The Journal

Industry history, market insights, and manufacturing notes from the world of concealment furniture.

His First Gun Hit the Floor. The Second One Saved Him.

On July 7, 2022, three men rushed a Pensacola homeowner at his own front door — and his pistol ended up in an attacker's hands. What happened next, caught on his doorbell camera, is the clearest real-world case ever recorded for staging a firearm inside your home.

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Story of Concealment Furniture

How a 400-year-old cabinetmaker's trick — from 16th-century Italian secret drawers to a Virginia workshop's 2012 breakthrough — became one of America's fastest-growing home-defense categories.