The Different Ways to Use a Pool House

Jon Lantz • May 26, 2023

If you have a backyard pool, a pool house makes an excellent addition to your property where you can entertain guests. They are a good investment no matter how you use them. Here are some functional ways to use your new pool house.

Pool equipment that needs storing

Pool Equipment Storage

Upkeep for a pool requires lots of equipment - equipment that needs a place to be stored during the off season. You likely have some toys or floatation devices that need storage as well. Perhaps the most common function people use pool houses for is storing all of this equipment.

Changing Room

Pool houses make convenient areas to change before and after swimming. You can outfit the pool house with seating, shelves and/or hangars to keep your clothes nice while you swim. After swimming, your house won’t get wet as everyone dries off and changes in the pool house before going back inside.

Outdoor Kitchen/Bar

If you love hosting cookouts and parties in your backyard, adding a kitchen or bar to your pool house is a great use of the cabana. You can easily add a mini fridge, grill, blender and other supplies to become an awesome outdoor party host. This function is a little more difficult than the uses above, as you’ll need to wire electricity (and possibly plumbing if you’d like a sink) to your pool house, but it’ll be worth it for the hours of fun you’ll have outside!

Entertainment Area

Perhaps there are some days you’d like to be outside but not in your pool. Well, your pool house can function as an entertainment area as well. Place some comfortable furniture in there along with a television and you’re on your way to creating a fun room to entertain guests or get away from home for a few hours.

Bathroom

If you want to spend a little more money to run plumbing to your pool house, you can add a restroom to the space. This will make it less of a hassle for you and your guests to get out of the pool when nature calls. You also won’t have to clean up any water that dripped off of the bathroom-goer and onto your house’s floor! 

Buy a Pool House Today

Are you ready to add a new function to your backyard? Buy a pool house from Jed’s Sheds today and use it for any of the functions we discussed above. Contact us today.

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