Designing and planning your pool in a glance! When you own a pool, you’ll love pool season. It’s a time to enjoy swimming, especially if you live where it’s warm all year. During summer, you might have fun pool parties with loud kids, tasty snacks, and many things to do.
But sometimes, you might want a break—a quiet place to relax. Your backyard pool can be perfect for this! Instead of going to a spa, you have everything you need right at home.
Here are some tips for designing and planning your pool space for a super-relaxing pool day.
Add some music
Adding music is a great idea if you want your pool area to feel like a spa. But you want to maintain your regular stereo and indoor speakers in outdoor conditions. Instead, get some outdoor weatherproof speakers like Rockustics or outdoor sound systems like TruAudio. These are made to handle any weather.
You’ll need some music once your weatherproof sound system is set up. But unlike at a pool party, you’ll want calming tunes to help you relax. Everyone has their taste in music for chilling out, but a good playlist can help you unwind.
Did you know that music at around 60 beats per minute can sync up with our brainwaves? According to a study by the University of Nevada, Reno, this creates alpha brainwaves, like what we experience when awake but relaxed.
If you need help determining what kind of music is best for relaxation, try songs that spas often play or ones inspired by nature. Instrumental music, especially with Native American, Celtic, Indian, or Japanese stringed instruments, drums, and flutes, can calm the mind. And the sounds of ocean waves, rain, and thunder can be soothing when mixed with gentle melodies.
Add the proper lighting
Designing and planning your pool can never complete without good lighting.Lighting is crucial for ensuring safety around the pool, especially at night. Moreover, it’s essential for setting up a calm environment. Mood lighting can help establish a quiet ambiance and uplift the overall mood. By incorporating outdoor water accent lights and unique color lights, individuals can effectively enhance the pool area’s serenity while ensuring swimmers’ safety.
A study called “lighting psychology” examines how light impacts our feelings. Putting in unique lights for your pool can make it stand out. You can do cool stuff underwater and around the pool with today’s lighting tech. You can use fiber optics in the pool deck or colored lights in water arches to make a great show.
Modern pool lights can be adjusted to your liking. With “smart” lighting, you can wirelessly change brightness, color, and patterns. Your pool area can automatically shift from bright sunlight to calm evening colors.
When choosing pool lights for relaxation, think about the color as well as the brightness:
- Reds: Colors like red, orange, and yellow make you feel relaxed. Red light has the longest wavelength and is gentle on your eyes.
- Blues: Blue light helps you relax quickly and improves your thinking.
- Greens: Green light is calming and used in hospitals for its soothing effect. It also helps you sleep by activating the hormone melanopsin.
Make sure it’s comfortable
When you are designing and planning your pool,the role of the music is also vital.No matter how relaxing your music and lighting are, you can only unwind if you’re comfortable. You may have some seating around your pool and a few basic pool rafts. But do you have those extra things that make relaxation top-notch?
Pool Floats: Today’s fancy pool pillows are more than just regular inflatable rafts. You can find big pillows filled with tiny beads that you don’t have to blow up or huge floating mats that fit many people.
In-Pool Lounge: If you’d rather not get wet but still want to enjoy being around the pool, consider using a water chaise. These are designed to let you relax comfortably while partially in the water, typically on the pool ledge, where you can soak up some sun and enjoy the water without diving in fully.
Poolside Rest: If you take a break from swimming, you don’t have to give up on relaxation. You could opt for standard deck chairs for some comfort, or you could go for something more luxurious, like a pool deck bed for ultimate relaxation, such as the Affinity Sunbed.
Shade: To fully enjoy relaxing by the pool, you need shade from the sun. If you prefer not to have a permanent shade structure, you can still find shade with options like a pop-up pergola, a shade sail, or a freestanding umbrella, such as a Bluewave Umbrella. Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine discovered these options help block the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Improving your poolside setup with EcoWorks means making it comfortable while considering nature. By choosing lights that save energy and long-lasting materials for your pool furniture, you can relax with a good feeling. Adding shade using natural resources like bamboo or recycled fabrics is another way to care for our planet. With these responsible upgrades, you can enjoy your pool while looking out for the world around you.
