I’m looking to improve the look of my kidney shape swimming pool

[Guest]

..(on the cheap) Has anyone painted the capping bricks on theirs? Ours are currently those nasty orange bricks that everyone had in the 80/90s. Was wondering what paint you would use and if the paint would come off.

Open to any other ideas too.

[Michele]

My son painted his niot sure if it was special paint but he mixed sand in it so it wasn’t slippery, completely changed the look of the whole pool - even the water looked a different colour. He did a soft grey it looked great.

He did say it was quite a messy job though.

[Bianca]

Have you looked into brick staining? I just discovered it was a thing 2 days ago and I reckon it might be worth looking into!

[Rebecca]

We have the same pavers and shape but pebblecrete pool still debating what to do with it.

Concreting around outside is so expensive.

[Melanie]

I would leave as is, I don’t mind the bricks. Just change up the garden a little… some heliconias and elephant ears would give it nice tropical look.

[Vicki]

You can limewash them (can even just mix some white internal paint with water).

Take the edge of the orange off them and make them look a bit like reclaimed bricks.

[Marie]

How about a render and white paint? Plant a few large tropical plants too.

[Suze]

I’ve whitewashed 2 pool surrounds with a broom- let it dry a few days - you’ll love it- so easy, completely different look--normal house paint water based.

[Ayse]

If it were me, I simply do a lime wash over them to compliment the beauty that is a pebblecrete pool. Because pebblecrete is the closest thing to the colour of sand, it throws off the most amazing ocean like hues.

By lime washing, it will give it a more natural stone like look and would be an absolute compliment to the natural feel of it!

Pebblecrete is soooo beautiful and grand looking!

Explore these too: To pool or not to pool - That is the question?

[Jo-anne]

Our pool was the same, lots of gaps between the bricks after years of weather, chlorine etc. a few years ago we had someone come in and pop off the bricks and recap it in a large sandy colour, seriously looked like a brand new pool.

[Cass]

I would honestly just go to Bunnings and ask them - if one person doesn’t know, ask another!

Not that I’ve painted pool edging but that’s always gotten me through projects when I didn’t know what was next.

Also, check out: To build a pool or not to build pool!?

[Maree]

I have had mine re-capped and pebble created and made the world of difference.

[Lee]

Ours were red and we painted them.

[Ness]

We left ours and decked around and refreshed with accessories pots and plants etc the decking merbau (composite decking ) complimented the colour of the header but also modernised it.

[Carly]

We just did this ourselves. I suggest painting it for sure. Cheaper than changing the shape.