Outside the average winter temp is about 20º. Most of my house is around 60-65º during the winter and the upstairs temp varies a lot day to night. I will be keeping these int he basement cellar where the temp stays a rather consistent 55º nearly year round.

I wish the solution was that easy. If I was only going to keep a few sticks around I would get a small desktop and put it somewhere in the house. For long term aging, which I am planning on doing, I don't think that is a good idea.

We are not big on using a lot of energy (it is expensive) so we don't use any air-conditioning and heat sparingly. That's just how we roll. I am not so interested in cigars to change my entire life to maintain a humidor

It sounds like you think my idea would be fine though??? 200 bones for a big ass humidor is still pretty cheap. I don't have to use the fancy bead holder either, I could just use a tupperware and save about $30... who knows.