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Your hard work has paid off with a very nice pool! What size river rock did you use... 2 to 3 inch?:cool:

Nice Pics... Looks great!:cool:

Very nice! What type/brand of stain did you use? Acrylic or Oil based?

CeeElGee, The pallet mod was pretty ingenious and cheap too. Very nice job!:cool:

Looks great! The fence looks as though it offers a good deal of privacy too.:cool:

Thanks, Yukon Jack... we are loving the pool so far. Bobodog, that's an interesting tip for the banana trees. That would most certainly create a tropical theme and provide a little bit of shade as well.

kchamp, I purchased the loungers at Sam's Club for $65.00 each on sale at the end of summer last year. Lowes hardware has loungers very similar to mine but they are $220.00 each... ouch!

Thanks Josh! After scouring the forum looking at photos, I think I will put a two foot wide barrier of river rock with landscape fabric underneath all the way around the pool. Hopefully the only maintenance will be an occasional spray of weed killer in and around the rocks.

Thanks mac1775! We have a hardware store relatively close to us that carries Behr stains. My local hardware store only carries Cabot and Olympic stains.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments. It is almost time to stain the deck... Does anyone have ideas for what type of stain (oil vs water based) and what color (transparent vs highly pigmented) I should use?

Finishing the deck: Adding a small decorative gate: Deck finished with furniture: Now I have to come up with landscaping ideas for around the pool and deck.

Handrail going up and continued work on the old deck:

The deck, however, took a little longer to finish. Starting the framing... Attaching to our old deck: Decking and new stairs:

Our pool build was completed from start to finish in about 5 hours on a single day in August 2013. And finally the happy "new pool owners" shot!