Hidden Places to Store Jewelry in Your Home

A safe in the form of a vacuum cleaner

Surprisingly, an old vacuum cleaner (the one that many people have on their balconies, loggias and mezzanines) can take on the role of a powerful storage facility. A person needs to disassemble the structure, place especially important valuables in its container, and reassemble the device, bringing it to a “working condition”. Believe me, no ill-wisher will covet old household appliances – they have too unfavorable an appearance. That is why you should take an inexpensive and not very presentable unit to arrange the “secret”.

Tin can with a surprise

The “tin” hiding place is made according to the steps of a simple, but extremely interesting and original guide:

1. Cut off the top of the metal container and transfer its contents to another container. Then the container must be thoroughly washed.

2. Glue the lids of the glass and tin jars together, then assemble the structure together.

3. Pour the pre-prepared gypsum solution into the canning container, approximately up to half of the useful volume.

4. Carefully insert the glass container there, cover the structure with something heavy and leave for 2-3 hours until it hardens completely.

It is almost impossible to notice that the two jars are glued together. Money or jewelry should be placed there.

Money storage in the form of a chair

Even an ordinary stool with a fairly massive seat can be turned into a safe. An additional structure in the form of an inconspicuous box is fixed under its lower part, secured with bolts, nails and metal corners. More experienced and advanced craftsmen prefer to use full-size rising and falling telescopic mechanisms on latches.

Such a module can be hidden using a decorative overlay made of plywood or laminated chipboard. The presented method is good for its obviousness, because everything ingenious should look simple. It will be really difficult for thieves to look for such a hiding place.

Fake socket

This hiding place is one of the “secrets” planned at the stage of apartment renovation. To implement it, you will have to create a kind of imitation – punch a piece of the wall, insert a small wooden box there, and fix the socket cover.

During a long absence, plugs from simple deactivated household appliances should be inserted into such a connection point. Thus, an incredible effect is formed – a completely plausible electrical installation box, behind which a small safe is hidden. Modern thieves never thought that apartment owners could resort to such tricks!

Mop handle or rail

Almost all modern mops are equipped with handles with a telescopic mechanism – such parts facilitate the processes associated with both direct cleaning and storage of cleaning equipment.

The corresponding modules should be unscrewed, after which a package should be placed inside the simple structure, for example, with cash rolled into a tube. To prevent the valuable contents from falling too deep into the system, unique fasteners in the form of ordinary wine corks are used. It will be difficult for thieves to find such “secrets”.

A keyless hiding place in the form of a houseplant

A fairly simple and banal, but at the same time still effective method of storing various valuables. To implement it, you will need a flower pot with one or another, not too whimsical plant. A small container is placed inside the flowerpot (it is important to ensure that it is airtight), which is then covered with soil.

Then, for example, a cactus or ficus is planted on the soil. They can be watered quite rarely, without fear that the unusual contents of the vase, standing, say, in the bathroom, will suffer from excessive amounts of water, dirt and rot. It is unlikely that anyone will check such a hiding place.

Table and chair legs

You can make a structure for hidden storage of all kinds of valuables from a table or chair leg by following the steps of one of two effective instructions. The first option is to get the necessary part, drill a corresponding hole in it, and reassemble the furniture.

The second solution looks a little simpler – you need to perform similar actions without preliminary dismantling. Both results look extremely decent. No unauthorized visitor to the apartment will guess that all sorts of valuables are hidden in such a familiar place – the risk of theft is minimal. Store your things calmly – no one will look for them.

Additional drawers for the home

A double bottom that opens without a key is a structural element used in many home hiding places and “secrets”. To build it, you will need a couple of corners, a small metal profile and hidden screws (it is desirable that the color of the fasteners matches the shade of the furniture).

If necessary, you can use ball or telescopic guides – this way you can create secluded areas that provide maximum convenient access. There is also a simpler option – you need to glue a bag with a secret stash and things to the end or side of the wall of a drawer.

Safe in curtains

The lower part of ordinary home curtains, as a rule, is slightly bent, forming a fairly impressive in size and reliable train. In a dense and durable woven fabric, you can make a kind of pocket for placing various lightweight valuables there.

