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Ever dreamed of having your own swimming poo<\/strong><\/em>l in your back yard? Sure you have. We know we have. But a thing like that\u00a0is an expense. Getting a full scale pool built doesn’t come cheap. If only there was a way of building one on a budget… Well, there is!<\/p>\n

The guy you’re about to meet got creative and made his family their own pool, which looks – for all intents and purposes – like a ‘proper’ swimming pool. But on a shoestring, And it’s awesome!<\/p>\n

This is Brazilian Jose Franco<\/strong>. And he’s just given us<\/a> all some brilliant inspiration!<\/p>\n

\"Homemade<\/p>\n

He couldn’t afford an expensive pool, so he bought a cheap version. But it doesn’t end there…<\/p>\n

\"Homemade<\/p>\n

He then built a wooden scaffold around the pool to keep it secure.<\/p>\n

\"Homemade<\/p>\n

With some decking built in – you’d never know that the pool used to be a stand alone tarp pool!<\/p>\n

\"Homemade<\/p>\n

Unbelievably good.<\/p>\n

\"Homemade<\/p>\n

How cool is that, huh? It just goes to show that you don’t have to spend big to get something awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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