Selling Your Home... But What About That Pool Table?

Or perhaps...

Should the Pool Table Stay or Should It Go? 🎱

You start asking around for staging advice, visit a few open houses, chat with friends, browse the internet... and suddenly everyone has an opinion.

Your best buddies—the ones who happily spend Saturday nights around your pool table—say:

"Absolutely keep it! It creates a lifestyle. Everyone will love it!"

Your Realtor raises an eyebrow and replies:

"Remove it. Buyers need to imagine their own life in the space."

The internet serves up another 247 conflicting articles, and now you're standing in your game room, staring at your beloved pool table, wondering...

Who's right?

The answer?

Like almost everything in real estate... it depends.

As a Realtor, I don't see a pool table as just another piece of furniture. I see it as a marketing tool—or sometimes, a marketing obstacle.

🎱 Reasons to Keep It

It creates an experience.

A beautifully styled game room tells a story—family game nights, friends gathering, and weekend tournaments where everyone insists the table is perfectly level.

It defines the room.

If the space was designed as a game room, a pool table instantly gives buyers a clear sense of its purpose.

Luxury buyers often appreciate entertainment spaces.

In the right home, the table doesn't feel like clutter. It becomes part of the lifestyle buyers are hoping to own.

🎱 Reasons to Remove It

It's huge.

Pool tables are basically the elephants of the furniture world. They can make a room feel much smaller than it actually is.

Not everyone plays pool.

Some buyers walk in dreaming of a home office, gym, art studio, children's playroom—or maybe even another bedroom. A large pool table can make it harder for them to picture those possibilities.

It can steal the spotlight.

When selling a home, the house should be the star—not the furniture.

So... Keep It or Lose It?

Here's my Realtor answer.

If the pool table complements the room, fits the scale of the space, and photographs beautifully, I'd probably leave it.

If it overwhelms the room, interrupts the natural flow, or makes the space feel crowded, it's probably time for it to take a little vacation while your home is on the market.

Selling a home isn't about removing your personality.

It's about giving buyers enough space to imagine their personality in it.

And yes... once escrow closes, you can challenge your friends to a victory game in your new home.

What do you think?

If you were buying a home, would a pool table make you smile—or would you immediately start calculating how many friends it would take to move it out?

Every home has a story.

If you're thinking about selling your Los Angeles home, let's decide together whether the pool table is one of the main characters... or just a memorable guest. Either way, we'll make all the right moves before anyone calls "corner pocket." 🎱

P.S. No pool tables were emotionally harmed during the writing of this article... although a few are still waiting for the Realtor's final decision.