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The Salt Life – Should Your Pool Be Chlorine-Free?

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

What was once called the “world wide web” is now a search engine on a smart phone. This is how we shop and how we get answers to just about anything. Alexa and Siri are always on standby. Or we can type into a little, white box to get millions of results in under a [...]

The Shape of Water: What Pool Design is Right for You?

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

In the world of fashion, silhouettes create impact. Whether demure or bold, the designer makes a statement. While hemlines and textiles go in and out of style, the latest trends are often a reinvention of a look that was the rage a decade or two ago. When it comes to your pool design, there’s a little [...]

What’s So Great About a Pool? Our Top Ten Reasons!

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools

If you’ve considered home improvement, there are all kinds of options. One of your best returns on investment sits beyond your home’s windows in the alfresco setting of your own backyard. Outdoor entertaining is all the rage with kitchens and firepits and collections of furniture that rival interior design. A natural extension of your home’s [...]

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All About Pool Houses, Pavilions, and Cabanas

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools

It is abundantly true that the more time you spend in your backyard oasis, the more time you want to spend in your backyard oasis! And the more time you spend, the more ideas you come up with for elevating the experience. Fortunately, those wonderful extras external to your pool are no longer only available [...]

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Picking Decking: How To Deal the Perfect Backyard Deck

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools

Your swimming pool may be the main attraction of your alfresco entertainment center, but it’s the decking that provides the personality. Even the most generic looking pool shapes become standouts when dressed exquisitely. Fortunately, decking material choices are plentiful, whether your pool installation is a new one or you are looking to give your existing [...]

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Salt Water Pool Care Tips

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Swimming Pool Maintenance

With any home improvement, you’ve got options galore. Have you ever spent weeks looking at patches of paint colors on a wall in your living room? Trying to see how each one looks in all kinds of light? When you finally decide on Benjamin Moore’s Beacon Hill Damask, then you have to follow that effort [...]

Pool Safety for Dogs: The Top Seven Things You Should Know

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Dogs. Everyone’s best friend. Their love is unconditional, they never criticize your decisions. Your dog is always happy to see you. That furry friend who is most loyal. In turn, dogs who are loved have a rather good life. With their own retail shops, and parks, and even custom accommodations for daycare, they are rewarded [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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