The 10 Most Popular Pools of 2022
Get ideas for swimming pool styles plus inspiration for surrounding zones designed for entertaining and lounging
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A pool is great for swimming and cooling off, but the surrounding areas can also be appealing. Poolside spaces provide an opportunity to establish zones for lounging and entertaining and to add style with hardscaping, landscaping and other features. You’ll find plenty of inspiration for creating a dynamic outdoor area around a swimming pool in this countdown of the most-saved pool photos of 2022.
A pool is great for swimming and cooling off, but the surrounding areas can also be appealing. Poolside spaces provide an opportunity to establish zones for lounging and entertaining and to add style with hardscaping, landscaping and other features. You’ll find plenty of inspiration for creating a dynamic outdoor area around a swimming pool in this countdown of the most-saved pool photos of 2022.
9. Belly Up
Pure Salt Interiors designed this light, bright and relaxed home in Los Gatos, California, whose accordion doors open completely to allow the entertaining space to span indoors and out. The centerpiece is a clean-lined pool with an integrated hot tub. Beside it is a fire pit, a pool house bar and a convenient covered outdoor shower.
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Pure Salt Interiors designed this light, bright and relaxed home in Los Gatos, California, whose accordion doors open completely to allow the entertaining space to span indoors and out. The centerpiece is a clean-lined pool with an integrated hot tub. Beside it is a fire pit, a pool house bar and a convenient covered outdoor shower.
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8. Desert Oasis
In Scottsdale, Arizona, Sonora West Development’s knockout overflow pool (also known as a deck-level pool) creates an elegant, nearly seamless paver-to-pool transition. Elements like loungers on a pool ledge, fountains, covered outdoor dining-entertaining areas and a grilling station are luxurious additions, but it’s the fire pit set into the pool’s center that really steals the spotlight.
In Scottsdale, Arizona, Sonora West Development’s knockout overflow pool (also known as a deck-level pool) creates an elegant, nearly seamless paver-to-pool transition. Elements like loungers on a pool ledge, fountains, covered outdoor dining-entertaining areas and a grilling station are luxurious additions, but it’s the fire pit set into the pool’s center that really steals the spotlight.
7. Skinny-Dipping
This 24¼-by-7¼-foot lap pool proves you don’t need a huge space to make a big splash. Landscape designer Kathryn Prideaux of Prideaux Design took over a carport to squeeze the pool, a grilling-dining area and a lounge into the narrow side yard of this Tucson, Arizona, row house.
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This 24¼-by-7¼-foot lap pool proves you don’t need a huge space to make a big splash. Landscape designer Kathryn Prideaux of Prideaux Design took over a carport to squeeze the pool, a grilling-dining area and a lounge into the narrow side yard of this Tucson, Arizona, row house.
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5. Decked Out
Here’s another compact pool that packs a punch. A collaboration between Cutters Landscaping, Yardzen and Texas Tiny Pools, this 9-by-12-foot version in Austin, Texas, is surrounded by a nifty deck that slides over the pool to form a cover.
Midcentury-modern-style Acapulco chairs and geometric tile details perk up the yard with playful pattern and color.
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Here’s another compact pool that packs a punch. A collaboration between Cutters Landscaping, Yardzen and Texas Tiny Pools, this 9-by-12-foot version in Austin, Texas, is surrounded by a nifty deck that slides over the pool to form a cover.
Midcentury-modern-style Acapulco chairs and geometric tile details perk up the yard with playful pattern and color.
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4. In and Out
TCP Custom Outdoor Living got this Houston backyard party-ready with a modern pool with integrated hot tub and an adjacent entertaining area. The covered space includes a kitchen, dining area and lounge with a TV and fireplace. In the pool, a shallow ledge provides a welcoming lounging spot.
TCP Custom Outdoor Living got this Houston backyard party-ready with a modern pool with integrated hot tub and an adjacent entertaining area. The covered space includes a kitchen, dining area and lounge with a TV and fireplace. In the pool, a shallow ledge provides a welcoming lounging spot.
3. Engawa Style
At this central Texas home, Forsite Studio took inspiration from Japanese architecture to build an engawa-style narrow wooden deck covered by a second-story overhang. Large doors between the home’s public spaces and the deck open to connect the two areas, making the pool, lounge seating and outdoor kitchen feel like an integral part of the house.
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At this central Texas home, Forsite Studio took inspiration from Japanese architecture to build an engawa-style narrow wooden deck covered by a second-story overhang. Large doors between the home’s public spaces and the deck open to connect the two areas, making the pool, lounge seating and outdoor kitchen feel like an integral part of the house.
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2. Take the Plunge
Rectangles rule at Kelley Design Group’s modern farmhouse and plunge pool in Austin, Texas. The pool and surrounding gravel-set pavers reflect the pattern of the home’s windows. And the bright blue water adds a pop of color to the palette of black, white and wood.
Rectangles rule at Kelley Design Group’s modern farmhouse and plunge pool in Austin, Texas. The pool and surrounding gravel-set pavers reflect the pattern of the home’s windows. And the bright blue water adds a pop of color to the palette of black, white and wood.
1. Shelf Life
The most-saved pool of the year was this South Carolina oasis by Aquatica Pools & Spas. The design elevates the pool shelf concept with two loungers shaded by an umbrella planted right into the shelf. A simple paver-and-turf deck set in a diamond pattern at one end adds some geometric flair, and a pretty white pergola provides a bit of shade for a lounge set at the opposite end.
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The most-saved pool of the year was this South Carolina oasis by Aquatica Pools & Spas. The design elevates the pool shelf concept with two loungers shaded by an umbrella planted right into the shelf. A simple paver-and-turf deck set in a diamond pattern at one end adds some geometric flair, and a pretty white pergola provides a bit of shade for a lounge set at the opposite end.
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This sleek and modern pool spreads out in the courtyard of an April Interiors-designed house in Austin, Texas. It has an array of bells and whistles, including bubblers, underwater stools and loungers on an elevated pool ledge (sometimes called a Baja, Acapulco or sun shelf) that’s warmed by fire pits. Beside the pool is an outdoor entertaining area with a raised and tiled hot tub and an outdoor kitchen and bar with a fireplace and TV.
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