Low profile garage safe?

[Dont Tread on Me]

One of the preoccupations in my neighborhood is peering into garages when the doors are open. Does anybody have advice on how to lower the profile of a safe in a garage?

[Librarian]

Well, general clutter seems to be disguising....

Neutral color, especially white - looks like a freezer from a distance. Decorative magnets on the side(s). Cover the spoked handle, if any. Try not to open the garage at night, when the lighted garage interior will be the focus of vision.

Don't open the safe with the garage door open. (You already knew that one.)

Some people have built wooden or other boxes around their safes.

[fairfaxjim]

I am building a closet in the corner of my garage to put my safe in. It will be totally out of sight as it matches an existing closet in the opposite corner.

[Matt C]

Just build a fake wall, you can put your tools and stuff in there as well.

[Rumpled]

There was a really long thread somewhere (THR?, not sure) of a guy who made a safe out of an old coke machine. Quite an effort, but quite the disguise.

[mike100]

I hang a blue packing/movers blanket over the top enough to cover the combination dial. It doesn't look like a safe that way and all you have to do is fold up the blanket over the top to open it.

[Dont Tread on Me]

Thanks for the tips gents. Looks like some combination of movers blanket and other distractions will camouflage the safe.

[slowpoke]

Yeah, just cover it up with a blanket or tarp.

I hate nosey neighbors!

[mur]

I have mine, Door facing the back of Garage, plywood, drywall, blankets all over and around it, wasn't really a disguise, My garage is just a mess
As it turns out, I you can be 10ft away and not know what it is.........I really gotta clean that mess

I like the Idea of building a small wall in the back of Garage

[Rob454]

My buddy put some of that wood counter top laminate on his. Looks like a crate now. I made him a couple of same height storage cabinets and now it just looks liek he has 3 storage cabinets in his garage. One of them jsut happens to need 6 guys to lift it up . I saw this cool sstuff on one of my 4x4 mags. Its a big sticker that makes the face look like a toolbox or a fridge
Rob

[pilotimb]

Build a cabinet around it complete with a door. Thats what my uncle did.