Just like each and every room in one’s house requires its own furnishings, a billiards room also requires furnishings which is related to the sport. The prerequisites are not much but should be chosen carefully in order to give the room a nice and relaxed look for the players to feel comfortable. On the other hand, it should have all the essential furnishings needed for the sport. So let’s see what billiards Game Room Furniture consists of. Billiard Balls are also very exclusive in its type.

The initial criterion is the dimension of the room. It should be large enough to hold the poolboard; at the same time there should be adequate space for the contestants to move around the poolboard while playing the sport. The room should also accommodate the equipment needed for the sport.

The next significant feature is the ambience of the room. To make certain the look and feel of the room, it should have proper lights and furnishings. The pool table is made of quarried slate. It is skirted by cushions made of rubber. The upper surface of the pool table is covered with a special cloth made of woven wool. A blend of wool/nylon is also employed as covering known as baize. The shade of the cloth is always emerald. The weave is veryimportant as it affects the momentum, veering and deflection of the balls.

Next important requisite of the sport are the pool balls. Billiard balls are very vibrant. They add shade to the sport. The colors make a sharp contrast against the emeraldhued billiard table. The colors used are golden, blue, vermilion, burgundy, carrot-color, emerald and amethyst. The balls also come in combineddouble colors. The combinations include carroty and white, vermilion and white, blue and white, golden and white and amethyst. The balls that come in single colors are called ‘solids’. The bicolored balls are called ‘stripes’. The balls weigh 5.5 to 6 oz. The ‘solids’ are given numbers 1-7 while the ‘stripes’ are given numbers 9-15. The cue ball is the sixteenth one and it is not numbered. The first player uses the white cue ball, while the second player uses either the golden or the white spotted cue ball. The later cue ball is marked by a black dot.

A curious fact about the billiards matches shown on television is that, for the convenience of the viewers, pink and tan colored balls are used instead of the amethyst colored ball and the brown colored ball. This is because pink and tan colors are easily discerned on television. Earlier the balls were made from wood. Then the clay balls came into being. In fact, ivory balls were also used by quite a few contestants who could afford them. But they have been banned to stop the hunting of elephants. A stand is there to hold the billiard balls. Then there are the ‘cues’ with which the contestants hit the pool balls. Contestants use chalks to grip the cues during a game. So after each and every game the cues should be cleaned well to increase their longevity. The use of chalks can be minimized if the contestants use ‘pool billiard glove’.