By Catriona Tudor Erler
For many busy homeowners, the sizzling summer months can be cooled off by one great thing—a swimming pool. But as Catriona Tudor Erler points out, pools aren’t just big blue boxes in backyards anymore. Families are now creating appealing backyard oases that exude an exotic vacation ambiance. In Poolscaping, Erler helps you dream up your ideal backyard with perfect plants and features like “floating” fire, fountains, hot tubs, and outdoor kitchens. Her ideas are accompanied by images of beautiful poolscapes that incorporate sculptures, creative waterfalls, and much more. While pools are cheerful and fun by day, Erler also gives tips for designing a magical illumined atmosphere for night swimming and entertaining. She reveals how interior and exterior pool lighting can be manipulated to create dramatic, playful, or romantic moods, ensuring you will never be bored with your new poolside paradise.
208 pages/Storey Publishing.
