Best Places to Hide Valuables
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Article by: Ted Marlett Have you ever lost something? Did you absolutely remember putting something valuable somewhere and now you cannot remember where you put it? You may be like millions of other people who forget "misplaced" valuables. Hiding your valuables in the mattress or under your favorite pillow is not a good safeguard anymore. Most thieves know to look in these places , Keeping Your Emergency Information Secure and Available quickly. You could keep a safety , Bug Detectors Help Stop Unwanted Spying deposit box at your local , Home Security: Do You Have The Right Door? bank, but then you would have the hassle of going there often to look at or use your valuables. You could keep your valuables any number of places outside , Surveillance for the Homeowner your home, , Bug Detectors Help Stop Unwanted Spying but then you would be constantly going "other places" to look at or use them. The traditional approach to keeping ones' valuables has been around for years. How many times have you searched an old house , Abatement of Contagious Bird Flu and found something that was old and valuable? Hiding valuables in your home , Do You Know Where to Call for Disaster Recovery Help? is an excellent idea as long as the places , Buying Your First Handgun you hide them is really secret, and kept that way. There are 10 ideas below where you could locate a "secret place" to put your valuables. These may offer maximum security. , Use Of Home Cameras Increase The first five are primarily for homeowners while the second five are for apartment , Facts And Misconceptions Of Pepper Spray dwellers. Some may require some construction to an existing space and other do not. 1. Walls , Abatement of Contagious Bird Flu and ceilings "¢ Because every room , Use Of Home Security Cameras Increase has four walls , Fire Extinguishers - They Can Save Your Life and a ceiling, and some are hollow, there can be a hidden space behind every wall , Do You Know Where to Call for Disaster Recovery Help? in every room , Alarm System: Smoke and Heat Detectors or in the ceiling. We all have fixed solid items on walls. , Gauging Your Level of Home Security You would have to remove the fixed item and hollow out a space behind it. When you put the item back, make sure you camouflage your work well. 2. Beams "¢ Ceiling and wall , Magnetic Locks beams have always been a popular architectural feature , Wireless Home Security Systems in homes. , Who Wants to Know What's Going On When You're Not There? Make one a false beam that is movable. Make sure it does not have to support anything. Hollow out an opening in the top or back side and put it back. Make sure you do not make your work visible. 3. Baseboards "¢ Everyone has baseboard running along the walls , How to Find the Best Home Security Products in each room. , Hidden Spy Cams and Your Childcare Provider - Should You Use One and How? Pick a spot and hollow out a space behind a baseboard and put it back. Make sure it is a short one or one that can easily be removed or it will look obvious that something was going on. 4. Paneling "¢ Choose a small section of paneling and put something in the "dead space" behind it. You find it hard to do if all you have is 4x8 sheets of paneling. 5. Mirrors "¢ Mirrors often have nothing behind them. They offer small spaces to put things. These could be on your walls , Outdoor Security – System Design or on your doors. , Why Do I Need a Paper Shredder? 6. Furniture , Outdoor Security – System Design and tables "¢ Furniture , The Importance Of Location has been used to hide things for years. All you have to do is take a piece of furniture , Abatement of Contagious Bird Flu and look for a place , Outdoor Security – System Design you can hollow out that would not be conspicuous. A very simple approach would be moldings or any other place , First Aid for Electric Shock Victims you can hollow out and conceal. 7. Bookcase "¢ A common and easily overlooked place , Smoke Detectors - Installation Tips For Your Home is the base of a bookcase. If you can make the shelf removable or the molding removable you will have a place , Fire Safety Tips to hide things. You could use magnets to put the shelf or molding back. 8. Light , Tips To Avoid Carjacking switch "¢ An easy and highly deceptive hiding place , Who Wants to Know What's Going On When You're Not There? is a light , Effective Home Security When You Are Away switch. If you use a real one, make sure the electrical power , Effective Home Security When You Are Away is turned off prior to making the hollow space. Then put the light , Use Of Home Security Cameras Increase switch plate back in place. , Disaster Planning for the Hurricane Season - Pure Water for Natural Disasters 9. House , Alarm System: Smoke and Heat Detectors plants "¢ Secret compartments can be built into the plant , Outdoor Security – System Design pot. Make sure you seal your valuables in a waterproof bag. 10. Buried treasure "¢ The last place , Burglar Alarms: Myths and Truths has been a favorite throughout the years. Hiding your valuables underground. When you decide what to do with your valuables make sure you have an accurate map of where you hid them. Without the map you may once again remember absolutely putting a valuable somewhere, but cannot remember where you put it. Make sure your work is flawless and everything fits together perfectly. Do not tell anyone except members of your own family where the valuables are hidden.Copyright 2006 - USA Ted Marlett has been in the home, , Is Your an Easy Prey to Burglars? business and personal safety , Ex-Cop Reveals And Recommends Pepper Spray and Why business for the past two years. He retired from the military after 20 years and has an MSW degree. You may freely distribute this article in electronic form or print if the links, byline and bio remain intact. Please visit NW Security , Who Wants to Know What's Going On When You're Not There? Products. Owned and operated by Ted Marlett |
  
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