Game Room Decorating

When it comes to game room decorating, you are really heading into 'themed room' territory.

The vast majority of people will go with a sporting theme for the room and there is nothing wrong with that although you mustn't feel that you have to go that route if it doesn't suit your style or that of the property.
Along with many other rental homeowners in Florida, we converted our garage into a Games or Billiard Room to add another facility for our guests.

This was always going to be a difficult room to decorate because at the end of the day – it would always be a garage.

The equipment for the room was standard – pool or billiard table, foosball table, air hockey and dartboard.

It was an area that was more about function than decor but we still wanted to have a bit of fun with it.

We found a company who would provide billiard tables with virtually any colour baize that you could think of (apparently the orange felt is the worst seller!!).

We decided to go for a contemporary feel with a black table and a bright blue baize top.

Now we had our focal point we were able to choose accessories to co-ordinate with the blue table and the style and function of the room.

We didn't see the need to spend time or money boarding the walls so we were left with bare brick that had been painted white to add some light - this being a garage, there were no windows.

There was a very large plain white wall at the end opposite the door and we felt that the only thing to do here was fill it with the largest piece of art that we could afford!

We felt that adding colour was more important than adding to the 'games' theme.

We combined the two by adding, amongst other things, a poster of billiard rules and our personal favourite, a neon wall clock.

Whether you are lucky enough to have a purpose built room or are using a garage there are many more things you could do with the extra space such as sports themed furnishings or perhaps a bar.

You may feel that you would like to expand on the games theme and good value posters are pretty hard to beat for that.

Visit our friends at Game Room Decorating Ideas for some great decorating ideas including themes, games and more.