diff --git a/src/cmd/get.rs b/src/cmd/get.rs
index 3a0cc6e..4ee50a0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/get.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/get.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ impl Get {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Get the key
+    pub(crate) fn key(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.key
+    }
+
     /// Parse a `Get` instance from a received frame.
     ///
     /// The `Parse` argument provides a cursor-like API to read fields from the
diff --git a/src/cmd/set.rs b/src/cmd/set.rs
index 72f6376..1d10b33 100644
--- a/src/cmd/set.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/set.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ impl Set {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Get the key
+    pub(crate) fn key(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.key
+    }
+
+    /// Get the value
+    pub(crate) fn value(&self) -> Bytes {
+        self.value.clone()
+    }
+
+    /// Get the expires
+    pub(crate) fn expire(&self) -> Option<Duration> {
+        self.expire
+    }
+
     /// Parse a `Set` instance from a received frame.
     ///
     /// The `Parse` argument provides a cursor-like API to read fields from the
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 64342e7..1e2ae71 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ use parse::{Parse, ParseError};
 
 pub mod server;
 
+pub mod pool;
+
 mod shutdown;
 use shutdown::Shutdown;
 
diff --git a/src/pool.rs b/src/pool.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..673368c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pool.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use crate::client::Client;
+use crate::cmd::{Command, Get, Set};
+use crate::Result;
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+use tracing::error;
+
+/// create a new connection Pool from a Client
+pub fn create(client: Client) -> Pool {
+    // Setting the message limit to a hard coded value of 32.
+    // in a real-app, the buffer size should be configurable, but we don't need to do that here.
+    let (tx, rx) = channel(32);
+    tokio::spawn(async move { run(client, rx).await });
+
+    Pool { tx }
+}
+
+/// await for commands send through the channel and forward them to client, then send the result back to the oneshot Receiver
+async fn run(
+    mut client: Client,
+    mut rx: Receiver<(Command, oneshot::Sender<Result<Option<Bytes>>>)>,
+) {
+    while let Some((cmd, tx)) = rx.recv().await {
+        match cmd {
+            Command::Get(get) => {
+                let key = get.key();
+                let result = client.get(&key).await;
+                if let Err(_) = tx.send(result) {
+                    error!("failed to send Client result, receiver has already been dropped");
+                }
+            }
+            Command::Set(set) => {
+                let key = set.key();
+                let value = set.value();
+                let expires = set.expire();
+                let result = match expires {
+                    None => client.set(&key, value).await,
+                    Some(exp) => client.set_expires(&key, value, exp).await,
+                };
+                if let Err(_) = tx.send(result.map(|_| None)) {
+                    error!("failed to send Client result, receiver has already been dropped");
+                }
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Pool {
+    tx: Sender<(Command, oneshot::Sender<Result<Option<Bytes>>>)>,
+}
+
+impl Pool {
+    /// get a Connection like object to the mini-redis server instance
+    pub fn get_connection(&self) -> Connection {
+        Connection {
+            tx: self.tx.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// a Connection like object that proxies commands to the real connection
+/// Commands are send trough mspc Channel, along with the requested Command a oneshot Sender is sent
+/// the Result from the actual Client requested command is then sent through the oneshot Sender and Received on the Connection Receiver
+pub struct Connection {
+    tx: Sender<(Command, oneshot::Sender<Result<Option<Bytes>>>)>,
+}
+
+impl Connection {
+    pub async fn get(&mut self, key: &str) -> Result<Option<Bytes>> {
+        let get = Get::new(key);
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.tx.send((Command::Get(get), tx)).await?;
+        match rx.await {
+            Ok(res) => res,
+            Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn set(&mut self, key: &str, value: Bytes) -> Result<()> {
+        let get = Set::new(key, value, None);
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.tx.send((Command::Set(get), tx)).await?;
+        match rx.await {
+            Ok(res) => res.map(|_| ()),
+            Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn set_expires(
+        &mut self,
+        key: &str,
+        value: Bytes,
+        expiration: Duration,
+    ) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let get = Set::new(key, value, Some(expiration));
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.tx.send((Command::Set(get), tx)).await?;
+        match rx.await {
+            Ok(res) => res.map(|_| ()),
+            Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/pool.rs b/tests/pool.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0efa19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pool.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use mini_redis::{client, pool, server};
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+
+/// A basic "hello world" style test. A server instance is started in a
+/// background task. A client instance is then established and inserted into the pool, set and get
+/// commands are then sent to the server. The response is then evaluated
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn pool_key_value_get_set() {
+    let (addr, _) = start_server().await;
+
+    let client = client::connect(addr).await.unwrap();
+    let pool = pool::create(client);
+    let mut client = pool.get_connection();
+
+    client.set("hello", "world".into()).await.unwrap();
+
+    let value = client.get("hello").await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(b"world", &value[..])
+}
+
+async fn start_server() -> (SocketAddr, JoinHandle<mini_redis::Result<()>>) {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+
+    let handle = tokio::spawn(async move { server::run(listener, tokio::signal::ctrl_c()).await });
+
+    (addr, handle)
+}