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by The Library of Congress

A high end billiard room is a great way to use empty space in your home in a way that’s fun and entertaining for the whole family! Billiards is a great game that has been around for centuries and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. For this reason, billiard rooms are one of the most popular types of game rooms in America. Once you’ve designed your billiard room, I’m sure you’ll find that it will quickly become everyone’s favorite room in the house.

The Layout

The first step in designing your game room is making a layout. A layout can be made with just a pencil, paper and a measuring tape. You should start your layout by first measuring the dimensions of your game room. Make sure not to overlook the space needed for doors to open and shut comfortably. Once you know how big your game room is, you can decide what to put in it, and where to put it. Many people who are planning to build a new home will actually factor in and design a game room or high end billiard room from the start – which is the best way to cut costs on getting the billiard room initially.

The Billiard Table and Decorating

Obviously, the first addition to your billiard room will be your billiard table. Choosing a proper billiard table can make or break your billiard room depending on what you decide. High end billiard tables are made from solid wood. Cheaper tables will be made with wood, but with a laminate layer on top, and won’t last as long, nor will they play as well. You should also make sure the sub-rails of your billiard table are made from solid wood as they won’t wear down as easily. Also, be sure to check the percentage of “live gum rubber” that makes up the rail cushion. A higher percentage of live gum rubber denotes a better quality. The best quality of rail cushions won’t negatively impact game-play as they will provide the most accurate rebound of billiard balls. Once you’ve chosen a billiard table, you can begin decorating. Start decorating by choosing a billiard lamp. Billiard lamps hang from the ceiling above the billiard table, providing proper light for the players. You can choose the style and color of billiard lamps to compliment the style and color scheme of your billiard room. Another good option for billiard rooms is a stereo system. Surround sound speakers are an excellent idea, but you should be sure to hide the speaker wires, as these can look tacky when they’re run all across the room. You can hide speaker wires by tucking them under the carpet, and make them inconspicuous by running them up and down the corners of your billiard room. You should have fun designing your high end billiard room, as you and your guests will likely be spending a lot of time enjoying it for years to come!

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by The Library of Congress

Article by Michael Hartwell

There are a lot of billiard products for you to choose from nowadays to when finding the best equipment for your pool playing needs. Unfortunately, not all of it is top quality, and it’s easy to get ripped off when making this purchase, if you don’t know what to look for. Here are some important tips to remember during this process.

Remember, there is a lot to take into consideration when buying the best equipment. You need to purchase pool cues, balls, cue repair kits, and of course, the pool table. With all the equipment needed, it can get to be pretty expensive, particularly if you don’t have a lot of money to spend in the first place.

Probably the best thing to do at first is to go online and read reviews about the different products available by people who’ve already bought and utilized them themselves, and narrow down your search this way. This is very useful, especially if you don’t have any idea about billiard products, and therefore need some guidance. Once you’ve read these reviews, now it makes the process of finding the best equipment much easier.

Once you’ve done this, make sure you head down to your local sporting goods store and at least check out the equipment there, to make sure that you like the look and feel of it before buying. From there, you can either purchase the equipment directly from the retailer, although you’d save quite a bit of money by making your purchase on the internet. Online, you can find many great deals on either used or even new equipment, and you can generally find it for a much cheaper value than you could offline.

Obviously, of all the different billiard products I mentioned above, by far the most important is the pool table. Very simply, you can have all the best equipment in the world, but with a faulty pool table, you will never be able to enjoy a high quality game.

First of all, make sure you know the size of the room where you will put the table, so that you know how large the pool table you purchase should be. Therefore, before you go out and purchase one, make sure you’ve measured the room and ensure that you have enough space necessary to fit a table of that size.

Also, make sure you know how large your door is, because if the table is already built and assembled when you purchase it, you likely will have a lot of trouble getting it through the door. No matter which kind of table you purchase, make sure it says BCA on it, because this is the kind that the pros play, and is certainly the best available.

Of course, an even better way to find a great discounted table would be to check your local listings in the classified ads. This way, you can find a great used billiard table and you can check it out yourself, which you often times can’t do over the internet, particularly if the seller is located a long distance away. This is very important, to make sure that the pool table is in the condition described, because if you buy one on the net and find out that it is not as good as described, you will have a lot of trouble returning it, especially when you buy used pool tables.

Generally speaking, depending on your budget, most companies offer a bargain deal, more expensive model, and the top of the line model for you to choose from. Obviously, the more you spend, the higher quality the table you can get. Also, the kind of pool table differs as well, as you can purchase cheap pool tables made to be played outside, inside, or ones that may be played either. Therefore, this is an important consideration as well.

If you do plan on buying the table new, make sure you purchase it from a place that offers you a money back guarantee, in case of any defects found on the pool table. Also, be sure they will provide other important services such as repair, moving, restoration of the tables, etc.

These are typically done by people very experienced in the industry. One final tip: some good companies you might want to start with would be Brunswick Pool Tables, McDermott Pool Cues, etc. These are some proven high quality billiard products that are proven to be of high quality, and you couldn’t go wrong with them. The bottom line is, there are a lot of things to consider when making your next billiard products purchase, especially the table. Hopefully this information will get you started in the right direction.

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