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Infinity Swimming Pool Designs

Infinity swimming pool designs can take in many different views and vantage points and in this picture above, which was taken at a tropical hotel resort, it take advantage of the coastal outlook from this resort. Its adorable the way the water graduates in depth as you step further into the pool, eventually gliding to a restful stop at the infinity edge enabling you the uninterrupted view out onto the amazing panoramic seascape.

If you live in an area where the temperatures can reach highs where all you can think about is cooling off, then chances are you may have contemplated installing or buying a swimming pool for your home. Swimming pools come with a great deal of pleasurable satisfaction and can also serve different purposes. It might be you desire a pool so you can swim lengths whenever you wish, or perhaps you have a young family and you want to keep your kids entertained and to engage in fun activities with your children. On the other hand, perhaps you just want to enjoy the ambiance and the additional value that a beautiful swimming pool can add to your property.

Any which way you look at it, a swimming pool, whilst also coming with the requisite routine water and pump maintenance obligations, can provide a long period of joy and fun. Now imagine if you could take that pool design one step further and make it an infinity pool. This is where one of more edges of the pool blend almost seamlessly into the horizon.

An infinity pool has to be the ultimate in swimming pool design and is often the icing on the top of the cake when it comes to modern architectural designs that include swimming pools. Any stunning view, whether it be a seascape, a beach, or even a mountain, or rural vista can be enjoyed even more when taken in from the edge of an infinity swimming pool. Enjoy this gallery of infinity pools below which are captured from all around the world.

An absolutely stunning infinity edge swimming pool with an amazing contrast between the ocean water color and that of the pool. This is an expansive pool that sit adjacent to the outdoor patio area with its magnificent island and sea view.

A stunning rounded edge infinity swimming pool with an inset relaxing sitting pool area, adjoining patio with a couple of sun loungers, at a luxury villa in Greece and with magnificent sea views. Source Buzzfeed.com and Eloundavillas.com

This infinity swimming pool shimmers on a bright summer day with its stunning country rural mountain and bush outlook

A modern upmarket home with huge glass windows, an adjoining patio area and a stunning infinity pool with an ocean outlook

This infinity swimming pool by the beach is situated at a modern luxury hotel and affords comfortable relaxation decks for sun bathers and view seekers

Luxury infinity swimming pool near a beach and trees set in containers either side of the infinity view

This large infinity swimming pool is situated at the Hotel Caruso at dusk. A stunning coastal view awaits those who decide to take the plunge up to the edge. Source Buzzfeed.com via Hotelcaruso.com

A tropical island beach vacation with a stunning infinity pool next to the beach and with four sun lounging chairs in between

Infinity swimming pool set into a rustic old wooden pier at a tropical hotel with sun loungers to the left

Stunning sun drenched T shaped infinity swimming lap pool in front of an island home

Infinity pool inset into a timber deck on a bright summer day revealing glistening water enticing you in for a cooling swim

An infinity swimming pool with an country and hillside outlook to the horizon

Beautiful sunny infinity swimming pool with tiled patio area and amazing color contrast between the water colors of the ocean view and the pool

Terrace of a luxurious house with stunning infinity swimming pool and ‘off the edge’ views overlooking the sea

Luxurious open air infinity edge swimming pool with a nearby tree providing an ‘optical illusion’ and an expansive sea outlook

Infinity swimming pool with crystal clear water and a beautiful view over the Aegean Sea in Turkey

This villa has a beautiful infinity swimming pool that shimmers in the overhead sun and offers a stunning outlook over the distant town and hillscape

Beautiful view of an infinity swimming pool with its handlebars and small bush containment

Sunbed loungers on a tiled patio area and beside an Infinity pool overlooking a much darker looking expansive ocean

Infinity pool with a coastal and island sea view with paved rock surround and ‘over the edge’ pool edging

Twin sets of sun lounging sofas with overhead umbrellas set in the center of a luxurious infinity swimming pool and overlooking the nearby environment.

Red Doors on Houses

A traditional set of red front entrance doors to a luxury house

This picture above shows a traditional set of red front entrance doors set in a grand entranceway to a luxury house with twin front entrance columns and steps leading to the front doors.

The front doors to a home are an invitation to friends, family and even visitors. The look and the layout of the front entranceway to a home say a lot about the owners of the home, whether the area is clean and tidy and well maintained, or whether it is unkempt and messy, it helps the visitor to the home to form a first impression. When people meet other people for the first time, they will form an impression of each other in the those first few seconds, and viewing a home for the first time is no different. A front home entranceway makes a real bold statement telling people who you are.

