I saw Beware_of_Dawg's thread on his new table and it made me realize that I hadn't mentioned that I recently put a table in my home as well. I didn't want to hijack his thread so started this one.
I bought a used Robertson 9' table that used to be in commercial use at Stroker's in Palm Harbor. They'd sold it to a private individual when they got a Brunswick tight pocket table, and I bought it from him.
I had it moved and set up by Wes Burden and had him put new Milliken SuperPro on it. I'd seen this cloth at Park Place and liked it.
I put the table in my garage (heated and air conditioned) and made a game room out of it. We made sure that we could still pull the car into the garage if needed (This is FL) but we don't normally do that. The garage door does open, so I can easily move the lawn mower and edger in and out, but they're kept more or less hidden, along with the table saw and some other stuff, in one corner, with the view mostly blocked by a cheap curtain.
We had steel shelving units that we put along one wall to a height of 36". You can use full length cue everywhere, though on shots perpendicular to the long rail on the shelving unit side your but bumps the shelves. We covered the fronts of the units with the same black drape material used elsewhere.
We've had the wood cabinets in the garage for about 10 years, since we remodeled the kitchen. We put in a TV and stereo, and our grandson who just moved in will be adding his X-Box.
I used info from JoeW (thanks Joe) for the light. We used two 4 foot 4 bulb fixtures from Home Depot. They use T8 32 watt bulbs (the new skinny ones) that put out more light than the old style 40 watt ones. Because we needed to be able to open the overhead garage door we mounted the lights closer to the ceiling than would be typical, but they are so bright the table looks awesome. And it lights up almost the whole room. I opted for the daylight 6500 degree color temperature bulbs, and I think you can see from the photos they were a good choice.
We put in a ceiling fan with light and my wfe likes the warmth of those compact fluorescents, but for the table it had to be daylight.
The couch and love seat were found at a thrift store. They're very soft and comfortable leather. We got an unbelievable price, but had to spend 8 hours scrubbing them to get the stains out.
Enough words, here are a couple photos:
I still need to buy a set of good balls, and decent rack and a few house cues, but mostly, it's done and I'm ecstatic.
I bought a used Robertson 9' table that used to be in commercial use at Stroker's in Palm Harbor. They'd sold it to a private individual when they got a Brunswick tight pocket table, and I bought it from him.
I had it moved and set up by Wes Burden and had him put new Milliken SuperPro on it. I'd seen this cloth at Park Place and liked it.
I put the table in my garage (heated and air conditioned) and made a game room out of it. We made sure that we could still pull the car into the garage if needed (This is FL) but we don't normally do that. The garage door does open, so I can easily move the lawn mower and edger in and out, but they're kept more or less hidden, along with the table saw and some other stuff, in one corner, with the view mostly blocked by a cheap curtain.
We had steel shelving units that we put along one wall to a height of 36". You can use full length cue everywhere, though on shots perpendicular to the long rail on the shelving unit side your but bumps the shelves. We covered the fronts of the units with the same black drape material used elsewhere.
We've had the wood cabinets in the garage for about 10 years, since we remodeled the kitchen. We put in a TV and stereo, and our grandson who just moved in will be adding his X-Box.
I used info from JoeW (thanks Joe) for the light. We used two 4 foot 4 bulb fixtures from Home Depot. They use T8 32 watt bulbs (the new skinny ones) that put out more light than the old style 40 watt ones. Because we needed to be able to open the overhead garage door we mounted the lights closer to the ceiling than would be typical, but they are so bright the table looks awesome. And it lights up almost the whole room. I opted for the daylight 6500 degree color temperature bulbs, and I think you can see from the photos they were a good choice.
We put in a ceiling fan with light and my wfe likes the warmth of those compact fluorescents, but for the table it had to be daylight.
The couch and love seat were found at a thrift store. They're very soft and comfortable leather. We got an unbelievable price, but had to spend 8 hours scrubbing them to get the stains out.
Enough words, here are a couple photos:
I still need to buy a set of good balls, and decent rack and a few house cues, but mostly, it's done and I'm ecstatic.
