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If you have a pool, it is, most likely, the focal point of your backyard, around which the landscaping design will be based. If not, you may want things to revolve around the pool house. Whatever the case, upon your earthen canvas, there are countless ways, limitless varieties of plants, shrubs, flowers, and trees, and multitudes of colors, textures, accessories, and materials that you can use, to create a masterpiece.
 
When choosing from this dizzying array, keep in mind that the best combinations will blend the finest aspects of the practical and the aesthetic, to create a haven that will reflect and suit your personality, taste, and lifestyle. The unprecedented number of options makes it easier than ever to create the backyard of your dreams; at the same time, it can also make it more difficult.

Therefore, in the beginning, the process – or even the prospect – of planning and planting and arranging and changing may seem daunting. A good way to get things started is to take your cue from the shape of your pool. If it’s rounded, you can complement it with walkways and flowerbed designs with similar curves, or counter it with linear paths. If it’s square or rectangular, you can use straight or curvilinear patterns to coincide or contrast with it.

Naturally, the type, shape, color, and material of your deck or patio will also factor into your landscaping decisions, as will your pool house, which is a key consideration. A big part of the scheme will also depend upon the type of pool that you have – built-in or above ground – and whether or not you have a deck or fence around it.
 
If you have small children, or if there is any chance that kids will have access to your pool, a safety fence is one of the most important landscaping elements that you will have. Luckily, you have tons of options for materials and colors, so it won’t be difficult to find a fence that is attractive, safe, durable, and complementary to the landscaping motif.

You may want to have a lot of color around your pool to make it a fun, festive area. If you’re factoring in a garden as a part of it, avoid large trees, shrubs, or plants that may shed their foliage into the water, which can clog the filter, or otherwise interfere with maintenance, making your pool cleaning unduly tedious.
 
To make the pool area colorful, use decorative stones, garden art, or lawn decorations, such as those with tropical or exotic themes. Keep in mind that beach towels, flotation devices, and pool toys are mainly colorful by design, so just having these things around adds to the fun atmosphere.

It’s better to put flowerbeds in places that aren’t too close to the pool. An ideal choice would be to plant around the pool house. Although a Fifthroom.com pool house is spectacular all by itself, it is easy and fun to dress it up. Since it already has the inviting, friendly look of a cottage, a beautiful garden will enhance its charm, as will some lovely baskets of hanging flowers on the porch.
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Another way to determine what your ideal landscaping components will be is to establish the desired uses for your garden, yard, patio, and pool area, including the pool house. If you want a personal sanctuary, where you can relax in relative privacy (or privacy from relatives!), you will make different choices than you will if there’s going to be a lot of recreation and entertaining going on.

If you’re building a stress-free haven, you may want to incorporate flowers with soft colors and sweet scents, which will provide a natural form of aroma therapy, along with wind chimes, birdbaths, bird feeders, and, perhaps, a fountain, for the soothing sound of running water.
 
To create a fantastic entertainment center, you can put in a brick fireplace, barbecue, or barbecue pit. You can also set up nets for badminton and volleyball, and have lawn games, such as croquet, horseshoes, or quoits on hand. A good way to define different areas is to use decorative lanterns, party lights, and torches, which also keep many bugs away.
 
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Trellises, arbors, and pergolas are also excellent devices, not only for separating areas of your yard, but for adding privacy as well. You may also want to integrate them with your grand design if your landscape includes any rocky slopes, unsightly irrigation systems, utility poles or wires, old, crumbling retaining walls, or anything else that you wish to beautify, because these garden structures will do it in an instant. Even if you don’t have anything to hide, they will be stunning additions to your yard; and there’s nothing more friendly and welcoming than an arbor, covered with climbing flowers and vines, over the entrance to a garden walkway.
 
There are hundreds more ways that you can make your landscape gorgeous when you let your imagination run wild. Just remember that, whether your yard is majestic or modest, sizeable or small, ornate or ordinary, a pool house from Fifthroom.com will make it magnificent.
 


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