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# [8 Pool Upgrades to Enhance Your Outdoor Pool | DiSabatino](https://disabatinoinc.com/blog/8-great-additional-features-to-upgrade-an-outdoor-pool)

 Written by [DiSabatano Landscaping](https://disabatinoinc.com/blog/author/disabatano-landscaping) | June 21, 2021

Create a perfect staycation in you [outdoor living](https://www.disabatinoinc.com/services/luxury-landscape-hardscaping/outdoor-living/) space by adding a custom outdoor swimming pool. Outdoor pools are a great way to keep entertaining simple and fun. Whether you opt for a custom gunite pool, fiberglass pool or vinyl liner pool, there are many great features to add for further enjoyment.

DiSabatino Landscaping specializes in adding beautiful custom pools and we like to share the many pool upgrade options available for inground pool designs. Once you get a feel for the custom features you’d like, compare the costs of each feature to their budget and prioritize the ones you really want.

 A luxurious backyard features a custom outdoor swimming pool, green cushioned lounge chairs, sculpted hedges, and a well-lit [pool house](https://www.disabatinoinc.com/services/disabatino-design-build/pavilions-and-pool-houses/) with an outdoor seating area surrounded by trees and gardens.

 A small waterfall flows from natural stone rocks into a clear blue gunite pool, with a round outdoor daybed and pillows nearby. Purple flowers and lush greenery enhance the serene background.

 A luxurious backyard features an outdoor pool with a stone edge and waterfall, a wooden pergola with seating and a fireplace, surrounded by trees and patio chairs, creating an inviting outdoor relaxation area.

 A stone wall with a brick-edged arch features a small fountain that pours water into a custom outdoor swimming pool. The pool is bordered by paving stones, with a grassy field, trees, and lampposts visible in the background.

 A stone fountain featuring a bronze statue of a child, holding two streams of water, stands among lush green trees and shrubs, with water cascading into a pool below—an elegant complement to custom outdoor swimming pools.

 A backyard gunite pool with attached hot tub, surrounded by lounge chairs, a shaded pavilion, outdoor dining set with red umbrella, and green trees in the background.

### 8 Great Additional Features to Upgrade an Outdoor Pool:

**1) Hot tub:** [Hot tubs or spillover spas](https://www.disabatinoinc.com/services/water-features/) that are raised above the pool level are therapeutic and a great additon to custom swimming pools.

**2) Pool Bar:** Make adult entertaining super imbibing cocktails while relaxing in a pool, a swim up pool bar might be a nice feature to add to your pool.

**3) Waterfall:** Built with Real or Faux Boulders, cascading waterfalls add a naturalistic element to custom swimming pools and one of the most popular [water features](https://www.disabatinoinc.com/services/luxury-landscape-hardscaping/water-features/) around. These too are great aerators to keep water temperatures cooler.

**4) Grotto:** A cave or grotto is a great way to find protection from the glaring sun or the crowd. A peaceful meditation spot is  a very popular water feature in custom pool designs.

**5) Fountain:** A [cascading water fountain](https://www.disabatinoinc.com/portfolio/water-features/) adds a peaceful ambience to custom swimming pools that are not only therapeutic but a great aerators that will keep the water cool.

**6) Rain Curtain:** Young and old alike enjoy the cooling curtains of water falling into the pool from a pergola roof or some other overhang.

**7) Pool House:** Want to keep everyone comfortable and close to all the amenities? Consider a pool house with changing and bathroom, refrigerator full of everyone’s favorite beverages and maybe even a comfortable sitting area to shelter from inclement weather.

**8) Pool Slide:** A custom pool slide will make your home the most popular in the neighborhood, adding life to any special occasion or just for a regular day of relaxation. There are a wide variety of custom designed pool slides available with different sized flumes.

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