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The opposite side of keeping things clean to hide things is to have just the right amount of mess or chaos. This covers up a lot of stuff that would stand out in a pristine house. It's also good if you want to hide valuables from a would-be burglar. Yeah, he'll probably go for your laptop, but it might take him hours to look through your smoke screen of mess to find where you have stashed your wad of $20,000 in cash.