17 Secret Hiding Places For Your Valuables

Imagine some burglars break into your home while you’re at work or away on vacation. How long would it take them to find your most valuable possessions (cash, jewelry, electronics, etc)? Would they find those things in a matter of minutes, or would it take them hours? If the former, then it’s time to start looking around your home for hiding places.

Most burglars won’t bother searching a house for more than 15 or 20 minutes, so even though your hiding places might not be impossible to find, they may as well be if it’s that hard to find them. Think of it as another layer of home security. Even if burglars manage to get past your locks and/or security system, it won’t matter if they can’t find your most valuable possessions (the ones that are small enough to hide, anyway).

In this series of videos, the Youtuber known as Supergokue1 demonstrates how to make secret hiding places all over you house. This information is especially valuable for preppers who have lots of extra food, survival items, precious metals and so forth. You don’t want to lose those things to looters or possibly even the government.

Here, then, are 17 hiding places for your valuables. I included brief descriptions of each idea, but I highly recommend watching the videos to see all the details of how it’s done. Most of them are only a couple minutes long.

1. Behind a Piece of Trim

Find a small piece of trim between two doors and pry it open, cut a hole in the drywall, and stash your stuff.

2. Inside a Door

Drill a hole in the top of any door and make it just large enough to hold a plastic container.

3. Under a Sink

Remove the trim and board beneath the cabinet under your sink, cut a large hole, and put your stuff inside.

4. Under a Floor Vent

Tie a tube with valuables inside to some fishing line and hang it on the inside of a floor vent.

5. Inside a Curtain Rod

Drill a hole into the side of a hollow curtain rod and stick some cash inside.

6. Inside a Smoke Detector

Cut open a smoke detector, remove the electronic components, put valuables inside, and attach it to the ceiling.

7. Inside a Toilet Paper Roll Holder

Pull it apart, put some cash or valuables inside, and put it back together.

8. Beneath a Fake Floor Vent

Cut a rectangular hole in the floor, put your stuff in it, and cover it with a metal vent.

9. Behind a Towel Rack

Remove the towel rack, remove the metal piece that holds it, drill a hole in the wall, and put your stuff in it.

10. Inside a Mayonnaise Jar

Empty out a jar, cut a hole in the bottom, put a smaller container inside, seal it shut, and replace the mayo.

11. Above a Ceiling Vent

Remove the vent, put a container with valuables up there, and replace the vent.

12. In a PVC Pipe

Install a pipe against the side of your house. Burglars will think it’s part of the house.

13. Inside Laundry Detergent

Put a waterproof container inside a bottle of liquid laundry detergent.

14. Inside a Candle

Remove the stick from the bottom off a large candle, drill a hole, put a container inside, and replace the sticker.

15. Inside a Box of Tissues

Cut open the box, use the cardboard to create a gap at the bottom, and replace the tissues.

16. Behind a Door Hinge

Remove a hinge from the wall, drill a hole, hide stuff inside, and replace the hinge.

17. Behind a Light Switch Cover

Remove the cover from the wall, tape some cash to the back of it, and put it back on the wall.