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How to make your pool a design feature

How to elevate the humble pool. - by Pete Colquhoun
  • 26 Feb 2021

Anyone who has sweated through a hot Aussie summer will know why having your own backyard pool really is the dream. But after summer is over, your backyard pool can look like a bit of a design eyesore… and that’s where Pete comes in. He’s showing you how to elevate the humble pool into an epic design feature, so it adds something to your home even when you’re not using it.

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Pete Colquhoun
Pete Colquhoun
Pete has extensive TV credits across a range of television genres, from lifestyle, reality and sport including commentary for Seven’s Olympic Games broadcast. For the last 14 years he has been the resident Architect on Australia's number one lifestyle show Better Homes and Gardens.

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