Interior Design Guide

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or paddling pool is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and are also a common feature aboard ocean-liners and cruise ships.  In-ground pools are most commonly constructed from materials such as concrete , natural stone, metal, plastic or fiberglass , and can be of a custom size and shape or built to a standardized size, the largest of which is the Olympic-size swimming pool . Dimensions : Length :  Most pools in the world are measured in metres, but in the United States pools are often measured in feet and yards. In the UK most pools are calibrated in metres, but older pools measured in yards still exist. In the US, pools tend to either be 25 yards (SCY- short course yards), 25 metres (SCM-short course metres) o...

A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater ) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneotherapy . The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan. Day spas are also quite popular, and offer various personal care treatments. Spa Treatments : A 'body treatment', 'spa treatment', or 'cosmetic treatment' is non-medical procedure to help the health of the body. It is often performed at a resort , destination spa , day spa , beauty salon or school . Typical treatments include: Aromatherapy Bathing or soaking in any of the following: Artificial waterfall , as cervical ( spine ) waterfall. Feetbath Hot spring Onsen (Japanese Hot Springs) Thermae (Roman Ho...

An outdoor playset is a structure erected outside for children to play on and around. Typical components of an outdoor playset include: Towers.  In a playset, a tower is a vertical structure with one or more decks placed at various levels. A deck is essentially a horizontal play surface contained within or attached to a tower. Bridges.  Towers may be connected to one another via fixed bridges or chain bridges for children to walk across. Ladders.  Rope ladders and fixed ladders are common accessories for playsets. Sandboxes.  A sandbox often accompanies an outdoor playset. Slides.  Playground slides may be covered or uncovered. Swings.  Swings are usually mounted on a free-standing swing set. Monkey bars.  Towers may be connected by monkey bars as well as bridges.   Playhouses. Another type of outdoor playground equipment is the playhouse. These are scaled-down replicas of full sized homes—much...