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Family and friendship is most celebrated at the dining table, but that’s not the only table that can be gathered around for friendship and conversation. This pool table, for more traditional clients’ billiard table, is another table that we can create exclusively for you and your family. We have been commissioned to custom design and manufacture several pool or billiard tables for some very wonderful clients. Each wanted a table that celebrated a specific time in their lives. One of our clients told us a story about how her husband who is a Big Game hunter was on safari in Africa and was charged by a Cape buffalo bringing him close to death. Apparently it was a big adrenaline rush and made for a thrilling adventure. She asked us to design and create a pool table that celebrated his successful “take downs” in the wild, if you get what I mean, by incorporating the animals that he overtook as the theme for the table. This billiard table featured alligator leather insets, hand carved Cape buffalo horns and Cheetah pockets. These, along with other details, commemorated his “big game” hunting trips to Africa. Another was commissioned by a client who after years of success in ranching wanted a billiard table fitting for a Cattle Barron’s game room. This one featured inset panels of brindle hide and close to 2000 individually hand hammered nail heads adorning the table. The billiard table featured here is of Gothic design that we created with Old World homes in mind. To its credit this table was recently chosen as the cover for the game section in the upcoming publication, for Coldwell Banker called Portfolio, which features spectacular homes across the country. The table features traditional European iron designs taken from abbey gates and cathedral fences inspired by renowned English architect Augustus Welby Pugin. Augustus was a leader in the mid-19th century Gothic Revival movement. Constructed here in America from solid North American maple, it is built to the exact standards that combine dramatic creativity while using only superior materials. This billiard table, just like the custom ones that were commissioned, has symbolic meaning. The pointed arch points towards heaven lifting our eyes to the Father. The quatrefoil seen in the ironwork unites four different entities; one in each of its leaves. The top leaf symbolizes God as creator, and the two side leaves represent Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The bottom leaf is believed to symbolize the church of Christian followers. We chose the finish to be Espresso (black paint that is sanded down in various places). The reason is that black is the color you get when you mix all colors together which represents all the people of the world. God delights in diversity. Sanding down represents Gods use of trial in our lives to show us amazing things that we wouldn’t see without them. The color gold, hand painted on the iron work, represents Divinity, majesty, righteousness, Divine Light, and mercy. So whether you’ve fallen in love with this one, fallen for the idea that you can make a personal statement with your own design or coordinate it with the décor and style of your game room, our design team would love to be a part of creating it. By having a billiard table in your home you will discover something. It is simply enjoying a true family activity that will bring you and your friends closer together in a game that grows with you while providing laughter, entertainment and great memories. Blessings, Nelson J. Nelson