Red front doors on houses is a very bold statement and immediately reveals a home owner who is not afraid to express themselves and to take a risk. They probably aren’t swayed by other’s opinions but rather march to the beat of their own drum. A house with red doors is not a house where the owners have stuck with the conservative approach. The owners of these homes more than likely have a confident extroverted personality to match their bold color choices.

Whether you like the boldness of a red front door or not, you should still admire them nevertheless. Whilst some of these may look a little ‘out of place’, others have taken the thought and consideration of such a decision and ensured that the overall front entranceway to their homes looked co-ordinated, cohesive and provides a bold statement that looks like it ‘should be’. When you see these examples of homes with red front doors, you just know there really couldn’t be any other color choice for the door other than red.

This red front entrance door coordinates nicely against the neutral brownish tones of this luxury house with a simple landscaped garden in front

A beautiful landscaped garden lines a stunning rockery path leading to the grand twin red front entrance doors. Source Homestratosphere.com.

This lovely green house with white accents contrasts beautifully against this stunning red front entrance door. Source Homestratosphere.com

Beautiful bright red front home door with glass panels and framed with a concrete surround

Contemporary house with rock walls and a large red front entrance door and window frames in a luxury Athens house in Greece

Lovely entrance way to a home with a vibrant seated courtyard on the entranceway to the red front door. Source Homestratosphere.com

An old stone house with very bright red wooden shutters and a red front door in Brittany, France

Georgian house front doors in Ireland in contrasting red and yellow colors

Large white home with a simple red front entrance door at the top of a flight of steps. Source Homestratosphere.com

Adjoining Victorian town houses one with red front door and window frames

Grand entrance to a home with double red front entrance doors, tiled entranceway and rock walls featuring festive seasonal touches. Source Homestratosphere.com

Perfect house front red door contrasted against painted grey walls

Cozy house with beautiful landscaping and a stunning red front door on a sunny day

Red front door within a porch with matching color front chairs

A nice red front entrance door at the top of the steps of this luxury weatherboard home

Red front entrance door with shingle wall, window frame and flower pot

Charming colorful red front door entrance with blooming lavender in containers

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Home Flower Gardens and Flower Landscape Pictures

Red tulips and lavender forming the perfect backgroundin this Home Flower Gardens

The lavender in this picture provides the perfect background for this home flower gardens. The red tulips provide the highlight along with the single yellow tulip that makes its presence known in a beautiful way, contrasting beautifully against the red of the other tulips and the blue of the lavender.

Welcome to this amazing gallery of home flower gardens and flower landscape pictures. This gallery is one of absolute brilliance of richness and color and if a computer could transmit the smell of some of these flowers, you would be blown away. Perhaps one day, the internet will provide the thrill and joy of smell as well as visuals.

A floral display in a garden during spring is one of life’s real pleasures and joys. Taking a walk through a botanical gardens at this time can really enrich your life and make you glad to be alive. When nature puts on a display of color and richness amidst a cleverly designed and landscaped garden, nothing can compare. This explosion of color in nature is not only a pleasure to behold but it also attracts bees, birds, and butterflies and often throws in a variety of floral fragrances as well, as if we weren’t impressed enough with just the variety of colors.

Whether you’re a gardener or not, or whether you a flower person or not, you can’t help but be impressed by the floral displays of some of these home flower gardens. Nature’s canvas offers us all a free viewing of just how wonderful the whole cycle of life can be. Enjoy these flower landscape pictures and feel free to share some of these amazing pictures with the rest of the world.

An old English style country house overlooks a stunning abundant field of vivid lavender flowers. With density of planting, and separation by walkways, these rows of flowering lavender, are so intense, it almost defies belief.

A multi colored patchwork display of tulips in Longwood Gardens. Grouped into distinct color sections, the overall picture resembles a patchwork quilt against a backdrop of grass and lawn.

