Billiejo is right.
Footlocker--as coffee table; cover with a cloth table cloth. Get an old one at a thrift store if you want. Then think of a reason to not open it, if anyone asks. Lots of spiders? Fleas? Got it from an old lady that died of flesh-eating bacteria?
Also in your closet--put a few dresses in garment bags--zip up. And put a few dark or black dresses under your sport coats, (in the dark back corner of your closet.)
