by PoolSide News | Jan 5, 2018 | Backyard Living
This is the time of year when many people want to “throw out the old and ring in the new.” We don’t disagree that resolutions and embracing the new year with a renewed vigor and fervor are bad ideas, but many times people set themselves up for...
by PoolSide News | Dec 9, 2017 | Latest Post 4
The children have moved out or live out of state. You and your spouse are spending your first Christmas or winter holiday on your own. What can you do to get back to being a couple — and deal with the empty nest — around the holidays? Why not spend...
by PoolSide News | Dec 8, 2017 | Fun In The Pool
What do you buy for the person who has everything AND who has a swimming pool? Well, when you add a swimming pool into the mix you have made gift-buying even easier! Buy the pool owner in your life a unique gift he or she can use in the pool. Every time they use it,...
by PoolSide News | Dec 8, 2017 | On The Grill
Do you believe that there is no meal better than one cooked on the flames of a grill? If so, you’re not alone. In the past, many outdoor chefs would bemoan the fact that they had to pack up the grill and resort to cooking indoors once the cold weather settles...
by PoolSide News | Dec 8, 2017 | Backyard Living
Bbbrrrr, winter has settled in in many parts of the country. Does that mean you have to forsake your backyard living space and host all of your holiday parties indoors? Not. At. All! With a little planning and decorating, and maybe a pair of mittens, a firepit and a...
by PoolSide News | Dec 8, 2017 | Latest Post 7
Owning a saltwater swimming pool leads to a more luxurious swim — many people will say that a swim in a saltwater pool leaves their skin feeling silky smoth. Even if you have a saltwater pool, though, depending on the area of the country in which you live, you...
by PoolSide News | Dec 8, 2017 | Latest Post 6
Do you have a natural swimming pool or do you have a pond in your yard that became home to frogs this summer? What do you do with and about the frogs now that summer is over and winter is here? Do you have a responsibility to care for the frogs who have spent the...
by PoolSide News | Dec 8, 2017 | Latest Post 5
Do you ever find yourself standing and looking out the window or door at your swimming pool, yearning for summer and for the time when you can swim again? If you do, you’re not alone. Do you know, though, that just because the pool has been closed for the winter...
by PoolSide News | Nov 8, 2017 | Latest Post 7
How long do you have to wait, after you’ve enjoyed your Thanksgiving feast with friends and family before you can jump into the swimming pool? Traditional wisdom — as shared by your parents when you were growing up — is that you couldn’t go...
by PoolSide News | Nov 8, 2017 | Latest Post 6
Want to have some fun this Thanksgiving? Either before or after the Thanksgiving meal, you can have a treasure hunt for the children while the adults kick back, drink wine, coffee or tea and plan the Black Friday shopping excursion. Keep the kids busy by hiding items...