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Insights

Quiet reading for buyers, designers, and dealers. Long-form guides on choosing a table, planning a room, and caring for solid hardwood through the decades.

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8min avg
Detail of a Viking pool table cabinet showing solid hardwood construction
Lead Story

Craftsmanship

How a C.L. Bailey Table Is Built

A walk through the construction of a C.L. Bailey pool table: solid hardwood, mortise-and-tenon joinery, Italian slate, hand-finished cabinets, and the lifetime guarantee that follows.

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The pillar guides

A residential billiards room with a Viking pool table by C.L. Bailey & Co.

Room Planning

Pool Table Room Planning

How to plan a billiards room that plays well, photographs well, and lives well: clearance, lighting, flooring, traffic flow, and the dimensions that actually matter.

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The Skylar pool table by C.L. Bailey & Co. in a residential setting

Buying Guide

The Pool Table Buying Guide

How to choose a pool table that earns its place in your home: size, slate, cabinet, cloth, and the dealer relationship that ties it all together.

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