I don't hide any fabric or other purchases, but he usually does not notice. We had DGS spend the week and he HATES spiders. Where we live, we live with spiders so DH had to go into every room and remove spider webs before DGS would go to sleep. DH went in the sewing room for the first time in years, came right back out and told DGS there was soooo much stuff the spiders would not fit. DGS peeked in and agreed. LOL