The snugness keeps me focused. I do most of my writing and editing in there, so need to use the time well. A few more creature comforts and it may be more of a Hobbit hole than hobby hole!
That is a very nice cozy looking study. You have a window right next to your chair too! Look, when I smoked cigarettes I didn't smoke in my house. When my wife and I first got married we smoked in our apartment. When we bought our house we smoked on our porch, never in the house. We sold our house and moved back into an apartment. Our two sons are in their 20s now and hate cigarette smell and smoke. We both quit years ago but I did a little experiment. I tried smoking in my chair next to the window but the window has a fan in it. I believe pipe smoke is different from cigarette smoke because it doesn't linger. When my youngest son sits in the living room with me I always ask him if a certain blend smells good and says " Dad, to be honest I can't smell it, you have the fan sucking it out. My wife watches tv in our bedroom all the time and she never smells it. And the bedroom is not far from the living room. My point is, if you put a fan in that window and put it on low, the smoke will not bother anyone plus it won't stain walls or stink up your house, it will suck right out the window. You should enjoy that room dude! Get a fan!
If I could just get the missus to go along ...
Mine too!!If I could just get the missus to go along ...
Mine gave in after I showed her that it doesn't smell as long as I sit near the window with the fan in it. I'm lucky though, my wife buys me pipes and my tobacco. On father's day she bought me a Rossi Sera 8601 a half pound of Gawith Hoggarth Rum Flake and a half pound of Coniston Cut Plug. For my birthday she got me a pound of Country Squire's Cowboy Coffee and a half pound of Ruins Of Windsor. She used to love the smell of the American Lane Limited made Sir Walter Raleigh regular, before they moved production to Denmark and ruined the blend. I made an effort to smoke stuff that she like the room note of just incase she did smell it, but she doesn't. It's because of the fan in the window, I'm telling you it works.If I could just get the missus to go along ...
I'm strictly an outdoors piper myself. Last winter, it got way down below 32 F, but once I bundled up with plenty of wool (a Goodwill wool sweater on the outer in case of burns), it was really nice in the sun. It almost seemed that all my senses were heightened.A little late to hop in on this but, I will anyways.
My mancave/smoking den/hobby-hobbit cave: Step outside through kitchen door and onto open air deck, screw the weather!
The wife has reactive airway syndrome, though now greatly diminished and the 'ole inhaler tends to gather dust in the drawer. She still hates any kind of tobacco or left handed cigarette smoke and when I do sneak it early A.M. indoors, I get busted, big time! I don't hear the end of it till next Sunday.
Funny, though, she loves the aroma of Scotty's Honey and Chocolate. Reminds her of Hershey's cocoa. No, can't even smoke that in the house.
Tried smoking in my ad-hoc man cave, (The garage), but no, she still smells it and I'm in for another tongue lashing.
So come rain, snow, blistering sun, or any combination thereof, I dress the part and enjoy the fresh air.
@Ranger107 praying for all to go well.
I am adding my prayers as well.
