Adding Those Important Finishing Touches to Your Home Billiard Room

In order to place the perfect finishing touches on your home billiard room, you must first find the focal point of the room. For a home billiard room, the pool table is the most obvious focal point present, as it is not only the biggest piece of furniture in the room, but also where most people will be looking during their stay. Since you have probably already matched your walls and floor to complement your table, you can now start choosing all of the intricate details your “finishing touches” require.  And remember above all, think of yourself first, as it is your billiard room. Choose wall hangings and decor that suit your individual tastes.  Decorations for a home billiard room can be found at multiple locations, including sporting goods stores, home decorating or department stores, specialty shops and malls, and certainly all over the internet.

For starters, consider your walls and other “free” space. By “free” space, I mean areas such as walls or open air space (billiard lamps, bar lights, etc.) that take up no extra floor space whatsoever. A few ideas include neon signs, a neon or felt clock, sports team pennants, logoed mirrors, a dart cabinet, a beer stein collection, and so on. A Tiffany, stained glass pool table lamp will add class to any billiard room, and be sure to also include a solid, wall cue rack, preferably one that is made of wood and matches the wood color and grain of your billiard table.

If your billiard room is a bit smaller and is not conducive for larger billiard room furniture, try going with some scattered bar stools and possibly a pub table in the corner.  Bar stools are perfect for billiard and game rooms, as they naturally “go with the flow” of billiards and are built to get on and off of quickly. If larger billiard room furniture is an option, then match your upholstery colors, wood styles, etc. to complement the rest of your billiard room, again with the focal point being your billiard table.  The same applies to any alternative gaming table you might be considering, such as a poker, foosball, or air hockey table. Try going with one that matches most everything else in your billiard room, primarily your pool table.   

If you want to go even further, you can add more options to your billiard room and turn it into a multi-purpose game room. Some examples include:

• Installing a wet bar
• Adding a satellite television system
• Adding a sound system
• Incorporating complementary games, such as darts, poker, foosball, shuffleboard, etc.
  

The addition of more components to your billiard room will help transform it into a focal point that everyone will enjoy.  It will also allow your billiard room users more options if they are not currently engaged in a game of pool.