The division between your outdoor living space and your beautiful new swimming pool doesn’t have to be clearcut. Instead, you can blur the lines for a unique space that lets you experience the best of both spaces. Consider these four design choices:

If you’re building your backyard oasis layer by layer, don’t let the different pieces look disjointed or mismatched. If you’re adding an outdoor kitchen to a backyard with a pool or installing a pool to round out your backyard living space, your visitors will think you had it all done at once with any of these four elements: