Pool noodles and a flat raft can actually make a killer lounge.

You can absolutely turn a flat raft and a few pool noodles into a custom pool lounge, but it’s more about shaping the noodles than the raft.

The raft is your base. The noodles are your structure. The classic hack is to lay noodles along the long edges of the raft and zip-tie them through the raft’s grommets. That gives you raised “bolsters” so you can lie on your back without sliding off and keep your arms resting comfortably.

For a backrest,