Decorative swimming pool border and method

A method of appying a swimming pool border to a pool liner of a swimming pool, comprising the steps of:

• providing the swimming pool border comprising:
• a flexible and pliable facestock layer made of polymeric material, with the facestock having design indicia on one side thereof;
• a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on the second side of the facestock for removably attaching the swimming pool border to the pool liner of the swimming pool;
• and
• a removable liner layer attached to the surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer for protecting the pressure sensitive adhesive layer prior to use;
• lowering the water level of the swimming pool to a level below the desired location of the swimming pool border;
• cleaning and drying the pool liner of the swimming pool at the desired location of the swimming pool border;
• removing the liner layer from the surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer;
• applying the swimming pool border directly to the pool liner of the swimming pool at the desired location of the swimming pool border, with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer in contact with the pool liner and removably securing the swimming pool border thereto;
• and
• returning the water level to a level that lies along the height of the swimming pool border.