This is the one room where the loud options earn their money. Saturated colors, a mirror backboard and RGB all make sense here in a way they rarely do elsewhere.
Size it to the back bar or the wall behind the table, typically 80 to 120 cm, and put it where a phone camera will find it.
Why this room is different
A bedroom sign has to live with one settled mood. A home bar or games room does not: it is bright and social in the evening, dim and atmospheric later, and it is a room people photograph. That changes every recommendation.
- ✓ Saturated color works. Hot Pink, Turquoise, Tomato, Deep Blue. The colors that overwhelm a bedroom are exactly right here.
- ✓ RGB genuinely earns its 50 percent. A room with two moods is the textbook case for it.
- ✓ A mirror backboard doubles the tube and looks expensive behind bottles and glassware.
- ✓ Wit is allowed. This is not the room for restraint.
Where and how big
| Position | Typical width |
|---|---|
| Behind the back bar, above the bottles | 80 to 120 cm |
| Above a pool or table football table | 100 to 150 cm |
| On the wall facing the seating | 90 to 130 cm |
| Beside a dartboard or on a pillar | 50 to 70 cm |
Wording
Short and confident. A drink name, a bar name, an hour, a rule. Signs in this room are read at a glance from across the space with a drink in hand, so anything that needs concentration is the wrong choice.
If you want a name plus a subtitle, put the name in a script font and the subtitle in a small upright font beneath. Mixing fonts in one sign costs nothing extra.
Practical
Bars are damp and greasy environments by evening. Keep the sign back from where drinks are poured, and when it needs cleaning use a dry microfiber cloth, never glass cleaner, which permanently hazes acrylic.
A smart plug is worth adding. It lets the sign come on with the room rather than being another switch to remember, and it is the simplest way to give a home bar a proper opening moment.
If you have been talked out of a bold color somewhere else in the house, spend it here. This is the room that rewards it, and the sign that would be too much in a hallway is exactly right behind a bar. Mirror backboard, one saturated color, and short wording is hard to get wrong.
Frequently asked questions
What size neon sign suits a home bar?
80 to 120 cm behind the back bar, 100 to 150 cm above a pool or table football table, and 50 to 70 cm for a pillar or beside a dartboard. Size it against the bar or the table it sits above rather than against the whole wall.
Is RGB worth it for a games room?
Here, yes. RGB adds 50 percent and it earns it in a room that is bright and social early in the evening and dim and atmospheric later. That is the case it is actually designed for, unlike a bedroom or a hallway with one settled mood.
What backboard is best behind a bar?
A mirror finish. It reflects the tube so a single run reads as two, and it adds depth behind bottles and glassware on a shallow shelf. All twelve finishes including the mirrors are included at no extra cost.
How do I clean a sign in a bar area?
Dry microfiber cloth, following the tube. If it is greasy rather than dusty, one drop of washing up liquid in water on a well wrung cloth, then a clean damp cloth, then dry it. Never glass cleaner or alcohol wipes, which haze acrylic permanently.
Can I put the sign on a timer?
Yes, a standard smart plug works. It switches the sign on and off, so it can come on with the room, while brightness stays on the in line dimmer that comes with every sign.
We have made neon since 1998, and we still make it ourselves. If something here does not answer your question, ask us.
