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HGTV Smart Home 2013: Pool Pictures

January 26, 2015
A defining feature of the home's outdoor spaces, the pool carves out a dramatic focal point in the backyard with design elements that reference interior details.
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The pool blends seamlessly into its surroundings, with coping aligned flush with composite decking.

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Coastal Pool Area and Covered Porch
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The living room's telescoping glass doors open out onto the covered deck and pool area, where one may view one of the living room's TVs with corresponding audio streamed outside.

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Shingle-Style Home with Pool
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A modern take on the classic shingle-style home, a flat metal roof replaces the classic sloped, cedar or cypress-clad roof in the backyard. Shaded areas offer relief from the intense midday sun or a random rain shower.

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Saw palmetto, a native species in the Jacksonville Beach area, blurs the line between natural and built landscape in the home's backyard.

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Transom windows stream light into the living room area and serve to visually expand the room's square footage.

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A pebbled finish clads the pool surface, providing shimmer and a smooth feel underfoot.

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The master bedroom's private back deck provides an ideal spot to sunbathe while enjoying views of the pool. Adirondack chairs, crafted of recycled plastic lumber, provide a front-row seat to nature.

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Frosted-glass mosaic tile caps pool walls and echoes the design detail of front porch and interior staircase risers.

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Gray Chairs on Deck With Glass Sliding Doors and Green Pillows
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Durable, weather-resistant cushions and pillows provide a soft foundation. Lime green references nature's own lush color palette and the finish of both deck and chair materials resembles that of weathered cedar.

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A motorized awning extends over the kids' bedroom window to block sunlight, thereby reducing solar heat gain.

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Operable via smartphone or tablet, the awning senses severity of rain or wind and retracts automatically as weather conditions require.

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Pool Surrounded by a Veranda With a Painted Blue Ceiling
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"The house lives from inside to outside but it also lives from outside to inside," says builder Glenn Layton. "If you are entertaining, you can have people sitting outside on a patio or under the covered porch as well as inside the house — all interacting together."

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An essential design element in Florida's earliest shingle-style homes, double-hung windows are replaced by walls of glass that create near-seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces.

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Stucco walls, embedded with bits of shell in a style reminiscent of Florida's earliest tabby-constructed homes, glisten in the midday sun.

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One of the home's ten security cameras monitors deck and pool activity, allowing parents to keep a close eye on children while attending to other tasks inside the home.

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Whether setting a mood or attending to security, the homeowner can program outdoor lighting via a smartphone or tablet.

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Deck With Lounge Chairs and Pool
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The pool's jet propulsion system, including two high-intensity swim jets, provides a water treadmill experience, programmable via the home's smart tablet.

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Birds of paradise palm, planted in ceramic demi-lune urns, provide a dramatic show of color.

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Contemporary Backyard with Pool
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The gentle murmur of the pool fountain, coupled with the sounds of nature, contributes to relaxation in the backyard.

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The design of HGTV Smart Home 2013 draws inspiration from both New England's clapboard cottages and Jacksonville Beach's first shingle-style vacation homes.

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Backyard Swimming Pool
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Borrowing smart design elements from Florida's earliest vacation homes, deep porch overhangs shade outdoor areas and block sunlight from heating interior spaces.

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Pool and Covered Deck Illuminated at Night
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At night the pool area is illuminated by recessed LED deck lights, the pool's own color-changeable fountain light, vintage-chic light fixtures and light streaming forth from interior spaces.