This is a close up of a garden of white tulips with one particular tulip having an unique single red petal. A fascinating contrast against the white and green

Grape hyacinths in a spring garden with plants and flowers in the background

A stunning colorful collection of chrysanthemum flowers blended together with a number of other flower varieties within a garden setting. Bunches of reds, greens, yellows, mauves, yellows and apricot colored flowers create a visual feast for the eyes

Lilium candidum Madonna Lily. This is one of the true lilies that flowers in late spring and has long lasting cut flowers

Outdoor image of yellow daffodils growing in an abundantly full bed of flowers

This image shows a closeup of the flowering lily of the valley, with its almost waxy look, it could almost pass for an artificial flower. These flowers are dainty and beautiful and a delight to see

Rhododendron bush in full floral bloom with its almost crimson explosion of color, set magnificently against the green leaves of the bush

This is a colorful freesia bed surrounding a tree trunk. With a number of different color varieties, freesias are some of the first flowers to spring into life in the spring along with perfumed bouquet that tells you spring has arrived

Beautiful garden of three different flower varieties and colors in north of Thailand

Multi floral colorful Butchart garden during spring in Victoria British Columbia Canada. A finely crafted rock path meanders in between the rockery walls and abundance of flower varieties

Close up of multi colored array of Pansy flowers in a home garden

Green lawn in a colorful landscaped garden with a variety of flowers in different colors

Here we have a pergola with tendrils of cream and purple Chinese Wisteria during its short flowering season. Wisteria when planted near the entrances to old classic or Victorian style homes have an absolute magical quality when they burst into flower.

This little kitten is inquisitively searching for something amidst the chamomile daisy like flowers

This flower garden with carefully chosen colors and varieties sits in the middle of a grassy garden area

A stunning park landscape during spring showing the trunks of tall mature trees with an abundance of flowers at their base beside a red gravel roadway

Trees and tulip flowers in a mixed garden. This park like setting during spring time is a joy to behold, and worth waiting all winter for.

An abundance of colorful tulips in the garden. Reds, yellows, purples and oranges provide a visual extravaganze to the eyes.

Colorful plumed Cockscomb flower in the garden. The reds and creams against the greens provide the perfect color contrast

Tulips in a field with bright yellow color and red edging

This curve shaped colorful flower bed with contrasting flowers with a lush lawn in between

Outdoor Dining Areas and Outdoor Alfresco Ideas

Outdoor Dining Areas -Suburban under cover backyard with outdoors dining table setting and swimming pool

Above we have a modern suburban home with an under cover backyard with stunning outdoor dining areas and an outdoors park bench style dining table setting, a nicely manicured lawn and a glass fenced swimming pool.

Having an area set aside at your home where you can dine and entertain outdoors via either a specific outdoor dining area or with one of the many interesting outdoor alfresco ideas, will create a additional area where you can maximize the use of your overall home space. There’s nothing more beautiful than enjoying a late summer evening meal with family or friends and enjoying the last of the summer sun. whether it overlooks a swimming pool, a lush garden or a small backyard, the satisfaction of being able to relax and enjoy a a drink or a meal in the outdoors of your home adds the overall sense and feeling of relaxation.

An outdoors area for entertaining, dining or just having a few cocktails isn’t necessarily something that takes a lot of thought, design or effort to create. You can create any number of interesting outdoor dining areas by simply laying either a few paving stones, a timber deck, and then just placing your table and chairs. In fact, as you’ll see in this gallery, there are even examples where people have just placed their table and chairs straight onto their back lawn, and often thats good enough.

When it comes to coming up with outdoor alfresco ideas for your home, this gallery will hopefully show you examples to help your prompt your own ideas and creativity. You don’t need to think complex designs and styles if you want to create a simple situation where you can sit outdoors and enjoy the sun and the fresh air. As mentioned above, all it often takes is a table and some chairs. On the other hand, if you really want to develop something with style and pizzazz, then check out these ideas below, and get thinking about the style or setting that you’d love to create at your own home.

A beautiful terrace lounge with outdoor dining table and chairs and a separate seating area situated under a slat roofed pergola providing a dappled sun effect with timber deck and distant views.

This image shows outdoor stylish living with modern chairs and a trestle table set in a garden patio.

This is a summer patio area on a timber deck with table and chairs, umbrella and large tree for shade, all set in a private walled garden.

A backyard patio area with white outdoors table and adirondack Cape Cod chairs overlooking a lush green lawn area and trees in the background.

This under cover patio area is equipped with table, chairs and outdoor gas heater on a walkout deck overlooking a distant scenic view

Backyard paved courtyard area with six setting chairs and table and carefully planted edging wall

Stunning outdoors setting with a cedar garden table and chairs with cushions set on a lush lawn beside a relaxed in-ground swimming pool with paved surroundings.

