44 Indoor Pool Ideas That Make a Splash

Embrace Japanese Minimalism

This lakeside retreat from Envi Interior Design Studio features an indoor swimming pool that is part of a pool house, spa, gym, and art gallery complex inspired by Japanese minimalism and design. It features custom doors, Venetian plaster walls, shoji screens, and a rain sky shower with a teak-slatted drain detail.

Modernize the Mediterranean

San Francisco-based Geddes Ulinskas Architects built a modern pool house building to complement a historic Mediterranean-style home.

"Although the architecture is modern in design, the finish on the doors and metalwork, the plaster, and the stone were all designed to be in harmony with the original historic main house," Ulinskas says.

Line It With Windows

This indoor swimming pool from Crisp Architects is sheltered from the elements to make it easier to maintain and available to use in all types of weather. Wrap-around windows, a skylight, pool lights, and indoor sconce lighting ensures that the space is well-lit at all times of day or night.

Paint the Ceiling

Designed by French interior designer Jacques Garcia for Maison Souquet, a five-star hotel located in the Montmartre area of Paris, this indoor pool has moody dark blue paint on the walls that creates a sense of depth in a small space. A gilded ceiling mural adds a poetic touch.

Add Modern Style

This Los Altos, California pool house from Framestudio is an addition to a 1966 ranch-style home that includes a wellness space.

"The design concept was inspired by European planning laws that dictate additions to listed historic structures be in the style of the current times, intentionally contrasting with the original," the architects write in a project description.

Clad the Walls With Plywood

The interior of this pool house from Framestudio is clad with plywood that adds warmth and energy to the fresh and modern black-and-white space.

Keep It Front and Center

Rather than an afterthought, this luxurious Sea Cliff, NY pool house from Smiros & Smiros Architects is a fully integrated part of the home that functions as a central artery, connected to a living room lounge space on the ground level and a loft space above.

Create a Destination

More than just a place to take a quick dip, this pool house from Smiros & Smiros Architects is a showpiece and a destination complete with warm lighting and a pair of dramatic chandeliers for socializing after the sun goes down.

Add a Lap Pool

Deftly integrated into a a West Village, New York city townhouse, this indoor lap pool from Revamp Interior Design is visible from multiple vantage points.

Build a Glass Wall

Metal-framed glass walls turn this indoor swimming pool from Revamp Interior Design into a giant human fish tank or an art installation that comes to life when someone is swimming, adding drama and theatricality to the design.

Add a Skylight

Visible from the outdoor patio, this indoor swimming pool from Revamp Interior Design has a skylight that allows natural light to flow into the enclosed lap pool.

Celebrate Midcentury Style

Renovate a vintage pool to preserve an original feature while being kind to your budget, like this renovated midcentury modern indoor swimming pool from Leanne Ford Interiors.

Add a Glass-and-Metal Roof

This indoor swimming pool from Thomas Guy Interiors has a dramatic industrial-style metal and glass paned canopy with a pitched roof that gives it a greenhouse vibe and allows light to penetrate the space. Blue-and-white striped curtains and an indoor umbrella by the seating area a retro poolside resort vibe.

Add Ambient Lighting

This indoor pool designed by Pauline d'Hoop for the Hotel Monte Cristo in Paris has graphic wall tiles, an LED ceiling light feature, and a row of tropical plants in rustic pots of varying sizes that creates a lush and earthy contrast to the sparkling blue pool water. LED pillar candles in hurricane lanterns scattered around the pool add ambient lighting perfect for a leisurely late-night swim.

Install Decorative Beams

This sprawling indoor swimming pool room from Kendall Wilkinson Design is warmed up with chunky honey-toned wood ceiling beams and a row of pendant lanterns with flame bulbs that add atmosphere to the combination pool and lounge space.

Match the Flooring

This indoor outdoor pool from Lindye Galloway Studio is open both to the interior and to the backyard. Using the same pale stone flooring in both the indoor and pool areas helps to make the spaces feel cohesive and the transitions seamless.

Paint the Pool Floor Black

No rule says your pool basin has to be painted or tiled in blue. The interior of this kidney-shaped midcentury modern pool from Leanne Ford Interiors is painted black to complement the black-and-white palette of the room.

Add Rustic Wood Tones

Adding rustic wood tones and wall hooks complements the cool blue tones of an indoor swimming pool room from London-based House Nine.

Hang Up Your Swimsuit

The design of this luxurious indoor swimming pool from Kendall Wilkinson Design includes lighthearted touches like a perfectly themed gallery wall of framed wall art featuring retro-style swimsuits.

Add a Fireplace

Watch movies from the pool or from a lounge space by the fireplace in this indoor outdoor pool from Lindye Galloway Studio.

Include a Changing Area

Adding showers, a spa, or a changing area to a pool house adds an extra layer of convenience and luxury, like this sleek modern San Francisco pool house from Geddes Ulinskas Architects.

