Toltec’s Tiffany lighting is an awesome style of pool table lights can be a great addition to any pool room. I took a fancy to their Popular Pearl line of lighting, so this review is focused on those.

The people of Toltec have this to say for themselves:

“Founded in the 1970′s, Toltec is a family-owned and run company dedicated to creating quality and competitively priced lighting fixtures for your home. While quality and value continue to be the hallmarks that Toltec is famous for, we take pride in having taken the lead in the field of design. we are continually introducing new concepts and ideas while maintaining a close eye on tradition.  At Toltec, we bridge all possible worlds.”

Let me tell you, these Toltecs are some very finely crafted billiard lights. The stained glass is elegant and not too gaudy, giving just enough accent to your table and your pool room to really give you that ‘warm-fuzzy’ feeling.

My personal favorites are the #129 Popular Pearl Tiffany Light with Pearl and Green with Brass Channels and the #527E Popular Pearl Tiffany Light with Clear Ripple and ClearGlass with Brass Channels.The designs feature some exquisite glass finishes, and can bring some major charm and beauty to your pool table rooms.

The Pearl and Green runs about $475 with just 3 lights, but if you’re like me, and want to light up a 9’ pool table instead of those tiny little 7’ or 8’ tables, I’m guessing you’ll need a longer fixture with an extra light bulb, bumping the cost up to $585. I’m not positive yet if the extra-bulb-upgrade actually gives you a longer pool table light, but I’ve sent their customer service a query, and I’ll update this post as soon as they’ve responded.  Now, I like this particular choice of pearl-and-green because the two-toned color scheme matches and compliments my favorite pool-felt color: deep green (so their other color choices, of course, would thus be ideal for tables covered in alternate, yet matching, colors).

The ClearGlass pool table lighting comes with only one choice: the 10 candelabra lights, and two lights pointing down. Asking price is $630, which is a bit hefty, but probably worth the budget-stretch considering how eye-catching it is. Brass and clear-glass candelabra lighting direct within your game rooms really adds an old-world touch. Imagine matching this with a warm dark-wood theme, one reminiscent of gas-lights and cobblestone streets. Add some 8 ball or 9 ball themed black-&-white framed posters to enhance the atmosphere, or even some old-school mafia B&W’s full of tommy-guns and antique cars, and you’ve got yourself one jiving game room! My only worry with this light is that the candelabra lights might be too bright and distracting. I Kind of wish they had included an option for smoked-glass tinting to take away a bit of the glare.

Most of these Toltec Tiffany lighting are available in 2, 3 or 4 light configurations, even single-bulb pendants with attaching chains or light-stands.  All Billiard lights come with enough chain, wiring and ceiling canopy for a nine-foot high ceiling. Extra chain and wire are available upon request at the time you place an order. All in all, I give Toltec a solid 4.25 stars on class and quality.

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So, you love to shoot pool! You started out learning how to play pool for beginners, and you’ve spent years dreaming about how to play pool like a pro. Now you have your own home, and you’re ready to set up your own minature pool hall right in your basement!

You’ve spent quality time designing your pool room. You’ve chosen something spectacular from a wide variety of pool table lights that will complement the theme of your design. And you’ve laid out a floor plan and chosen a nice spacious area for your pool table to sit. From personal taste, I’ll tell you that the smallest comfortable area to put a 9’ table in is about 15’ x 20’. You can go a bit smaller and still have some tiny bit of clearance for standard length cue sticks, but you’ll steel feel mighty cramped, especially if you wind up trying to shoot right from the rail.

The next step is going to be hanging one of those fabulous pool table lights you selected earlier.
Now hopefully you’ve made sure that there is some sort of support available in the ceiling directly over your pool table. Usually a couple of cross running studs will do just nicely, other times you may have only a center-beam running length-wise above your table. Make darn sure, before everything is settled permanently into place, that you can actually get the pool table light centered directly over the table, otherwise you’re going to be scrambling to make some sort of mickey-mouse support for the light to hang from, and you really don’t want that added headache.

One good way to gauge how to center pool table lights is to hang a plumb-line down over the table from the ceiling support, from each place you want to put an anchor. Most self-installation-style lights you buy are designed to hang from two support hooks anchored into studs or beams in your ceiling.
So:

  1. Measure out the distance you’ll need between hooks and mark the locations.
  2. Then hang your plumb-line from your marks and move it around until you find the center-most point over the table for both hooks. Now mark those spots as well.

This is where people discover whether or not they can actually get their pool table lights centered properly over the pool table’s current location. If you can’t find acceptable places to plant your support hooks, you’re going to either have to get creative and build in the support you need, or you might, possibly, be able to adjust the placement of the pool table itself to help center everything.

Once you’ve marked your anchor-spots:

  1. Drill holes with a power drill for your support hooks and then screw the support hooks tightly into place.
  2. Using your tape measure, measure up from the table-top: 40 inches. This is where you want the bottom edge of your light fixture to come to rest.
  3. Adjust the lamp chains to allow the light to hang at the measure height, and then attach them to the hooks
  4. Before you replace any ceiling tiles, determine how you’re going to run power to your new pool table lights. With a little creativity you can get the power cord hidden above the ceiling tiles, or run discreetly along the studs or beams to an outlet.
  5. Plug in your light!

Now you’re ready to add the finishing touches to your new game room and invite your buddies over for an awesome night of playing pool. With a little luck you’ll give them some billiard lessons they’ll never forget!

Follow this link if you’d like some basic advice on how to select table lights.

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