20 Best and Unusual Places to Hide Money At Home
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It’s never a good idea to leave cash out in the open at home. There’s no need, either! In the event of a burglary, under the mattress is one of the first places burglars look for cash, so by finding another place to store it, you’re drastically reducing the likelihood of having your emergency cash stash found or stolen.
Here is our recommendation of top 20 unusual places for you to hide your money at home.
List of top 20 best and unusual places to hide money at home
20. Clothes with pockets
19. Hidden Safe Pillow
18. Wall clocks
17. Stuffed animals
16. Desk drawers
15. Chocolate boxes
14. Vases
13. Dropped ceiling tiles
12. Tissue box covers
11. Carpets
10. Bags of rice
9. Picture frames
8. Inside The Door Handle
7. Empty lotion bottles
6. Empty aspirin bottle
5. Lampshades
4. Pillowcases
3. Books
2. Empty cookie boxes
1. Safes
What are the best and unusual places to hide money at home?
20. Clothes with pockets
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It’s very unlikely a burglar will have the time to go through the pockets on each item in your wardrobe. Spread your money out across a few articles of clothing.
You can sew a hidden pocket into your trousers or jacket to hide some cash. It is almost impossible for thieves to notice your secret internal pockets. This is an excellent way to hide a small amount of money.
Alternatively, there are plenty of clothing items on the market that come equipped with hidden pockets to stow away small amounts of cash.
19. Hidden Safe Pillow
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When traveling or even when you are at home, a soft safe hidden in your pillow is sure to keep your precious belongings secured. Simply cut a horizontal line on the back of a pillow that you don't mind cutting up, take out some stuffing and insert a soft pouch to store valuables in, then reinsert the stuffing around the pouch, and finally stitch a zipper onto the pillow to keep those valuables tucked away. What's better than having some extra cushioning around your cash?
18. Wall clocks
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Store a few small items in a wall or mantel clock, as long as the clock itself isn’t worth stealing! Tape them to the back or put them in any open cavities. Steer clear of these hiding places, because that’s where burglars always look first!
17. Stuffed animals
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A stuffed animal, such as a teddy bear, makes the perfect place to hide small precious items. It's easy to transform a simple stuffed teddy bear into a safe.
Step 1: Find a seam on the back of the stuffed animal.
Step 2:Insert the seam ripper into the seam and cut through the stitched threads.
Step 3: Remove some of the stuffing to make room for your valuable and insert it inside.
Step 4: Thread the needle and sew shut the opening.
16. Desk drawers
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Drawers don’t go all the way to the back of a cabinet, and there’s typically a little space on the underside too. Put cash or important papers in an enve- lope and tape them to the back or underside of a drawer.
15. Chocolate boxes
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Hide money underneath the removable tray. Choose a particularly tasty brand of chocolate. Even if an intruder decides to open the box, they’ll be distracted by an assortment of delectable treats.
14. Vases
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An opaque vase conceals money quite well. Throw some fake flowers in and no one will ever notice. No thieves will think that there is any money can be hidden inside a pretty vase of flowers.
13. Dropped ceiling tiles
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Drop ceiling. This compartment might not work for everyone. But i have a drop ceiling in my basement and its a great spot to hide things.Just push the tile up place you object up there and put the tile back into place. *note the item can't be very heavy or it might damage the ceiling.
12. Tissue box covers
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Even if an intruder gets sniffly mid-burglary and needs a tissue, they won’t notice cash taped inside the box cover.
In case you’re unfamiliar, tissue box covers are plastic containers. Kleenex boxes go inside them. They look classy – and are great places to hide money!
11. Carpets
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Every home has a carpet placed in an unimportant area. If an indoor carpet is placed where people hardly walk, then we’ve got ourselves yet another money holder. People walk up and down over a 1000 times without looking down unless it’s dark and they decide to be cautious. Nevertheless a lovely carpet is admired by sight but who would go and rip the whole thing of the ground to inspect it? Unless they are forensic scientists!
Simply seal it with an envelope and slip it under towards the middle so that it doesn’t pop out to unwanted carpet admirers. Money really is a ‘dirty’ thing after all.
10. Bags of rice
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Place your money in a small plastic bag. Then, bury it in a bag of rice. Give the sack a shake for good measure.
9. Picture frames
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Photo frames are everywhere in everybody’s homes and for the purpose of upholding a picture in a certain position or to outline the image of somebody in a specific way depending on the design theme of the frame. In all or most cases they are framed and hung onto walls, displayed on cabinets and tables but abandoned for years or not even noticed by the people used to seeing it. Photographs are very sentimental and there’s an emotional attachment to it as it is with money too! At the back of each frame is a backing which can be removed and locked back into place, if it is removed, both bank notes and coins can be placed against the photo and locked again with the backing.
8. Inside The Door Handle
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Doors as with most things in our homes aren’t touched and held for hours as it merely takes a second to either open, close or lock it. The point here is that it’s meant to be touched and left. Some doors in a household are kept standing and in use for many years if it hasn’t rotted, fallen apart or had to be broken down for some reason. It is recommended that your bedroom door becomes ‘opener of your wealth’ as it will always be within your sight and guard at any given time. There is an exception to this option of hiding your money however and will only work on wooden doors with handles that can be screwed on. Make sure to open the cover carefully without damaging anything and place your cash rolled up and away from jamming the lock mechanism. Well that’s the last of many unusual places to hide money.
7. Empty lotion bottles
An empty lotion bottle is another great place to hide money in plain sight. Roll bills up and slip them inside.
This hiding place is most effective for cash you don’t need anytime soon. Money won’t easily come out the way it went in; you’ll have to cut the bottle open.
6. Empty aspirin bottle
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An empty aspirin bottle can be a perfect place to hide money, since it is small and easy to put anywhere you want it to. Or if you place in plain sight, no thieves will think of checking it.
5. Lampshades
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Place money in an envelope and tape it to the inside of your lampshade. Make sure it’s a lamp no burglar would instinctively turn on since the envelope’s silhouette would be immediately visible.
4. Pillowcases
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Fold bills and place them inside your pillowcase. Just remember to remove them before putting the pillowcase to wash!
3. Books
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You can make a hollow book for hiding large items inside of a book but what about the simple act of hiding slim items such as money, secret notes, or printed information inside a book? Is it safe and reliable? It is, provided you are careful about how you do it! It is also important to remember which book you have hidden your money or notes.
2. Empty cookie boxes
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Unless a burglar gets hungry mid-raid, an empty cookie box will attract no attention. Therefore, it’s one of the best places to hide money in plain sight.
1. Safes
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For added measure, bolt your safe to the wall in an awkward position (i.e. under your bed).
I recommend the SentrySafe X031. It’s perfectly sized for cash, passports, and other small valuables. The safe also comes with bolts for fixing it to a wall from the inside.
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