Add a French Touch

This West Sussex, U.K. indoor pool house from Unique Homestays has an elegant indoor swimming pool that was built to complement the French country chateau style of the property. It is part of an indoor wellness complex that includes a heated swimming pool, hot tub, gym, sauna, and steam room.

Add a Lounge

The pool house includes a bar and lounge on one end that can be enjoyed before and after swimming, or anytime.

Set Up a Lounge Chair

This indoor pool from Kendall Wilkinson Design features a lounge chair positioned beneath a window that provides a place to bask in the natural light streaming in, bringing home those relaxing poolside vibes.

Add Architectural Details

A Romaneque-style indoor pool complements a 17th-century Jacobean hunting lodge property in Worcestershire, U.K. from Unique Homestays, part of a larger indoor wellness area that includes a sauna, steam room, and hot tub that are impervious to the temperamental British weather.

Add a Glass Entrance

When building a freestanding pool house on an existing property, be sure to consider landscaping so that the structure feels integrated and has a sense of place. This standalone pool house from Fantastic Frank is surrounded by greenery that softens the glass facade and entry doors.

Mix Warm and Cold Finishes

On this inside of this indoor pool house from Fantastic Frank, a wall of glass is contrasted with mixed wood tone cladding on the opposite wall and ceiling that adds warmth to the utilitarian space.

Maximize the View

This Gloucestershire, U.K. indoor swimming pool from Unique Homestays is located in a rural setting on a sprawling property that consists of a series of refurbished 18th-century barns. The modern interior showcases sweeping views of the rolling hills of Cotswalds countryside through glass walls.

Hang a Pendant Light

Adding touches like a sculptural pendant light to a seating area in this indoor pool from Envi Interior Design Studio makes it feel comfortable and as thoughtfully decorated as any other room in the house.

Add a Domed Ceiling

A theatrical ceiling dome window above this indoor pool from M. Lavender Interiors allows natural light to pour in while creating a dramatic structural element that is carried throughout the brown and white space.

Decorate With Mosaic Tile

House Nine used small mosaic tiles in shades of blue, green, and white to line the indoor pool and structural column at the U.K.'s Gara Rock Hotel, giving it a timeless feel and adding contrast with rustic reclaimed walls.

Create a Compound

This luxury pool house and spa from Envi Interior Design Studio includes a small art gallery space to create an escapist compound whose individual buildings blend into the landscape with their harmoniously matching pitched roofs.

Add a Sculptural Pool Slide

Give your indoor pool the air of a modern art gallery with a curvy modern pool slide and a large sea-themed sculpture in the corner, like this space from Origin Pools.

Set Up a Poolside Bar

Set up a poolside bar to turn your indoor pool into an after-hours entertaining space and create a focal point with a lighted wall display of bottles.

Paint a Wave Mural

Paint the walls of your indoor pool with a two-tone blue wave mural to add a playful feel, like this kid-friendly space from Origin Pools.

Decorate the Ceiling

Decorate the ceiling with a mixture of 3D details and dropped crystal accents for a custom feel.

Add a Stone Accent Wall

Add interest to your indoor pool by adding a stone accent wall. A wall of marble-effect quartz adds pattern and texture to this indoor pool from Origin Pools.

Hang Color Photography

Hang large-scale color photographs of your favorite tropical travel destinations on the wall of your indoor pool to trick yourself into thinking you're on vacation, like this English indoor pool house from Origin Pools.

Create a Zen Feel

Create a zen feel in your indoor pool by using simple natural and minimal decor that will keep the focus on clean lines, natural light, and the beauty of water, like this serene indoor pool from Origin Pools.

Add Rustic Touches

Add warmth to an indoor pool area with rustic finishes and decor, like this space featuring brick walls, wooden cross beams, and industrial-style pendant lights hanging from the ceiling.

Install Colored Lighting

Create a moody feel after dark by installing colorful mood lighting. Origin Pools added framed wall panels to showcase stone walls, adding blue light that echoes the pool tiles and twilight sky visible from the central skylights.

Double Space With Mirrors

Hang mirror panels on the walls of your indoor pool house or room to reflect light and double the perception of space.

Origin Pools added a trio of large mirrored panels framed in pale wood to match the exposed ceilings in this indoor pool house that includes plenty of seating for relaxing by the pool.

Decorate With a Fish Motif

Decorate the walls of your indoor pool with fish-themed wall decor to give it a natural feel.

Origin Pools complemented pale wood walls and ceilings with a trio of wall-mounted panels with a fish motif to add a note of decor that evokes a water theme, while accordion doors open to the outside for a view of the adjacent garden.

Hang a Wall Clock

Decorate the walls of a small indoor pool with something as simple as a wall clock. Origin Pools chose a black wall clock hung off center that adds a focal point against wood walls without interfering with the simple design.