How to Make Your Pool Safer for Your Family

Fencing, presence detectors and non-slip materials help keep your pool area accident-free With spring on its way, it’s a good time to evaluate your pool and have it ready for the bright days of summer. Every year, a large number of pool accidents are reported. Some happen on the pool’s perimeters and others inside the

5 Modern Pavilions and Pool Houses Prove That Less is More

With glass walls and a streamlined sensibility that direct focus toward the view, minimalism can be a natural fit for outdoor structures Many of the traits that define modern architecture — large expanses of glass, minimal surface articulation, exposed structure (often steel), flat roofs — keep people from considering a residence in such a style.

9 Modern Materials for Garden Walls and Fences

Cor-Ten steel, rock gabion and more help these garden fences keep an edge Move over, white picket. Create a head-turning focal point or complement the architecture of a contemporary home with a garden fence made with an of-the-moment material. From brightly colored acrylic and luminous glass fences to chunky rock gabion walls, there’s a building

Options for Concrete Pool Decks

Concrete is one the best materials for crafting a pool deck—but it doesn’t have to be boring     Concrete is a versatile material that can be colored, polished, stained, even stamped with patterns. It can be seeded with colorful rocks or glass and polished to appear as terrazzo. These techniques can even be combined