Billiard Lighting

Sports Pool Table Lights, Stained Glass Billiard Lights Etc.

Billiard Lighting comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and designs! And these are just a few of the factors that come into play when choosing billiard lighting for your game room / billiard room. You can narrow your lighting style even more by the college you attended, your favorite pro team or even favorite drink among many more themed lighting out there.

But no matter what type of lighting you decided to go with, when you're choosing the type of light you want over your billiard table make sure you take into account not only the size of your billiard table but also the size of your room. You don't want a huge monstrosity of a light taking away the focus of all the cool stuff in your room.

Keep Your Eyes On The Ball
Billiard Lighting and How To Avoid The Shadows!

That's right, focus during billiard play can become a problem after a few hours especially if the lighting you have is too bright, too large or too close to the table. Before you know it you'll have red eye or dry eye from the lights and you don’t need or want that. Billiard room lighting is important though. It adds atmosphere and also the necessary lighting to keep the games going strong all night long.

Besides having eye problems you'll want to get rid of distracting shadows that hide under the balls and the cushions. That is actually what good billiard lighting does for you; it rids your table of shadows by evenly lighting your table from cushion to cushion. This again goes back to the size of your table; if you have a 7-foot bar room pool table then a 1-swag lamp may do the trick. For 8-foot regular and especially 9 foot professional sized tables you're going to most likely need a 3-swag lamp or lights equivalent to keep the lighting just right for great billiard play.

So how high SHOULD billiard lamps hang above your table? Well one way to come close to a good distance is to hang it at the same height as your nose when standing by the table. To get it even closer a 30 inch distance is usually good. And to make sure you totally rid yourself of shadows raise or lower your lamp until the light from the lamp reaches the sides of the table.

Swag Lamps / Shade Lamps
Keeping Things Covered!

The basic lamp or billiard lighting you see in many bar rooms is the swag lamp or shade lamp. These types of lamps look great and come in many different colors and designs. From professional sports teams and college sports teams to popular drink products like pop and beer companies and so much more.

You can find 1 Swag, 2 Swag, 3 Swag and 4 Swag lamps to use as your billiard lighting. Again it really depends on how large your table as to how much light you may need. On the lampshade itself you'll have your teams name and logo or favorite drink, car company and much more. The lights are attached to one long pole that hangs down by a chain attached to your ceiling.