Converting Furniture Into A Humidor

March 27 2015.

Converting furniture into a humidor.

January 26 2016 how to build. A much more interesting project for the decently capable home craftsman with access to a workshop and power tools and who likes a good challenge is directly converting an existing piece of furniture into a humidor. A visually interesting and simultaneously spacesaving solution is the pentagonal walk in humidor built into the corner of a room illustration 2. With a new coat of paint or finish an old relic like this can become an indispensible piece of furniture.

The humidification system is placed either under one of the racks or in the corner of the room. These two items are what make it a humidor. Converting antique furniture for cigar storage is demanding and will require some skill and resources to achieve. How to convert a piece of furniture into an unique custom humidor.

For those who are passionate about carpentry and old wooden furniture this might be a dream project. Price and stock could change after publish date and we may make money from these links. The items needed are fairly straight forward for a humidor but will vary in all forms depending on the detail you choose to go into when restoring chosen enclosure or how you choose to do it. Below is what was used in this project.

Find ways to upcycle old furniture and turn unwanted junk into funky new treasures. Finally converting antique furniture into cigar storage spaces is an ambitious yet fulfilling project. Buy a humidifier unit from your favorite cigar store and a hygrometer. Drill a hole in the back panel just large enough for the power cord to make it through pull cord through about three feet then seal hole with silicone.

Using a holesaw drill a hole the same diameter as your hygrometer in the door.