Poolside on Lily Pond Lane starts once the sun is high and the privet hedges are throwing deep shade. The pool is skimmed, the towels are stacked, and the day runs around the deep end. Kids and teens splash in and out of the water. A dog jumps, swims, shakes, and does it again. Drinks live in unbreakable tumblers, pillows, and low seating migrate wherever someone wants to stretch out, and no one is worried about what gets splashed. This collection is made for days when most of the house ends up outside.
Setting Up for a Day in the Sun
The pool area is set up once in the morning so it can handle everything that follows. Outdoor iron storage tables keep sunscreen, swimming fins, and a speaker under a weatherproof top.
Seagrass handle baskets bring towels and extra goggles out from the house, and then sit by the door to collect whatever needs to dry before it goes back in. A canvas tote stays packed with paperbacks, magazines, and a spare change of clothes, so no one has to go hunting for what they need.
The layout is simple, and every piece can live in the sun without fuss.
Comfortable and Durable Places to Land
Around the pool, the places to sit matter as much as the water. A pair of huge beanbags made from waterproof sailcloth becomes the default spot for anyone who wants to dry off while looking at their phone or dozing off in the sun.
A low coffee table keeps magazines, sunglasses, and a stack of drinks off the wet stone so they do not get kicked. Outdoor pillows with deep color and water-resistant fabric get thrown onto lounge chairs and the lawn. Everything is soft enough to lie on for hours and tough enough to stay outside through afternoon rain.
Snacks, Drinks, and Wet Hands
By midday, the pool's shaded side becomes a snack station. A large melamine salad bowl holds tortilla chips and can be carried with one hand from the kitchen without worrying about drops or breaks.
Acrylic and melamine tumblers in clear and Santorini blue hold iced tea, water, and spritzes so no glass goes anywhere near the pool edge. Accent pillows on low stone walls and bench seats make sitting around the table easy for whoever wanders in from the lawn. It is a set-up designed so people can help themselves with dripping hands.
Midday Breaks: Candy and Milkshakes
In the middle of the day, the pool empties for a while. A few people head over to Sagaponack General Store and come back with candy by the pound that gets dumped into bowls and passed around.
A quick drive down to Candy Kitchen brings back chocolate and black-and-white milkshakes in tall paper cups that sweat in the sun. An insulated wine bag keeps white wine and rosé cold under an umbrella until it is time to pour. A large coffee-table book on golf or the coast lies open on a table for anyone who wants to sit under a ceiling fan in the pool house with a cold drink.
Games, Dogs, and the Last Swim
The late afternoon is all noise again. A Party Four in a Row game sits on a low table, and pieces move constantly as kids and teens wander between the deep end and the next move.
The dog has a shaded place of its own on a Normandy canopy pet bed, close enough to watch the pool but off the hot stone. As the light drops, lanterns are lit and set on top of the storage tables and near the edge of the pool so the water glows without harsh overhead light. Towels hang over chair backs, still drying from the last jump in.
The same pieces stay in use when the sun is gone and everyone decides on one more swim.
Shop Our Collection for Your Next Poolside Day on Lily Pond Lane
Poolside on Lily Pond Lane is how a Hamptons house runs when the pool is the center of the day. These pieces handle wet dogs, dripping swimsuits, teenagers, candy runs, and night swimming without ever looking fussy and always looking pulled together.