However, you can’t put large stones and jewelry inside such a system – the structure will begin to sag, which, of course, is very noticeable. The second popular solution is to use hollow cornices. Things and documents hidden from prying eyes are also placed inside the tube.

Ceiling decorations

In many houses, moldings are installed at the junction of the walls and ceiling – a kind of reliable baseboards made of plastic, wood or foam. It will not be difficult for a craftsman to cut out a part of the corresponding groove, placing a small container with valuables there.

Later, the “damaged” area is glued with polyurethane foam and cleaned with your own hands, with ordinary sandpaper. The only drawback of such a storage is that it is not very easy to access it even for the real owner of the apartment. It is quite inconvenient to store valuables there.

Door frame

Modern door frames are produced in different designs – some of them offer users designs with a certain number of planned cavities. They can be used as the main place for creating all sorts of hiding places.

Cross and longitudinal crossbars, as a rule, are attached to ordinary facade nails – such fasteners are easy to remove for subsequent placement of all sorts of valuables there. If necessary, the owner of the apartment can slightly expand the secret opening with his own hands, for example, to the top. The resulting gap in the door is closed with a decorative overlay, creating a simple, but at the same time maximally inconspicuous hiding place in the house. You can hide anything there – from money to jewelry.

Safe from books

The “secret” in books is a real classic that needs no introduction (the only traditional one is a safe in the form of a painting). The easiest way to create such a hiding place is to cut out the core of a certain tome and then place the box with valuables inside.

However, the presented idea can be expanded – assemble a hollow structure and cover its front part with some antique spines of a suitable size. Even a child can cope with such work, and the result is excellent.

A special coffee table for the home

If in the case of cabinets and chests of drawers we were talking about an additional day, then a full-size coffee table allows you to assemble a secondary tabletop. True, the process of self-assembly of such a structure looks quite difficult – the master will have to use different fasteners, trying to make the furniture look unremarkable.

Fortunately, on the shelves of modern specialized stores there are products already equipped with all the necessary units – this is another reason to choose this particular hiding place. Store valuables calmly – thieves will not get to them (you can hide anything, since the volume of useful space allows it).

Pull-out window sill

The area of a large window is almost always empty (unless, of course, there are pots with various indoor plants and house flowers there). It can be refined with a kind of “secret” by attaching a telescopic sliding system to the bottom of the window sill.

However, in order to implement this design, you will have to think about it in advance, even at the stage of repair. You need to cut out a niche for a kind of cabinet, not forgetting to go over the corners with polyurethane foam, avoiding the coming frosts caused by drafts.

Computer equipment

The system unit of an ordinary home personal computer is a ready-made hiding place that will not arouse suspicion. You can place a huge number of valuable items inside, hiding them under a cover of wires, video cards, power supplies and RAM strips.

However, the machine itself should also look as unremarkable as possible – uninvited guests will easily covet the obviously expensive and state-of-the-art equipment. In all other cases, the “secret” will remain secret and hidden from the eyes of ill-wishers.

Ventilation grille

A real classic, which for some reason many unauthorized visitors to houses and apartments forget about. A property owner who has thought about designing ventilation and air conditioning systems can use such equipment not only for its intended purpose. Ropes are attached to the coils of the gratings and the covers of the mine channels, holding small packages with valuable cargo.

The main nuance is to remember the contents of the parts yourself – otherwise all the valuables will fall into the pipeline due to improper handling of the “lock”.

Electrical devices

Various household appliances can also cope with the role of a hiding place and a secret place, at least if you approach the issue of its conversion with a certain degree of creativity. Refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers are often supplied complete with a certain number of cavities that are not used in technical and functional terms.

The same can be said about air conditioners, which are equipped with fairly large bodies with a massive bottom. You can hide almost everything in such a “safe”, from money to jewelry.

Floor skirting boards

A plastic or wooden skirting board is an excellent secret place for storing various valuables, at least after a little modification. The craftsman will have to remove part of the construction line and cut out a small cavity inside it.

Later, a bag of bills or jewelry is placed inside, and the module itself is sent back, with further fixation and grinding. The chance that thieves will independently discover the location of such a hiding place in the room is actually minimal.