Safest Place to Hide Valuables

Are you always looking for somewhere in your home to safely store your valuables?  Here are a few inconspicuous places that are perfect for storing jewelry, money, or family heirlooms.   Keep reading to get some ideas, and you can learn more at Apartment Therapy.

Here are several spots where valuables can be stored in disguise:

Air Vents: Install one of these faux air vent storage units in a hallway or bathroom and it's very unlikely burglars would bother to even considering searching inside (especially if installed near the ceiling).

Bedroom Mirror: What looks like a typical bedroom mirror is actually a wall-installed hidden medicine-cabinet-style storage unit. The $400.00 secret storage mirror isn't a small installation project, but it will store larger items easily.

Wall Art: This crafty network hardware storage solution by Mamamekko is still one of our favorite decor + tech disguises. Use the same idea for storing away valuables, covering an old medicine cabinet with a similarly mounted and hinged canvas piece.

Pantry Items and Cleaning Supplies: I love Trader's Joe's sea salt for everyday cooking, but unless your would-be burglar has a culinary streak, thesediversion safes shaped like common household kitchen and cleaner products should get passed over, especially when mixed in with other real world products. My favorite is the light mayonnaise jar.

Closet Light: Ironically, a burglar may actually use this working wall light with hidden storage while frantically perusing the contents of your closet. We're adding this to our list of Affordable & Easy Ways to Add Lighting to a Closet Without Wiring.

Books: Etsy shop Secret Safe Books specializes in some of the most fanciful options of hollow book safes, available in various shapes and sizes. Moremundane looking editions are available at The Container Store or you could make your own.

Inside an Old Vacuum Cleaner: Hit up a yard sale or flea market (or eBay, where I found the vacuum of my childhood) and you'll likely run into an older outdated canister-style vacuum cleaner which could easily be converted into a storage compartment. Late 70's and 80's models are likely to be passed over.

Head of Lettuce: This has to be funniest, yet admittedly safe, storage disguise available. The realistic head of lettuce, just chilling in the refrigerator, is a secret stash with 1.75" diameter opening underneath. It's also the most expensive head of lettuce you'll ever purchase, at $99.00.