How to: Make the Most of Your Pool
If you’re fortunate enough to have a swimming pool in your back garden then you should really make the most of it. Why settle for a bog-standard swimming pool when you can have a luxury pool that flaunts high-tech features? Here you can discover how to enhance your swimming pool with effective pool design.
Install Fire Pits
So, you have an outdoor pool, but thanks to typical British weather, you don’t have the sun to go with it. Well, why not install a fire pit? And not only does it add warmth, it looks spectacular too. If you’re after a visual effect that flaunts other benefits, a fire pit is right up your street.
Make a fire pit the focal point of your swimming pool and benefit from the fact that it can bring warmth and light to those cool evenings spent by the pool.
Add Creative Lighting
Brighten up your swimming pool with creative lighting and you’ll effortlessly make your pool more appealing. With so many different lighting options available, you’re spoilt for choice; think fibre optics, floating lights and LED spotlights to name but a few that will add a sense of style and serenity to your pool.
Creative lights will not only present you with an impressive feature, but extra pool time when the sun goes down. And let’s face it, who doesn’t want to extend their swimming sessions or leisurely time spent in the pool?
Incorporate Greenery
Greenery is the ultimate way to add beauty and charm, both indoors and outdoors, so it makes sense to surround your swimming pool with it. Enhance your outdoor space by including potted trees and shrubs and you’ll instantly make your pool more inviting, whilst also increasing its privacy.
Through adding greenery, be it plants or a lawn, you’re able to create an attractive aesthetic to your pool, as well as your entire garden.
Introduce a Bridge
A bridge? For a pool? That’s right. Whilst you may not see the point in your pool embracing a bridge design, it’s one way to add drama. And drama turns heads, which is what you want, right? A bridge also makes for a perfect place to take pictures and of course, you can cross from one side to the other without having to do a whole length!
There are many different bridge designs on the market which come in a range of materials to suit both your budget and style.
Say Hello to Water Features
Water features, such as fountains and waterfalls, are truly striking and effectively add a new dynamic to the pool area. Think you’ve seen these in pools before? With the array of designs available, there’s no need to worry about your pool looking like so-and-so’s down the road.
Jets and power streams are also successful in adding a fun dimension to your pool due to the water that gushes out of them.
So now you know how to make the most of your pool but if it’s not kept clean, these ideas may as well go down the drain. Be sure to use our chlorine and bromine to thoroughly sanitise your swimming pool and you’ll have a pool that’s clean, as well as chic.
(images: Dorian Wallender under CC by SA 2.0 and Caviness Landscape Design, Inc under CC by ND 2.0)