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Mid-Century Modern Pool Ideas

Mid-century modern pools were designed for indoor-outdoor living before the phrase existed: post-and-beam houses opening through walls of glass onto a patio, a rectangular pool and a lawn or gravel garden edged with agave, olive and citrus. Breeze-block screens, terrazzo and a single accent colour finish the look.

Modern Classic Rustic Tropical Mediterranean Modern Farmhouse Coastal

Concrete Plunge Pool in Mid-Century Courtyard

Raised Lap Pool Beside Breeze Block Wall

Sunlit Rectangular Pool and Raised Spa Mid-century pool

Concrete Plunge Pool in Mid-Century Courtyard Mid-century pool

Raised Lap Pool Beside Breeze Block Wall Mid-century pool

Freeform Pool with Beach Entry and Waterfall Mid-century pool

Mid-Century Swimming Pool with Timber Pavilion Mid-century pool

Mid-Century Pool Flanked by Fire Bowls Mid-century pool

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Mid-Century Modern Pool Ideas, explained.

Look for restraint — flat planes, low furniture, one bright colour — and for the way each pool design lines up with the house's grid. Save the compositions that feel calm and sunny rather than kitsch.

Mid-century pools are geometric rectangles aligned with the house's post-and-beam grid. Look for flush concrete or terrazzo decks with gravel joints, a breeze-block wall or screen, a kidney shape only if the house is from the 1950s, and sparse planting of agave, olive and citrus. Keep the water pale blue and the furniture low.