

You can do this option in your basement or outside your home.

Just make sure whatever you put inside of it is well protected from the elements.

#6. Flower pots

This is a good hiding place if you have any on the second floor of your home.

Pick one and put a false bottom in it to protect your valuables.

You can try to use lower-level flower pots but just make sure no one sees you using them for this purpose.

#7. Mason jar & an old empty toilet paper roll

This does not take up much space as you put your money or smaller valuables inside the toilet paper roll.

Then you place the roll inside the mason jar.

After that, you fill the jar with something that will hide the toilet paper roll.

Just do not use M & Ms or other candy as the burglars may be hungry and take the candy as well as your valuables.

Use something no one wants to steal.

#8. A fake litter box

Even if you do not have a cat, burglars may not think of looking inside the kitty litter when they see it on the floor.

They may not know you have a cat so it is a good idea to try.

Fake poo might be a good addition to the real kitty litter to make sure no one looks there.

#9. Fake wall outlet

Burglars will not be plugging any electrical devices while in your home.

That is unless you have a house safe they want to break into.

Keep this outlet in a separate room from that device so they won’t discover your hidden stash.

#10. Deep freezer

Not the one in your fridge as that is a common place almost any burglar looks.

But if you have one of those big chest freezers, you can pile a lot of food on top of your valuables.

Just make sure to use the same containers for your valuables as you would for your frozen food items.

Using anything else has them sticking out and being very obvious.

#11. Drawers

Not inside the drawer as thieves do look in those and pull items out.

You can try placing your valuables behind the drawer or on its outside bottom.

The drawback to this is that thieves do pull drawers open and if they do not slide or close right, you have tipped them off to your hiding place.

#12. Air vents- or heating ducts will work

Thieves may or may not bring screwdrivers with them.

If they do, you can mess them up by having an odd screw head on the screws holding the vent grill in place.

Try to put your valuables well back from the grill so that no one can see them when they look through the grill.

#13. Hidden pockets in drapes

You have lots of fabric areas to choose from and work with so pick a good spot where thieves won’t think of looking.

Also, make sure it is a little difficult to see and access.

#14 Large bags of different grocery items

This is similar to the laundry soap hiding spot.

Remove enough flour, dog food, rice, etc., and then place your valuables inside the bags.

After that return the rice, etc., to the bags to keep those valuables hidden.

Just make sure to refill those bags so you do not make it easy for thieves to rummage through.

#15. Lamp base

This is a good DIY project as you can hollow out a wood lamp base and store smaller items inside of it.

It is a little bit of work but it can be a safe place to hide jewelry or money.

The key here is not to use a Tiffany or other valuable lamp thieves will take.

#16. Walls

Instead of putting a safe behind the wall, cut out a little section behind a coat rack, inside a closet, and put a couple of shelves between the studs and place your items on those shelves.

The key here is to make sure the wall looks natural and not like it has been altered

#17. Fake items

Similar to the fake log but this time you are being more creative.

You can have fake vents, air conditioners, beams, water heater, washing machine, and so on.

The key is to pick those items that will not attract the thieves’ attention or be a common place where they would normally search.

You can add a fake potted plant to this list as well.

#18. Unused clothing

They may just be hanging in your closet but they can be useful hiding places.

If the burglars are in a hurry, they won’t have time to rifle through all the pockets.

Just make sure to avoid obvious pockets and make them nice and deep.

Bad locations to hide valuables

There are more than the ones mentioned earlier.

Hiding jewelry in ice cube trays is not very creative or obscure.

The same goes for pockets in books or faux books.

Other places not to hide your valuables will be abandoned buildings, wooded areas, and underground if you have these spots on your property.

Cat burglars may not search those spots but other people may enter those areas and find what you have hidden.

These are not very safe locations.

Then if you bury items in your yard, rumors can spread and people may try digging up your yard when you are not home or away on vacation.

Dog houses, spare tires, and old cars are not good either especially if you do not have a dog.

Some final words

These 18 suggestions should get you started on thinking about creative places to hide your valuables around your home.

If you cannot find any that suit your valuable items, then a storage locker or safety deposit box may be the best place for them.

Just keep your rent payments up to date.

Finding good places to hide means finding places that would take a burglar a long time to access.

They are trying to get in and out in a hurry so the longer you delay them the better chance you have of getting them caught.

Originally posted 2022-10-31 09:11:59.