We live in a society of extravagant behavior. We love to show off our expensive acquisitions, not only because that is what drives the American capitalist ideal, but because we also love to bring change for the better and beauty into everything in our lives. A new trend is taking off all over the country: turning your average swimming pool into something more than just a swimming pool, a masterful work of art.

Having your own pool customized to look like your childhood swimming hole, a beach cove, a private swimming cave like Hugh Hefner’s famous Playboy Mansion pool, or whatever your mind can imagine has been around for decades. In the last few years, however, more and more people have been designing their own unique swimming pools, so much so that the television channel Animal Planet recently began running a show called Pool Master.

Pool Master follows master sculptor and pool designer extraordinaire Anthony Archer-Willis as he transforms peoples pools into beautiful works of art. He looks at people’s homes, and from that, designs the most beautiful landscapes a pool could ever lay within. The idea is to make the pool appear as if it has been there for thousands of years with the natural landscape and that the house was not built with a pool, but that the pool was built with a house.

Now, while you may not have Anthony Archer-Willis himself come and redesign your pool, there are sculptors and companies all over the country that also offer unique pool designs. There is no better way to stand out from the rest of the neighborhood, that’s for sure. As some may say, go big or go home.