Mike, I decided on the cooler route after a lot of deliberation. The vino would look nicer, but we really don't have a place for it. The cooler I can put in my closet, we're getting ready to redo them and it should have a nice built in home when I'm done.
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Since the weather is not cooperating, I decided to wash the cooler out in the shower downstairs. It barely fits in the standard shower insert. :-)
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Cooler prep by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr

Temporary resting place until my closet gets redone and I can build an insert for it. I know, I know, it's empty, no sticks in there yet just empties and beads while the hygrometer is calibrating. :-)
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Cooler prep by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Thanks for the update Jeff

That's a big sumbeotch
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Looking good. I'm sure it will be filled up soon.
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Okay, so it doesn't look much different than the last pic. But I have most of my cigars in there, still need to get a couple of empty boxes from the B&M next time I'm out there.
Going to call a lumber supplier in the next week or so to see what spanish cedar runs. It would probably be cheaper to just buy shelves from someone here, but I enjoy making things like that.
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Coolidor by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr

I was amazed at how much faster the cooler recovers from having the door open for an extended amount of time. The RH was back to 65% in no time at all.
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Looking good Jeff. I would probably just buy the shelves and maybe a drawer from someone on here since the prices seem very reasonable.
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Looking good!
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So, you'll probably wonder why I'm showing you pics of my old closet, it was an non functional POS basically.
Have a look for yourself.
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Old closet - left by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Old closet - center by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Old closet - right by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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I show you that, so I can show you this. But who really cares about a mans closet? The last picture should clear things up for you. :-)
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New closet - left by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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New closet - center by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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New closet - right by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Cooler home by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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wimp

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and this was before I filled it up. 2 boxes deep on each shelf and the singles drawer has about 500 in it now.

Let me know when the avalanche arrives.
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Not sure why the color looks so orange. It's actually called Brick Red, and is just that.
Time to get this laptop screen calibrated.
So I won't have any flooring down until we get new carpet in our room. But I'm very pleased with how it all turned out. Now, to see if I can cram all the crap that was in there, back in and keep it looking somewhat organized.
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:-) the wife will keep me from getting to that point for quite some time. But that is a beautiful cabinet!
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So I was looking through this old thread that I started last April when I got my Marine cooler. Oh, how the times have changed. :-)
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The bottom 4 boxes on the right are all various singles. The rest are full boxes.

You people are a bad influence, I hate you all. :-)
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New shelves and drawers from Forrest. They really fit perfectly in the cooler.
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Not sure about the finally configuration of everything, but started the seasoning process.
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It took 29, gallon zip-loc bags to pack up all this :-)

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looks good, did you think about raising the cooler so you have easier access to it?
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I did, but with the arrangement in my closet, decided to only use a minimal base for stability. The drawers will likely go close to the top for easy access, any boxes will be below and hopefully I'll keep my hands out of them. :-)
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Simply awesome.
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After 10 days at 80% humidity, the shelves and drawers were ready. I was surprised, after seasoning, just touching the shelves, I could feel the difference in them. The dryness was gone and the smell, that much Spanish cedar....it's a truly awesome aroma!
Not sure I'll keep this configuration, but the drawers are pretty well full.
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looks good Jeff :-)
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So, when are you buying the second cooler? :-) :-)
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