Ideas for the Best Backyard - Lyon Financial

Happy Labor Day! Celebrate with These Delicious Recipes

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Many people we know say they have gotten better at eating better, as in healthier. Grocery stores are now prominently displaying their organic fare. Some shops offer recipe cards featuring easy meal ideas using fresh proteins and produce. Even the drive-through burger places list the caloric content of each item. (Those numbers will make you [...]

Fabulous Pool Deck Ideas

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Outdoor décor has changed the way we look at outdoor living. With companies like Wayfair and Target and even home improvement centers like Lowe’s offering lines of affordable furniture and fixtures, most budgets can afford to step up the look and feel of their alfresco entertainment centers. With these reasonable prices, you can outfit everything [...]

Pool Planning

Everything You Need to Know Before Getting a Pool

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

No matter what you’re planning, from a wedding to a pool installation, you can take control so you may enjoy the process as well as the end result. The more organized you are, the less stressed you’ll be. You can’t control the cost of flowers or the fact that a Bobcat excavator is digging a [...]

Transformative Hardscape Solutions for Your Yard

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Along with all the elements that combine for a beautiful backyard haven, like pools and pergolas, fire pits and waterfalls, are the components that frame them with functionality. Softscaping and hardscaping are the yin and yang of your al fresco retreat. Softscaping refers to your trees, shrubs, flowerbeds, gardens, and grass. Hardscaping covers all the [...]

Backyard Landscaping for Beginners

Backyard Landscaping for Beginners

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

We are quite fond of saying that your outdoor space is a beautiful extension of your indoor space. Anyone who loves their alfresco entertainment center knows that the pool and patio are the new family room and kitchen. What’s especially refreshing is that this is an area virtually free of technology. (At least the kind [...]

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Pool Types: What Suits Your Style?

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

As swimming pool financing specialists, we, of course, work closely with our customers, in addition to the pool contractors. We know our customers are supported by genuine professionals who know exactly what they are doing and how to coordinate every effort that goes into a pool installation. But then again, we should. We do this [...]

Poolside Sun Safety Tips

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Those hazy, lazy days of summer. A day off from work, a cool drink, and a chaise lounge. It doesn’t matter if you’re in or out of the pool – you are not working or navigating traffic on your commute to work. You are backyard-bound with a book or blasting your music. There is nothing [...]

Backyard Improvements

Best Backyard Improvements That Add Value to Your Home

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

It’s a common statement that a home is the biggest investment most people make. Whether you’re already living in your “forever home” or still have more moves ahead, all of this will have impact on what types of improvements you make. If it’s your “forever home,” you can confidently forge ahead to paint the living [...]

Swim Your Way to Fitness Without Breaking a Sweat!

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas

Here’s a little food for thought about Americans and obesity rates. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention): More than one-third (36.5%) of U.S. adults age 20 and older and 17% of children and adolescents aged 2–19 years were obese as of 2015-2016 (37.9% for men and 41.1% for women). Obesity-related conditions [...]

The Shape of Water: What Pool Design is Right for You?

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

In the world of fashion, silhouettes create impact. Whether demure or bold, the designer makes a statement. While hemlines and textiles go in and out of style, the latest trends are often a reinvention of a look that was the rage a decade or two ago. When it comes to your pool design, there’s a little [...]

Sunscreen Safety

The Right Rules of Sunscreen

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Because an estimated one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, sunscreen is a critical component of skin and health care. Besides helping to deflect those brown spots and dreaded wrinkles, its use will allow you to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful UV rays… the ones that promote those dangerous skin [...]

The Salt Life – Should Your Pool Be Chlorine-Free?

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
All About Pools, Backyard Ideas, Swimming Pool Construction

What was once called the “world wide web” is now a search engine on a smart phone. This is how we shop and how we get answers to just about anything. Alexa and Siri are always on standby. Or we can type into a little, white box to get millions of results in under a [...]

Sustainable

Sustainable Patio & Deck Renovations

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

We believe that every home improvement should reflect your style and personality. Whether you like the drama of fire bowls and waterfalls to surround your pool, or the simple tranquility of a natural swimming pond, your outdoor space’s aesthetics are decisions you don’t make lightly. This is your corner of paradise, so you want to [...]

Patio

How to Create the Perfect Patio

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

When designing your outdoor living space, you can consider your patio as the glue that holds it all together. The ideal transition platform, it can either be connected directly to your home or accessible via a tiered staircase. Your patio also serves to introduce your yard and your backyard swimming pool. Typically an open space, [...]

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Pool House Design Ideas

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Britt Godfrey
Backyard Ideas

Warning: The effect of Googling “backyard home design” may cause dizziness. But it’s better to have choices, right? There are millions of configurations and styles and amenities that comprise one of the happiest of home amenities: that’s an outdoor entertainment center. And “center” is just the right word as this al fresco part of your [...]

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