If you're one of the folks who isn't lucky enough to spend your entire summer vacationing, you know an awful lot about dreaming of taking a dip in a pool. The hot air surrounding you doesn't even matter because you're floating in a refreshingly beautiful body of water. Sometimes we're so hot that just about any pool would do, but, a perfectly posh pool is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

I had plenty of moments when I was younger at the community pool and while it's fun and you can pretend no one is around, it's just not the same. A calm, rectangular in ground pool sitting next to a beautiful house or lined with trees is the perfect recipe for a posh pool. Greenery is key in creating a atmosphere that will immediately relax and not your socks off.

As these examples show, you don't even need fancy lounge chairs or huge umbrellas to distract from the pool when you've got a perfectly posgh set up!

Images: 1. via Where The Side Walk Begings, 2. William Hefner 3. Habitually Chic, 4. Elle Decor