Homemade Cabinet Humidors

Select a wooden cabinet for your humidor. Ideal wood choices include cedar and pine; these woods will hold in moisture better, making it easier to regulate the temperature and humidity within your humidor.

Line the bottom of the cabinet, or the top side of each shelf, with soft felt. Glue the felt into place with standard glue. The felt will prevent the cigars from coming into direct contact with the wood, and so absorbing some aroma or taste.

Install a thermometer and hydrometer, or a combined tool that measures both temperature and humidity, into your humidor. The location of this tool can vary depending on your own personal cabinet and preferences, but it should be visible from the outside so that you can monitor the internal readings of the humidor at any time.

Place a humidifier (sold wherever humidors are sold) onto the bottom of the cabinet, in one of the corners. Dampen the humidifier with distilled water or a mix of distilled water and humidor juice to maintain the humidity of the humidor.

Seal the humidor and allow time for the internal humidity and temperature to reach the ideal level. Any humidity between 62% and 74% will suffice to maintain your cigars. Temperature should never drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit or rise above 75 degrees. Monitor the temperature and humidity until your cabinet humidor has reached the ideal level.

Store your cigars in the humidor. Add more distilled water and/or humidor juice when the humidity begins to drop more than 2 or 3 percent below your ideal.