You have a beautiful exterior for the summer this year, but it is not really landscaped? So how do you decorate your patio area so that it makes you want to use it? What accessories can make this one more pleasant? More useful? Shadier? Let’s find out together! The Modern Gentleman has created an article for you on the design of the pool area!
Lightings to enjoy the day as well as the night
One of the things that is often missing around a well-designed pool is lighting. In fact, adding lights to your outdoor space will allow you to enjoy it in the evening and at night. Indeed, most exteriors turn out to be quite dark after dark, and you don’t necessarily want to go into the darkness. To solve this problem, there are actually many possibilities!
The first one is to illuminate your pool, and for that, you have several possibilities. You can attach spotlights to the inner walls of your pool. But the attachment of these depends above all on the material in which your pool was built. To avoid adaptation problems, it is best to buy floating lights. Among those we offer, you will find a floating enclosure that also acts as a light diffuser, and solar balloons that you can float or hang around your pool.
To delimit the pool, you can also put light poles. These can be more or less high, and especially, we invite you to get solar ones. Indeed, it will allow them to illuminate the night without increasing your electricity bill.
Another format that we particularly appreciate consists of hanging garlands. They too are solar-powered, and will illuminate your evening’s thanks to their extremely easy installation. Guinguette style or not, they will charge during the day and light up at night!
Sunbeds and garden sofas to sit around the pool
To arrange around the pool, as for the arrangement of a terrace, you have the possibility of placing furniture so as to be installed comfortably. Around the pool, you can find a classic garden furniture format. You can also place deckchairs, so that you can sunbathe after swimming.
Other formats of sunbeds exist, which are more comfortable, beautiful, and original. This is the case of these garden beds with a cylindrical shape. These can be divided to give you individual armchairs, and can be put together for a garden bed.
Provide shade around your pool
If you want to enjoy your pool in the middle of summer, we recommend that you provide shaded areas. Beyond building a summer house large enough to include roof overhangs, you can count on at least two solutions:
Umbrellas are still the best way to provide shade around the pool this summer. The one we offer includes a stand and can be placed anywhere in the house. It can be oriented according to the sun with a span of three meters and two meters high.
If you need more shade, you can also consider a shade sail. They come in different shapes and sizes. The one we suggest is a rectangular sail of 3 meters by 4. This one can be hung easily in any orientation.
Add plants around your pool
Whether you want to add a little greenery, provide a more excellent atmosphere, or work on the biodiversity of your exterior, we recommend adding plants around your pool.
There are many types of plants, in many forms. You can opt for natural or artificial plants to avoid maintenance all year long. Here we propose three types of plants:
A natural dwarf palm tree, easily resistant to winter, and at a low price so that you can add several around the pool.
Washingtonia Robusta, delivered in three sets, looks like palm trees, but can grow taller. Ideal for small budgets!
We also suggest you visit the artificial plant store. This one looks like an exotic plant that will give modernity to your exterior. Delivered with the pot, it will avoid you an important maintenance throughout the year.
A barbecue around your pool!
You can also think about acquiring other kinds of accessories for your outdoor area. Around the pool, you can for example, find a barbecue, so you can eat with your family or friends.
We could recommend many barbecues to you for their efficiency or capacity. Today we suggest you two of them:
A charcoal barbecue, in the form of a cart. This one includes a large capacity for your meat, and wooden trays to facilitate its use.
An outdoor brazier corresponds to a low, modern, and designed fireplace for a fire. This one is perfectly adapted to the barbecue function!
We hope you’ve enjoyed this article and that it’s given you some ideas for landscaping your pool area! Feel free to suggest your own ideas, and even share photos of your outdoor area!