Lighting by Room: Billiard Room Lighting

Home billiard table lamps are specifically designed to spread illumination evenly across the table and eliminate distracting shadows. This includes the areas of the pool table bed directly under the cushions and the areas near the pockets. Your dealer can usually recommend the optimal wattage, and suggest the correct height over your table.

Installation Height

The working rule for how low the billiard table lighting should hang is to have it level with the bridge of your nose. But you will have to play with the hanging length in proportion to the size of the room and the table area (refer to the table chart, below). The main point is to have light spread evenly over the playing area. Since billiard lamps come in a big variety of style and finishes, they can also play an integral role in your home billiard room decorating scheme.

Home Bar

You may want a different style of lighting over a home bar or beverage area. Some home bar owners keep a muted lighting style directly over the sitting area, but shine bright spotlighting or track lighting on the wall behind where the bartender would stand.

Remainder of the Room

Besides the home billiard table light, and the bar lights, you will want the remainder of the room to have a reasonable, but not an overpowering degree of lighting. For this, many home billiard room owners opt for pot lights, which are normally recessed directly in to the ceiling.

Table Size : Room Size ratio chart

SOURCE: Billiards Forum