Ideas for the Best Backyard - Lyon Financial

pollinator garden

How to Build a Pollinator Garden

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

As a society, we’ve become increasingly conscious of ways to preserve and protect our environment. We’ve learned to reduce, reuse, and recycle. We make sustainable choices in our flooring and our pool decking using materials like cork, bamboo, and concrete. We plant trees and contribute to compost piles. We try to conserve water and use [...]

Outdoor Kitchen

What Does an Outdoor Kitchen Need?

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Perhaps it’s time to look to your backyard to find the serenity you seek – after a long day of work, meetings & helping the kids with homework! To branch out to leafier pastures, you may have already started with some DIY backyard landscaping. Or perhaps you finally took that partly shady, partly sunny stretch [...]

Patio

How to Create the Perfect Patio

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

When designing your outdoor living space, you can consider your patio as the glue that holds it all together. The ideal transition platform, it can either be connected directly to your home or accessible via a tiered staircase. Your patio also serves to introduce your yard and your backyard swimming pool. Typically an open space, [...]

smart pools

Smart Pools and Our Even Smarter Pool Financing

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Pool Financing, Swimming Pool Construction

While Lyon Financial’s expertise is in providing exceptional customer service and the information you need to make an informed decision about pool financing companies, we also love the technology currently available in smart pools. Today, our mobile devices are dashboards. We can engage our home alarm system, turn the lights on, and set a recording [...]

Shout Out to the Shallow End – Unique Pool Steps and Ladders

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

The front door of your home makes a statement; whether it’s a casual screen door or the stately welcome of pillars and a portico. In the same manner pool steps and ladders are the entrée to your backyard’s centerpiece, so this entrance should also exhibit form, fashion, and function. Visual appeal in pool design is [...]

Sustainable

Sustainable Patio & Deck Renovations

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

We believe that every home improvement should reflect your style and personality. Whether you like the drama of fire bowls and waterfalls to surround your pool, or the simple tranquility of a natural swimming pond, your outdoor space’s aesthetics are decisions you don’t make lightly. This is your corner of paradise, so you want to [...]

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 [...]

Sunscreen Safety

The Right Rules of Sunscreen

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Because an estimated one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, sunscreen is a critical component of skin and health care. Besides helping to deflect those brown spots and dreaded wrinkles, its use will allow you to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful UV rays… the ones that promote those dangerous skin [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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