How To Choose Your Pool Table Lighting
If you have recently added a pool table to your home entertainment setup
, you will need to consider the kind of lighting you are going to use to illuminate the room. It is not as simple as using the old dim lights you used before-to be able to maximize your performance in billiards, you need to have proper level lighting.
Whether you've already bought a pool table or are just thinking about it, providing that table with good lighting can be just as important as the table itself for quality play. The lighting must provide consistent levels and areas of illumination during both the night and day.
Plus, good lighting should also enhance the decor of your room or entertainment area. Considering the style and design of your pool table light will influence the cost of the installation, the quality of your billiards time, and the look of your room.
When it comes to how you are going to install your lights, pool table lights are almost always suspended from the ceiling. This helps place the lights at the proper height.
Too high and the light may distract players with its glare; too low and the light may not illuminate the entire table. Most game room lights are designed to be hung about thirty inches above your table.
This will also give it the classy, professional look that will transform your room to a true billiards paradise. Lights that lie flat on the ceiling will not have the same look, feel, or level of illumination.
Installing a pool table light is similar to installing any other suspended ceiling light, except that the lighting installation requires an extra measure of precision to ensure its effects work as they should. Always be sure to take the proper safety precautions when dealing with electricity.
If you feel uncomfortable installing your own light fixture, you shouldn't hesitate to call an electrical contractor to install the light. Better to have it done right the first time, than to have to fiddle with them over and over until you get them just right.
If you haven't already begun to shop around, you are probably wondering what the average cost and style of these lights are. Pool table lighting, just like any other home lighting, can have a more traditional or a more contemporary feel.
Opulent colors and patterns of Tiffany and Victorian style lighting will give you a classic pool table feel and will go nicely with traditional, Old World furnishings common in residential basements. For a sleeker, more modern feel, contemporary lighting will blend in with a minimalist decorating scheme.
Customized lighting fixtures with sports team logos or other designs are also popular. If you can dream it up, chances are you can find it somewhere, in stores or online.
Ornate lights generally aren't cheap, but the material that's used is often the biggest factor in determining price. Game room lighting can be had for less than one hundred dollars, but can range to nearly one thousand.
You may not need to spend much on your lighting fixtures to get what you want, but chances are if you seek out the cheapest option available you're going to sacrifice some manner of decor or proper illumination. Begin by looking at the cheaper options, at your local home improvement or tool start, and decide if that is the quality that you are going to be happy with long-term.
You may need to consider how your game room's lighting is going to influence the lighting design of your basement or entertainment area. Given that these billiards lights hang from the ceiling, you may have limited space for other overhead lighting.
This kind of problem is most easily solved if you're putting in a pool table as part of a basement or other home remodel. You may consider whether you need an overhead light at all.
Wall lights and sconces can often provide adequate illumination for a room and add an extra decorative element to your walls. If you need to suspend your billiards table lighting near a pre-existing overhead lighting fixture, making an alternative lighting design is probably preferable to having competing, awkward lighting fixtures.
As you can see, there is much to consider when lighting your billiards area. Start doing your research, and you may find that you will come up with creative ideas you hadn't thought of before!
by: Tommy Greene
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