Ideas for a Pool
- Make sure your pool design meets all municipal codes and regulations for shape and size.swimming pool image by Wolfgang Peinelt from Fotolia.com
If a pool was merely a large hole in the backyard filled with water, there would probably be very few of them. However, a pool can be a statement about who you are. Swimming pool design goes well beyond just the shape of the pool and whether it is built above or below ground. When planning the addition of a pool to your yard, take a look at the bigger picture of how you can landscape and decorate and renovate. - Take your idea of a pool to its logical end by transforming it into a tropical paradise. Plant tropical flowers and shrubs around the pool and allow this area to be dominated by two palm trees that you can stretch a hammock between. Add a nearby hot tub or wading pool that borders the swimming pool with decorative rocks above a paved walkway. Any shaped pool will do, but a lagoon-style infinity edge pool delivers the exclamation point on this theme.
- You may not get the chance to enjoy pool during the day, so bring it alive at night. Fiber optic strings of lighting can be used around the perimeter of the pool area. The number and kinds of floating lights that provide special effects during parties or while you swim below them seem to grow every season. Among the other special effects ideas for your pool that can be done with lighting are light fountains and landscaping spotlights that showcase your garden from the pool.
- Design a pool that comes equipped with seating columns in the shallow end where guests can belly up to an outdoor bar. Place a grill nearby and what you have is an swimming pool diner. This pool idea for a great choice for those who intend to entertain guests regularly with pool parties.
- A new breed of pool combines the swimming pool and spa with exercise equipment. A swim-spa usually about half the size of a regular home pool. This specialty pool is equipped with water jets that are used to create a strong enough current for a person to practice swimming in place. When you are done practicing, adjust the jets and you have a very large Jacuzzi tub.
- One pool idea to consider while you are in the dreaming stage is building a pool with more than one level. A split-level pool adds a certain elegance to any pool, but with imagination and money you can add much more. A split-level pool allows you to add a waterfall, a wading area for small children or even to add some rocks to create a bubbling brook that carries water down to the lower level.
