Where And How Do You Store Your Pipes?

I have a half dozen cobs and two unfinished Sav Lumbermen in the work barn but all of my briars and meers are stored indoors. I have rack space for 43 briars and shelf space for eight meers. Rule is if a new one comes in another must go. This one keeps me honest.

In racks on the walls........out of direct sunlight of course.
Bowls down and up, however they'll fit side by side.
And find NO difference either way.

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I have a hundred year old pipe rack that was my grandfather's. It has two 30 inch tall ashtrays hanging by side. Inside the chest I keep a small barrel of tobacco. Pics to follow when the batteries get here from Home Depot.
Part of the top of the rack portion was taken off. I think Gramps did this as it inhibited pipe placement.
Now I said all that to say this: I bought a bunch of generic cigar boxes to store mine in. All white, same size, with cloth that I put in to keep them still. I like that as (I repeat so often) I am in the bedroom most of the day. I have some sort of canvas cases I keep my special pipes in:
The Lavender Lady
Ebeneezer Rhodesian
Jacob Marley Filtomatic
and my Fluffy Falcon
Each case holds two.
I keep same cigar boxes filled with some pouches and two of them dedicated to pipe tools and other implements of destruction

Several pipe racks in my office which are the pipes I smoke all the time. There are a few others around the house that I keep special pipes on, such as the pipes I have made. Other than that, the rest are stored away in my tobacco closet.

My pipes have been stored in racks, bowl down, in my basement next to my desk. This is where I enjoy them year round now. I used to have a den of sorts in a backyard shed. Would keep the currently in rotation pipes there during agreeable weather. Now, all is done in the basement. I keep a few racks with current pipes on the desk and the rest are within 6 feet above the stores of tobacco. I have a rabbit Air purifier right in front of me to grab whatever it could before it gets up the stairs and bothers my better half. This arrangement seems to work for now.

In the study. Cool, dark, but well ventilated. All racked, bowls down. And about 7-9 workhorses scattered all over the house.

My New Pipe Storage Cabinet

I just got this old bathroom cabinet 'donated' to the cause. It followed us to the new house and it had no home, until today. It was sitting upside down in our closet and it said 'help me'. So, I did. It looks like with a little bit of work, I can replace the egg cartons with wooden pipe holders that will hold at least 50 pipes and some tobacco.
I will turn the doors over (the louvers are upside down right now) and mount the thing on the wall and it will be perfect!





There is also an elephant in the room now. He emerged from storage yesterday and is holding up the humidor now. Nice of him...

I've always dreamed of commissioning a dresser style chest like the Dunhill 365 day set I saw was displayed in. I doubt it will happen. For the last thirty years I've been filling up a large bookcase. I have two shelves dedicated to my Dunhill and Castello ephemera, two shelves packed with Castello boxes one with Dunhill boxes and one with everything else.

 Sorry about the picture, I took it years ago one a 2mp cammera

That's a neat cabinet. It should work out well. I do like the round racks for a few pipes. I have one that holds 9 I think and another... can't remember how many it holds. I need to make lids for the jars just because. They both came without lids.