Outdoors dining setting with cedar table and chairs furniture, sitting on a rock pavement and beside by a swimming pool

Brown cane rattan chairs and table set on an outdoors paved patio in the morning with a background lawn and garden

An old rustic wooden table made from recycled logs and timber slabs in the garden

An example of how simplae and easy setting up an outdoors dining area can be with a simple cedar wooden table and chairs sitting on the lawn in a backyard garden

Outside dining table and wooden chairs beside a luxury designed paved swimming pool

Outdoor patio cedar wooden deck area at the rear of a home with white ‘picket style’ balustrading surround enhanced with a mature bush background

Outdoor simple white garden table and chairs on crafted paved patio in the backyard area of a home

Outdoor entertaining and dining area on a paved patio area with distinct indoor outdoor flow to a beautiful lawn area and fenced swimming pool in a modern stylish home

A modern backyard area with a glass fenced swimming pool and an undercover outdoor cedar dining table on a paved patio area

Modern backyard of a luxury home with an under cover entertaining dining area and pool

A well planned outdoor open air patio area with a gas BBQ, concrete kitchen counter with sink and a six setting dining table on a paved area with a lawn outlook

Outdoor private patio dining seating area in a well planted small courtyard

A wooden table and chairs in a tropical undercover patio setting with a bush background

Unique outdoor eco style log dining table and chairs set on a paved patio and with an interesting unique timber log railing fence.

Beautiful under cover outdoor dining and sitting area with sunlit lawn and a distant pool area and mountain view

Simple outdoor dining table and chairs with green cushions on a timber deck area

Beautiful modern indoor outdoor terraced lounge and dining with pergola and distant scenic view

Outdoor dining area with six piece dining setting on a covered patio

Outdoor dining table setting for an outdoor garden party with another example of how a great dining area can be established by simply placing a table and chairs on a lawn area, near the house and ideally with the outlook of a nearby garden area.

Picket Fence Homes and Picket Fence Designs

Picket Fence Designs shown in this Mansion with white picket fence

The above image shows a stunning suburban two storey mansion house in resplendent yellow with a beautifully neat white picket fence out front. It also has matching guard rails on the balconies and veranda that are in keeping with the front fence and gate.

A white picket fence not only performs the function of being a fence for setting up boundaries around a home or property, but it also has the added benefit of evoking emotions within people. You often hear people talk about wanting to settle for a cute cottage in the suburbs with a white picket fence, and this is because to most people it evokes a sense of cute, calmness when all is good with their lives.

The reality however, is that these days having enough land around your home to create or build a picket fence is rare, as many of us end up in apartments, or tiny blocks of lands in central city suburbs. The white picket fence has become the epitome of the country, or outer suburban lifestyle, where there are an abundance of trees, and lawns and plants.

The style of picket fence may vary, but the essence of a picket fence remains much the same, several well spaced posts of around 3 -4 feet in height, twin railing running between the posts and then the pickets attached to the railings usually with equal spacings in between. Some picket fences have pointed tops, others are flat, some even have graduated heights along the length of the fence (like in the image below). Whatever your preference, a picket fence, painted white, will look good and often add value and desirability to your home.

A stately large two storey white house with black shutters and an expansive large lawn area, a number of deciduous trees in the front yard is complete with its white picket fence.

This is a cute single level villa cottage in a small town in New Zealand with front picket fence.

A stunning long row of modern suburban townhouses all with white picket fences in front provides a visual feast. Simplistic in its style but very effective in enhancing the look and feel of the street

White clapboard house with a simple white front picket fence

This two storey summer house with its white front picket fence looks an absolute picture of desirability.

This three storey stunning tropical house invokes a relaxed feeling with its surrounding picket fence, palm trees and summery vibe.

A craftsman’s house that has a small white picket fence in front that helps to bring the house out and make it noticeable.

Beautiful Victorian style home with full street front white picket fence boundary

Classical Cape Cod style house with its street front white picket fence

Cute Victorian miner’s cottage in New Zealand with a front picket fence painted a cream color which offsets the blue of the cottage nicely

Classic house and yard surrounded by a white picket fence and lots of trees

Two story country home with a simple white picket fence with very thin pickets

An English style cottage with green roof and shutters and a white street front picket fence

House in a rural town with a designer white picket fence on its front boundary

Simple Victorian home in Ferndale, California with a white street front picket boundary fence which highlights the pink house color

Classic American colonial era wooden house with white front picket fence

Pretty two storey cottage in Perkins Cove, Maine with a picket fence style deck as well as a front street front ‘low height’ picket fence

Suburban high ranch house with white picket fence and gate with brick driveway

This suburban Cape Cod bungalow home with its picket fence covered to a degree with a front green bush hedge

Suburban middle class country bungalow cottage with a relatively tall white front picket fence

Two storey white house with dormer windows and front picket fence

Two story white framed home with partially painted front picket fence.