21 Gorgeous Pool Houses That Will Make You Long For A Vacation (2024)

The teak dining table (Summit Furniture) and outdoor fireplace transform this pool house into a summer night dining room at this Connecticut home designed by David Netto. The lounge and Adirondack chairs are both by Loll Designs.

Terracotta tones, sculptural furniture, and bold stripes dress up the pool house area of this California vineyard estate by designer Ken Fulk. The tubular 1940s rockers by Walter Lamb by the pool belonged to screen legend Shirley Temple. The chaises (RH) are covered in a striped fabric by Sunbrella.

Architect Bob White of Forest Studio modeled the pool house of this Newport Beach adobe after an English country-inspired folly. “I love seeing the white plaster silhouetted against a backdrop of big pines and eucalyptus,” he explains. The poolside parlor has a private guest quarter which designer Peter Dunham opted to paint a watery blue shade (Indian Blue, The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company) to match the pool and sky.

Landscape architect Anna Hoffman mixed organic variations of green with fine European materials to create a transportive, open-air pool house for a young California family. The poolside living room is made with alderwood rather than redwood to reference the poplar often used in Tuscany.

Franklin’s Gem hedges and hibiscus frame the poolside gazebo at this English Tudor home in Bronxville, New York. The chic chaise longues surrounding the pool are made by Country Casual Teak.

Architect Cynthia Filkoff of Di Biase Filkoff Architects explains the poolhouse at this Hudson Valley home was inspired by a Greek temple. Filkoff designed the structure to be terraced into a hill, “like a secret folly." The chaise longues and umbrellas are by RH.

The lattice-clad pool house at Jenna Bush Hager's Long Island cottage doubles as a chic buffet for weekend gatherings. Rain or shine, the outdoor entertaining can live on in this charming space.

The poolside guesthouse at this Hamptons estate is flanked by exuberant and exotic details, like the freestanding obelisks.

Axel Vervoordt designed this French château in Margaux Wine Country northwest of Bordeaux and created a beautiful pool and pool house in the garden.

The pool house at this Southern California home allows for year-round outdoor entertaining.

Spain and Morocco were the main inspirations for this pool area in America's desert.

A classic structure sits at the edge of this saltwater pool, providing visitors with the perfect place to relax after taking a dip.

French stones from the 18th century make up this stately poolside structure.

With blue and neural palettes, this pool house is the epitome of summertime chic. And the fireplace makes it the perfect spot for chilly evenings as well.

This pavilion by Robert Hart is the perfect gathering place for co*cktails or dinner with Fondovalle and Cercan Tile tiles, an RH coffee table, and wicker chairs by the pool.

A centuries-old statuary sits alongside this Jamaican pool and provides plenty of space to entertain or escape the sun.

This glass structure covered in greenery is the ultimate in inspired outdoor living.

This Connecticut home's pool house sits beyond the lounging area, so as to create a more dedicated pool space.

Designer Richard Keith Langham says this beautiful pool house was designed to be "something that could double as a lifeguard stand and a co*cktail spot—or a dance pavilion for a hoard."