2torial #0526: Learn2 Stash Stuff Discreetly (Continued) Create a more permanent hiding spot These places require a bit more preparation to become effective hidden containers.   Book safe: glue most of the pages of an old, uninteresting hardcover book together. Use a coping saw to cut a hollow area out of the middle. Drill starter holes for the saw. Then glue the box made with the pages to the back cover and let dry thoroughly. Stash on your bookshelf among other books.   Steps and flooring have natural hollow spaces underneath. Carpentry skills are required to effectively create a seamless surface that escapes detection.   Hollowcore doors can have sections cut out of the hinge edge to give access to the space within the door. Use the cut-out piece as a plug.   The tops of poster beds unscrew. Hollow spaces can be drilled out in the posts themselves.   Commercial wall and floor safes should be installed by a professional, and are effective at drastically slowing down the unprepared casual thief.   -end- Learn More! or All steps at once (printable version)