Naperville, Illinois
A cigar lounge should feel inseparable from the rest of a Naperville home, not like an afterthought behind a basement door. That is why our lounges here carry the main floor's finish level downstairs, stained wood paneling matched to your trim, leather seating, a built-in humidor, and a whiskey bar that would hold its own in any room of the house. Naperville finishes more basements than anywhere else we work, and the 9 foot ceilings common across town give the room genuine presence instead of a low, cramped feel.
The engineering stays invisible. Every lounge is a sealed room with dedicated exhaust ventilation and makeup air, so you can host a long evening downstairs while the kitchen above smells like nothing at all. Many clients place the lounge beside a wine room or an in-law suite as part of a larger lower level plan, and we design those adjacencies deliberately. Design consultations at your home are free, quotes are itemized down to the selections, permits are handled by us, and typical builds run 6 to 10 weeks with financing available on larger projects.
It starts with a free in-home design consultation. We measure your basement, check moisture and mechanicals, and talk through how you want the space to live. You get a design and an itemized quote, we handle permits and inspections, and one team runs the build from the first cut to the final walkthrough. Most projects take 6 to 10 weeks of construction.
That is how we prefer to build in Naperville. We match stain colors, trim profiles, and door styles to the upstairs, so the lounge reads as part of the home rather than a themed room in the basement. Leather, hardware, and bar finishes are selected the same way during design, with your input on every choice.
No. The lounge operates as a sealed room under negative pressure, with a dedicated exhaust duct carrying its air outdoors and a makeup air supply keeping the system balanced. Smoke physically cannot drift to the floors above. You can host a dinner party upstairs and a cigar evening downstairs at the same time without either group noticing the other.
Yes, and the pairing is popular in Naperville lower levels. The two rooms need opposite environments, so each gets its own envelope, the lounge with exhaust ventilation and makeup air, the wine room with its own cooling and humidity control. We design them side by side, often with the whiskey bar between them serving both.
Tell us about your basement and we will follow up within one business day to set up an in-home visit.