First, welcome to az. There's a lot of great people here and lots of good info available.
Your table looks very nice, like the whitewash look with the queen ann legs. :thumbup:
There is a degree of subjectivity on some of the decisions you have to make but there are a few bits of info that might help you out.
The reasons many here will try to steer you toward green of tourney blue simonis are these:
1. these are the two prominent cloth colors you will play on outside your home and if you want to be competitive, maybe play in some tourneys, etc., then why not practice at home on the same color cloth. It can provide a slight edge. You (and wifey) can decide on how important this is. Pool purists will say green only. Most tourney use tourney blue cloth. My opinion, which is just that, just my opinion is that either traditional green or tourney blue would be terrific choices.
2. Simonis is THE best quality cloth there is, nothing else is close. Simonis has unique identifying markers embedded throughout their cloth; the reason being people try to counterfeit their cloth. Nobody is trying to knockoff any other brands of cloth. There's a reason they don't.
Simonis 860 is a great choice and the HR is a little more money but is more resistent to wear marks. You can weigh out the price difference vs benefit on this.
I admire your confidence and skill that allows you to do much of this work yourself.
However, I would seriously consider getting a ^good* pool table mechanic to do the final tweaking and recloth. Please note that even though someone may list themselves as a table mechanic, they may not be good at it. Over the years we have seen horrific hack jobs done by guys who were supposed to be experienced at this work.
If you decide to have the cloth done by someone, would recommend that you post where you are and someone here may suggest a good mechanic in your area.
Look forward to seeing your progress.
EDIT: Just noticed you are in Braden, FL.
best,
brian kc.
