15 Better Places Than Under the Mattress To Hide Money in Your House
15 Better Places Than Under the Mattress To Hide Money in Your House
By Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore
Consider storing cash in everyday items that make surprisingly good hiding spots.
You’ve probably seen it on TV and in movies 100 times before: a character trying to hide some cash throws it under a mattress.
But anyone breaking into your home looking for cash knows the mattress trick, making it a questionable place to hide money.
Of course, the best place for your money is in the bank — but if you’d like to keep some in your home, consider these less obvious, more secure hiding spots to reduce your money stress.
A permanent, hidden safe
A safe could be a worthy investment if you plan to keep a lot of cash and other valuables in the home, but the safe should either be permanently bolted in place somewhere hidden — or weigh several hundred pounds.
An obvious-looking portable safe is simply too easy for thieves to run off with and figure out later.
Behind a drawer
Storing cash inside a kitchen or bedroom drawer is not the safest move. Anyone who breaks into your home will probably quickly sift through these looking for valuables.
However, putting cash in an envelope and taping it to the back or underside of the drawer (not in the drawer) can be a sneakier, more secure option.
Behind wall art or decor
Cash can also be stored in an envelope taped behind generic-looking art or something like a wall clock. Just make sure that the art or decor itself doesn’t look like something worth stealing.
In the bookshelves
Some people store bills among the books in their bookshelves. However, if you want to avoid shaking out every book when you need to go retrieve the cash, consider investing in one of the fake book safes Amazon sells.
These appear to be normal books but open up to a locked box.
A box in a box
In most cases, anyone looking to rob your home is going to be moving quickly, so the more obstacles you can add to your cash hiding spots, the better.
Consider hiding cash in a box placed within a box of something that would look unappealing to crooks — like winter clothes or Christmas ornaments (really anything that doesn’t scream value).
Opaque food jars
Certain food jars placed in odd places may be obvious—as will the stereotypical cash-filled old coffee can. But if you have some opaque food jars and keep them in their expected homes in your pantry, they can be a great place to hide cash.
You can also purchase things like fake Coke cans online that can be used as small safes.
In pockets
Any hiding spot that would require a potential thief to sift through a lot of items adds a layer of safety. Cash folded up and placed in the pocket of a pair of slacks or a coat hung up among many in a closet is probably safe — as long as you can remember where it is.
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