Tips & Tricks for Building Your Own Cigar Smoking Room at Home

A good cigar lounge is more than just a room. It can be a sanctuary, a place to entertain, and a point of pride. Unfortunately, building a cigar-smoking room at home isn’t always easy. It often requires serious maintenance and upkeep, including updates to your home’s ventilation system. That’s why we’re here to help with a few essential tips and tricks for creating a smoking lounge in your home — check them out before you start!

Pick Your Room Carefully

First, not every room in your house is a good candidate for a smoking lounge. The key to a quality lounge is isolation. This is important for ventilation, and it’s also crucial for maximizing the enjoyment of your cigars. So, while your living room may seem cozy, it’s probably a bad choice for a lounge. 

The best choices for smoking lounges tend to be out-of-the-way rooms that either have their own ventilation system already OR have the potential for somewhat easy ventilation system installation. The attic is a fantastic option for a smoking room — since it’s close to the roof and is, therefore, more straightforward to set up a ventilation system to remove smoke there. 

Note also that if you’re on a tighter budget, there’s nothing wrong with upgrading a semi-outdoor smoking area like a garage or patio. It can be much cheaper and just as enjoyable to transform one of these areas into a smoking lounge. 

Insulation & Ventilation

How does a smoking room work? The short answer is insulation and ventilation. Smoking rooms must contain smoke and prevent it from seeping out and affecting other areas of the home. Achieving this requires heavy-duty insulation — typically costing $2,000- $3,000 to install professionally. 

Next, to ensure negative room pressure is achieved (that is, smoke is continuously pumped out while fresh air is always pumped into the room), you need a ventilation system in your lounge. That’s why a room like an attic — which may not be connected to the rest of your house’s main ducts — is frequently a good choice for a lounge. Other less effective, cheaper ventilation options include “smoke eaters” and air purifiers. 

Customize

Once you’ve successfully, 1) selected your room, 2) insulated it properly, and 3) installed a quality ventilation system, then comes the enjoyable part: customizing your space. A personal cigar lounge should reflect your interests — so feel free to deck your room out with artwork, comfortable furniture, books, games, records, TVs, drinks, and plenty of premium cigars. 

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