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7 Ideas for a Rustic or Countryside Swimming Pool Design

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on Nov 9, 2024 8:56:37 PM

—Superb style tactics beyond the rock waterfall 

If you are building a gunite swimming pool and prefer a woodsy or countryside-style aesthetic, a number of appealing features and elements are available to help achieve that look.

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Topics: color quartz finish, Design / Features, interior finish, custom pool design, Landscaping, decking

Choosing the Right Colors for Your Swimming Pool and Patio

Posted by Guest Expert: Eric Herman, Editor of WaterShapes on Jan 13, 2024 10:09:49 PM

—Creating a palette for features and elements

Henry Ford once said you can have any color car you want, so long as it’s black.

Swimming pools were once that way too, confined mostly to white plaster and blue waterline tile.

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Topics: hardscape, Design / Features, LED, interior finish, quartz finish, Buyer Tips, marcite, backyard design, lighting, lagoon pools, pool mosaics

Why you may regret choosing a black bottom swimming pool

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on Jul 10, 2021 6:00:00 AM

—Dark swimming pools and the common risks that accompany them 

Let’s call a spade a spade: Black-bottom swimming pools come with an array of perils.

Ask someone who chose black pool plaster for their backyard resort about their experience.

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Topics: pool plaster, plaster, interior finish, Buyer Tips, custom pool ideas, sanitizer, water maintenance, Purification, Maintenance, tropical pools

Mid Century Modern Pools: 7 Retro-to-Contemporary Design Evolutions in Photos

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on May 8, 2021 6:00:00 AM

—See today’s take on key elements of gunite-pool style and configurations

The Mid-Century Modern swimming pool has come a long way. Inground designs from that era have changed over the decades and given way to more sophisticated contemporary looks.

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Topics: pool layout, Design / Features, LED, infinity swimming pool, interior finish, custom pool design, swimming pool waterfalls, lighting, tanning ledges, swimming pool accessories, tropical pools

Colored Interior Finish: Not your father’s pool plaster

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on Jun 22, 2011 4:45:30 PM

Choosing a pool surface material that provides increased durability and lasting color

—Updated March 3, 2019

Would you like your new or remodeled swimming pool to boast a color plaster finish that’s even and consistent throughout the interior? That delivers lustrous color that endures for years? One that won’t fade or bleed

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Topics: pool plaster, Remodeling, Design / Features, Gunite pool construction, interior finish, Construction, Buyer Tips

   

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