The right ashtrays can make or break your living space. Gone are the days where your ashtray was a purely functional glass or metal slab, now ashtrays have aesthetics, as well as practicality.

One little word of advice regarding your ashtray. Don’t let it become completely filled with dog ends and half forgotten spliffs, overflowing with ash, used chewing gum and whatever other nasties may be lurking in there. Empty it out regularly and your home will look and smell much nicer. It may seem obvious, but I have more than one friend whom, whenever visit, clearly hasn’t emptied their ashtray in days, and frankly that’s disgusting.

Obviously you can spend as much or as little on an ashtray as you wish, but I prefer ones that say a little something about my personality. You can buy ashtrays that are almost works of art in their beauty! Ceramic, glazed, hand painted; there are so many beuatiful ones available.

Smokeless ashtrays are available, which actually suck smoke into them when you rest them in the ashtray, making the surrounding air cleaner and less stale. Push down ashtrays are great for keeping your living space a little tidier, as the ash and dogends are hidden out of view (still not an excuse for not emptying at least once a day though!)

And of course, there are still those plain glass slabs that simply hold all the ash and dead butts. It’s what you smoke that’s important, after all!