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Creating a Backyard Oasis – Part 3: Pavers, Masonry, and Fireplaces

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

In this last of our three-part series, we will explore some of the design touches that make backyard living unique and turn your backyard into a place where you can stamp your style. It’s interesting to see how homeowners innovate this space. Some maintain the same design aesthetic from their living room straight on out [...]

Creating a Backyard Oasis – Part 2: Pergolas and Patios

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

In part one of our series, we explored the versatile aspects of outdoor kitchens and how they will transform your lifestyle. “Complete” outdoor living spaces have taken homeowners beyond just installing a pool. Now the pool is the centerpiece to your unique corner of paradise. (It also elevates your stay-cations to something special!) Although this [...]

Creating a Backyard Oasis – Part 1: Outdoor Kitchens

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

The line between indoor and outdoor living continues to blur. Some of today’s furnishings and al fresco amenities rival those found indoors! Whatever the motivation for creating your outdoor oasis, you’ll enjoy an expansion of your current living space by adding all that precious square footage. Where to start? Many people begin this transformation with [...]

Pool Opening Tips for Spring

Pool Opening Tips for Spring: It’s That Time of Year Again!

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Pool Financing, Swimming Pool Maintenance

If you already own a backyard pool, you can look out your window and envision the brand-new pool season shining on the spring horizon. Your staycation dates are set. The days will soon be warmer and will even last longer. It’s just you and a refreshing beverage in your flotation device, lazily drifting along. In [...]

Easter

Easter Traditions: Poolside Edition

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

The Easter Egg Hunt is one of the most timeless traditions of the Easter holiday. Egg hunts by the pool (or in the pool if you live in a warm climate!) can put a fun twist on a classic game. Here are our ideas to celebrate this holiday tradition with a splash! Easter Egg Dive [...]

Fabulous Pool Deck Ideas

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Outdoor décor has changed the way we look at outdoor living. With companies like Wayfair and Target and even home improvement centers like Lowe’s offering lines of affordable furniture and fixtures, most budgets can afford to step up the look and feel of their alfresco entertainment centers. With these reasonable prices, you can outfit everything [...]

fiberglass pool

The Advantages of Fiberglass Pools

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Swimming Pool Construction

There’s nothing like a shimmering backyard pool. It offers an invitation to sun, swim laps, cool off, and even win your neighborhood’s aquatic volleyball championship! Like a multi-purpose arena, you can change the way you relax and even how you get those fitness blocks into your week when you have a pool just outside the [...]

Your Backyard Pool is a Total Fitness Center

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

By the end of the first quarter of the year, many New Year’s Resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Somehow those goals imagined in December felt attainable. And there’s nothing like a bright, shining year to feel full of promise, like a brand-new pool season. According to an Inc.com article about what people commonly wish [...]

tired dog reclining by the pool

Pool Safety for Pets

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools

Safety is often at the forefront of pool owners’ minds as far as humans are concerned, but what about their pets? An estimated 5,000 family pets drown in backyard swimming pools annually. With awareness and a little prevention, such tragedies can easily be thwarted. Swimming Lessons It may seem simple, but make sure your dog [...]

Pool Safety

The ABCs of Pool Safety

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools

We love our pools. They’re the perfect source of family time and offer a venue for those refreshing full body workouts! To wholly enjoy every aspect of a backyard pool, it’s essential for families to put just as much consideration and planning into safety as we do to aesthetics. Fortunately, technology comes to the rescue [...]

How To Keep Your Pool Nice and Toasty This Winter!

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Swimming Pool Maintenance

Certainly, the climate we live in affects our lifestyle. Do you have four seasons or two? Can you wear flip flops 10 out of 12 months or are snow boots a fixture by the back door? People who live in the southernmost states but travel north on occasion need only dedicate a small section of [...]

Backyard Landscaping for Beginners

Backyard Landscaping for Beginners

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

We are quite fond of saying that your outdoor space is a beautiful extension of your indoor space. Anyone who loves their alfresco entertainment center knows that the pool and patio are the new family room and kitchen. What’s especially refreshing is this is an area virtually free of technology. (At least the kind you [...]

Pool Accessories

Dress Your Backyard Pool in Style with These Accessories!

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

So, your backyard pool is done. All the planning and preparation have culminated in the addition of this glistening symbol of relaxation. The stage is literally set for entertaining and rejoicing in the sheer tranquility of your private oasis… just add water! You’ve probably already started looking at the vast array of outdoor furniture and [...]

Happy Labor Day! Celebrate with These Delicious Recipes

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Many people we know say they have gotten better at eating better, as in healthier. Grocery stores are now prominently displaying their organic fare. Some shops offer recipe cards featuring easy meal ideas using fresh proteins and produce. Even the drive-through burger places list the caloric content of each item. (Those numbers will make you [...]

Poolside Sun Safety Tips

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Those hazy, lazy days of summer. A day off from work, a cool drink, and a chaise lounge. It doesn’t matter if you’re in or out of the pool – you are not working or navigating traffic on your commute to work. You are backyard-bound with a book or blasting your music. There is nothing [...]

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