Above-ground pools remain a popular and budget-friendly option for creating a fun and refreshing outdoor spot. If you want to install an above-ground pool, you may be wondering how to place it so it ...

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Kraisinger specializes in high-end residential landscape design, with an emphasis on quality and longevity. In addition to Lorax Design Group, he founded Liquify, a pool construction company, and Blue ...

Landscaping around an outdoor swimming pool requires no-muss, no-fuss plant selections. The pool can be a flowery focal point, but don’t open it to litter from leaves and limbs. “Both in- and ...

How do you make a pool -- an inherently plain structure -- gorgeous? We sought tips from Waters, landscape architect Eric Brubeck for Schill Landscaping in Sheffield village, and Steve Moore, ...

Design challenge: Designing a pool setting in a yard with unusual topography. “The property had steep slopes; the homeowners could not picture where they could place a pool,” says Sean Jancski of Sean ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

A swimming pool, lagoon, and woodland landscape have been faithfully revived with the aid of historical documents at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House just outside of Detroit. (Courtesy Ford House) A ...

This 2017 photo provided by Grunder Landscaping shows a contrasting mix of long-flowering plants separated from the pool water by a walkway in Dayton, Ohio. Poolside landscaping is a bit more ...