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How to Hardscape Your Backyard

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Unless your backyard pool is surrounded by palm trees, you are likely looking at a lot of bare branches. They may even be clad in snow. However, because you can see more clearly what’s where and even notice spaces you’d like to highlight, this is a good time to think about some redesign solutions. Besides [...]

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Energy Efficient Pools Need Solar Covers and Blankets

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Swimming Pool Maintenance

From Google to Consumer Reports Magazine, a wealth of consumer information is available. But it can be overwhelming. When you are assessing your home for energy efficiency, one of your best sources of information is provided by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Those familiar EnergyGuide labels affixed to air conditioners, washing machines, water heaters, refrigerators, [...]

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How to Make Your Backyard a Destination

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Pool lovers everywhere embrace the beauty and convenience their backyard oasis offers. Every costume party, birthday celebration, graduation or congratulations extravaganza can be staged just outside your own back door. There’s a lot to be said for booking a catering hall, but even more to be said when you can welcome those you love to [...]

Raising the Bar on Outdoor Pubs (and other!) Backyard Renovations

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

When the lobby of a luxury resort reveals a spectacular outdoor space, you’ll see a thoughtful design aesthetic that not only supports activities like dining, lounging, and sipping on fruity drinks sporting jaunty paper umbrellas; you’ll see a community. Although they may not be like-minded individuals or even know one another, these people are participating [...]

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Outdoor Kitchens: The Great Outdoors Just Got Greater

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Outdoor cooking can conjure images of an activity that’s a non-starter for some: camping. Besides the bugs and the bears there are those less-than-luxurious sleeping quarters. (Although an organization like Glamping.com definitely makes this pastime more palatable with “a highly curated collection of ‘glamorous camping’ properties around the globe.”) In the traditional sense, outdoor cooking [...]

Piscine Global: Global Pool Design Meets Local Pools

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools

Pools themselves are not just festive hubs around which we host barbecues and national holidays. Pools themselves are celebrated every year! Piscine Global is an annual swimming pool and wellness event. Exhibitors and innovators come together in this international collaboration to conduct demonstrations and share forward-thinking concepts for the future of pools as well as [...]

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How to Landscape Around Your Swimming Pool

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

If you are already a pool owner, you understand that although it’s well worth it, there is already mandatory maintenance which your outdoor oasis requires. There are a few rules of thumb (green thumb that is!) to consider if you are just starting out with a fresh landscape design for around your pool or are [...]

Pool tile

Miles of Pool Tiles: Which to Choose?

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

Like everything else in modern pool design, you have millions of choices. Styles and trends designed by imaginative architects who engineer pools for luxury resorts and high-end homes have woven their way into our single-family residences. These pool fashions are not just about unique shapes, and the tiny pool trend, and all the incredible extras [...]

High-Tech Pool Safety Technology

High-Tech Pool Safety Technology

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

The benefits of technology are evident in every aspect of our lives. While we can sometimes become too immersed (like when we go down a Facebook rabbit hole for hours), the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. For safety and security, there was a time when only the rich and famous could afford to arm their homes [...]

Top Five Benefits of Swimming

Top Five Benefits of Swimming

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

While many adults go to the gym with regularity and their children participate in sports, there’s a good percentage of Americans who are sedentary. We can certainly blame it on the temptation to binge the entire season of a just-released Netflix favorite! When all thirteen episodes are suddenly made available in one solid block, what [...]

Labor Day Party

How To Launch a Labor Day Party To Remember!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

If this summer season was your first with a backyard pool, then you know it was one of the best decisions you ever made for your family. Your friends are probably JUST as appreciative as you are now likely the owner of the “holiday house” – the place where parties sizzle around that glistening centerpiece. [...]

2019 Pool Trends

What’s Cool in Pool Trends for 2019

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

There was a time (think back in the 1950s) when the backyard pool was pretty much a hole in the ground filled with water. You added a raft or two and some fruity libations garnished with paper umbrellas, and you had a party! While the spirit of the backyard oasis is still the same, the [...]

Eco-friendly Pool

Eco-Friendly Pools: Plunge Into a Refreshing Backyard Pond!

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

You may not own an electric car or have a compost pile in your yard, but no contribution to protecting Earth’s natural resources is too small. You can make little differences every day that eventually become a way of life while setting an example for your children. Eco-friendly pledges like solar panels on residential roofs [...]

Staycation

Tips for Planning the Best Staycation

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Planning a vacation is always exciting. Looking forward to that change of scenery, selecting points of interest to explore… just getting away from it all. We work hard, we need to rejuvenate. We’ve all also experienced the downside of vacations away from home: the expense, traveling with whining kids, packing everything you need while still [...]

Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor Lighting: Lights! Camera! Action!

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Probably one of the greatest things about the modern outdoor space is that you have just about as many options to design, build, and install updates and improvements as you do inside your home. An incredible array of outdoor furniture from which to choose Integrated landscaping and rock garden solutions A rainbow selection of sail [...]

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