Decorating/disguising a gun safe ?

[billy_boyle_2010]

Hi guys

A curious one. We are moving house soon and the missus really doesnt like the look of gun safes.

Im not worried from a security/safety aspect- it wont be visible from windows or in an area where hoise visitors see it. My question is purely cosmetic.

One option is to fit it- and then slide a cheap wardrobe over the front of it- but this looks bulky to me and wouldnt be my first choice.

I know im not going to be able to change a bloody great grey safe into a work of art- but has anyone decorated theirs so it's slightly less of an eyesore ? Screens, faux leather cladding, wall paper etc ?!

Perhaps its just polishing a turd i dont know ?!

 

[finnbear270]

Use your imagination .... Any subject, Vynyl on a roll.??

 

[VSS]

Hi guys

A curious one. We are moving house soon and the missus really doesnt like the look of gun safes.

Im not worried from a security/safety aspect- it wont be visible from windows or in an area where hoise visitors see it. My question is purely cosmetic.

One option is to fit it- and then slide a cheap wardrobe over the front of it- but this looks bulky to me and wouldnt be my first choice.

I know im not going to be able to change a bloody great grey safe into a work of art- but has anyone decorated theirs so it's slightly less of an eyesore ? Screens, faux leather cladding, wall paper etc ?!

Perhaps its just polishing a turd i dont know ?!

You could just box it in with timber then paint to match walls. It would then just look like boxing around pipework or something like that.

 

[Tim.243]

Hi guys

A curious one. We are moving house soon and the missus really doesnt like the look of gun safes.

Im not worried from a security/safety aspect- it wont be visible from windows or in an area where hoise visitors see it. My question is purely cosmetic.

One option is to fit it- and then slide a cheap wardrobe over the front of it- but this looks bulky to me and wouldnt be my first choice.

I know im not going to be able to change a bloody great grey safe into a work of art- but has anyone decorated theirs so it's slightly less of an eyesore ? Screens, faux leather cladding, wall paper etc ?!

Perhaps its just polishing a turd i dont know ?!

Ask the BBC as the TARDIS disappeared just like that.

 

[billy_boyle_2010]

You could just box it in with timber then paint to match walls. It would then just look like boxing around pipework or something like that.

Thats not a bad idea actually- covering in burnt wood- almost like a sauna or ski lodge- may be slightly easier on the eye ?

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

 

[Mike L]

How about this?, build a small cupboard round it and face with a sliding mirror

 

[Tim.243]

Thats not a bad idea actually- covering in burnt wood- almost like a sauna or ski lodge- may be slightly easier on the eye ?

Hang you staking clothes etc on it and it will be left alone.

 

[billy_boyle_2010]

How about this?, build a small cupboard round it and face with a sliding mirror View attachment 437968

Yup a cupboard with a mirror would definitely work!

 

[VSS]

Yup a cupboard with a mirror would definitely work!

If you get the angles right it'll double your number of guns every time you open the door

 

[EMcC]

Mines inside a wardrobe and has been for years so not a new idea at all. Rawl Bolted to a back wall of course.

 

[weblyish]

Friend has one tucked into a corner in the back hallway beside a load of coathooks with a danger of death electrical riser sticker on it

Took me years to notice it wasn't just the fuse board

 

[Freightdog]

Cheap IKEA Billy bookcase with doors on, modified for depth if necessary. Lots of choice then to suit your decor (or wife!)

 

[GrahamK998]

Wood effect vinyl, or any colour/pattern that aligns with other furniture in the room.

 

[sco_tish]

Get a new missus

 

[Hod]

Friend has one tucked into a corner in the back hallway beside a load of coathooks with a danger of death electrical riser sticker on it

Took me years to notice it wasn't just the fuse board

Mine is currently in a hall cupboard but with similar amounts of jackets on hangers everywhere, and beside the fusebox. It’s a pain in the backside tbh, but the feo at renewal did dryly comment that no one would find it in a hurry, as I was heaving mountains of coats out of the way.

Long term I want to move one of the cabinets into the corner of the dining room and box it in to look like a grandfather clock, and have a clock with just a battery mechanism at the top. This may have to be a cabinet maker, I could make or butcher something but not sure I’d do this idea justice.

 

[Hod]

Should add I’ve looked at Ikea stuff too. Definitely a straightforward idea. They’ve a tall cupboard under the bathroom section that sizes well too.

 

[WalkedUp]

Build a small gun room. It hides the gun safe, and you.

 

[Freightdog]

Should add I’ve looked at Ikea stuff too. Definitely a straightforward idea. They’ve a tall cupboard under the bathroom section that sizes well too.

They are generally a bit too shallow to cover a rifle safe. But built-in across the whole wall and set forward into the room to create the required depth works. Add a piece of timber on top to fill the gap and modify the back board. Still have use of the upper shelves for other shooting paraphernalia .

 

[Utectok]

Built a plywood locked cabinet round mine and a few shelves