Starwood Pools: Blog

Living Outdoors

2010-04-18T22:07:05Z

One of the most popular home additions is bringing the inside outside. Many families are adding typical indoor home features to the outside spaces of their homes. Outdoor fireplaces, outdoor kitchens with sinks, warming drawers, even dish washers are amongst the popular items today that we see people building into their outdoor spaces. Outdoor furniture with lounge style conversational seating arrangements and enhanced mood lighting make for great looking and functioning outdoor spaces. Go ahead and get out to enjoy the outdoors!

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Outdoor Living

The earth is our palette

2010-04-15T23:43:19Z

I absolutely love the business of building swimming pools! I get to be creative and interact with people on a level that is very enjoyable. Meeting with homeowners (and soon to be pool owners) at a stone yard to walk through a pick out the different rocks and stone that will dress up their design makes me realize how truly fun my job is. The happiness that beams from our customers as they walk through the yard, almost as if they are kids on a sandy beach. Then bringing it home to have it permanantly placed in their yard to forever enjoy! Gotta love it!

Happy Swimming!

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Remember the Resolutions

2010-04-15T01:53:23Z

It has been four months now. That New Years resolution you promised yourself is slipping away, but, there is still time to act. Lap swimming is one of the healthiest, body friendly methods of both cardio and muscle toning fitnesses around. Jump in the pool for 20 minutes a day and you will feel great, with the benefit of being outside to enjoy the beautiful spring weather.

Happy Swimming!

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Kid Friendly

2010-04-13T22:21:07Z

So many families place high value on being able to know and understand the friends their chlidren are hanging around with. Many people I visit with tell me that a big reason they are building a swimming pool is so their kids have a reason to bring their friends over to their home. During summer break from school, a healthy activity such as swimming will help keep your kids and their friends around the house more often.

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Top Requested Swimming Pool Features

2010-04-12T02:52:49Z

Custom swimming pools are continuously adapting to the constant progressing technology market. Older inefficient pool and spa lights are being replaced by much higher efficiency LED lighting with digital color changing features that links into the system remote control. Standard chlorine pools are also becoming a thing of the past. Salt chlorine generators utilize a small amount of high grade pool salt to produce a pure grade chlorine that is lower in concentrate and much better for your eyes, hair, skin, and body. Remote control systems integrate into the pool equipment and create a user friendly operating environment that makes a relatively complex system easy to understand and use, ultimately automating most of your pool features as needed. Pebble-Tec and Pebble-Sheen interior pool finishes offer an incredibally durable and comfortable pool surface along with a much more consistant look and variety of water colors to choose from. Beach entry pools replicate the look and comfort of a gently sloping sandy beach at the ocean right in your backyard. These are the most requested upgrades of today's pools, but with technology constantly changing, keep your eyes open for more changes just around the corner in the custom swimming pool industry.

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Stay Hydrated!

2009-06-28T12:51:13Z

With the intense summer heat, swimming in the backyard pool is a great way to stay cool. Be sure to stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water! The temperatures have been pushing over 100 degrees and we lose fluids faster than we think. Be safe, stay cool, stay hydrated, have fun!

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HAPPY SWIMMING!

Bedrock Days

2009-06-28T02:49:53Z

Despite the incredible heat, the Starwood Pools display booth has been a hit. We strategically positioned ourselves next to the snowcone machine and the kids bounce house! Bedrock Stone has an extensive stone and supply selection amongst a beautifully manicured setting. What a great place to show customers the variety of stone there is to create the desired swimming pool finish!

Happy Swimming!

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Bedrock Days

2009-06-27T14:12:10Z

It's a great weekend in Austin to get out and enjoy the summer Texas weather! Come out and visit us at Bedrock Stone on Hwy 620 for the first Bedrock Days Home and Garden show. We have a pool equipment display setup, sample materials to outfit your new pool, and plenty of pictures of pools we've built for your friends and neighbors! Bedrock also has a play area for the kids, fresh popcorn, and ice cold snow cones! Come out this weekend only June 27th & 28th. See you there!

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HAPPY SWIMMING!

Fun in the...Shade

2009-06-03T23:50:20Z

It's officially hot out there. Get on your newest bathing suit, break out the sun block, and enjoy the great outdoors by the pool. But, what about that intense sun? How can you really sit in the pool when the sun is cooking every inch of your skin? Simple! Umbrellas in the pool! When building your next pool, be sure to include several of these simple and very inexpensive fittings that allow you to place a standard canvas patio umbrella in your pool and spa. Now you can relax without baking! Now you can read that new novel you just bought in the pool in the middle of the afternoon!

HAPPY SWIMMING!

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Family Activities

2009-05-30T17:34:20Z

Kids club swimming at the local activity center pool is a great way to bring families together for weekend swim meets. Swimming is a great way for the little ones to get out there energy in a fun and semi competitive atmosphere. They start as young as six years old and it is a healthy low impact sport one can enjoy through their elderly years.

Happy Swimming!

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