By Mark Mahaffey


Are you eager to keep your valuable items protected if a robber gets into your house? If so, then you are probably interested in learning more about the smartest ways to hide your valuables from him. The good news is that there are lots of things you can to do make a crooks job hard!

Where you do not hide your valuable items is nearly as important as where you do hide them. There are some very common places that people have read about and like to think they are outsmarting the burglars by using these hiding places. But, the crooks usually know about those places too!

Some of the hiding spots that you should avoid are in the refrigerator, commode, food boxes in the pantry, and underneath the litter in the cat box. These are likely the places that a crook will look first, because they are popular hiding places.

You should choose hiding places that are different from the ones mentioned. You best strategy is to think as creatively as you can. One idea is the tool shed in your back yard. Why not have a false floor built in it? You can then hide your valuable objects under the fake floor!

How about inside your mattress? Many crooks will look underneath a mattress, but not all of them will think to look inside! Simply cut a hole in the side or in the end, (nearest the head of your bed is the best place) and store your valuables inside. When you are finished, just sew the hole back up and put the sheets on.

It is worth taking all the time necessary to carefully think through the best places to hide your valuables. You may not be able to stop a crook from breaking into your home, but you can keep him from finding your valuables once he gets in!




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