Small Eclectic Swimming Pool Ideas and Designs
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Soake PoolsSoake Pool in a private backyard setting. Interesting and beautiful mix of materials and texture was used on wood deck and stone surround.
Photo of a small eclectic back rectangular above ground hot tub in Portland Maine with decking.
Photo of a small eclectic back rectangular above ground hot tub in Portland Maine with decking.
Star of Texas LandscapeJapanese soaking tub set half in the ground with a cedar entry deck, also used as a waterfeature with water pump and trough.
Design ideas for a small eclectic back round above ground hot tub in Dallas with decking.
Design ideas for a small eclectic back round above ground hot tub in Dallas with decking.
Land & Water DesignWe added a beautiful naturalistic pool, landscaping, travertine paving, outdoor shower, custom porch and deck. Low maintenance landscaping, and planted bamboo in a secure 60 mil EPDM containment trench to give the clients privacy. One of our other challenges was to solve the storm water runoff, which we handled with and underground drain system.
The outdoor raised firepit is a nice addition for for sitting around those cool nights. To complete our project was the outdoor lighting design which highlights all of the awesome focal points.
GlassEco Surfaces by Fisher RecyclingManufacturer of custom recycled glass counter tops and landscape glass aggregate. The countertops are individually handcrafted and customized, using 100% recycled glass and diverting tons of glass from our landfills. The epoxy used is Low VOC (volatile organic compounds) and emits no off gassing. The newest product base is a high density, UV protected concrete. We now have indoor and outdoor options. As with the resin, the concrete offer the same creative aspects through glass choices.
Pool house blues set in Mt Pleasant SC
McKay ArchitectureAfter an intense workout on a hot day, a plunge into the cool temperature plunge-pool is just the thing. A built-in spa tub warms the body when cooling isn't a requirement.
Photo - Alan Geller
Goodall Pools & SpasPhoto of a small eclectic indoor custom shaped swimming pool in Philadelphia with tiled flooring.
Majestic Pools & LandscapesAndrew Jakovac
Small eclectic back l-shaped swimming pool in Brisbane with natural stone paving.
Small eclectic back l-shaped swimming pool in Brisbane with natural stone paving.
Betz Pools LimitedBetz did the interior design and chose all the finishing materials. The walls were clad with distinctive white wave pattern tiles. The ceiling was lowered a few inches to install new pot lights, speakers and recessed LED strip lighting. The LED strip circles the entire room to help accentuate the 3-dimensional wall tiles.
Räume + BautenSmall eclectic side rectangular infinity swimming pool in Frankfurt with concrete paving.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignA Memorial area family commissioned us to create a natural swimming pool in their back yard. The family already had a standard pool on premises, but it was isolated in an area of the yard not particularly suited to seating guests or hosting get-togethers. What they wanted was a second, natural swimming pool built that would serve as the hub of a new home outdoor entertainment area consisting of a new stone patio, comfortable outdoor seating, and a fire pit. They wanted to create something unique that would preserve as much of the natural features of the landscape as possible, but that would also be completely safe and fully functional as a swimming pool.
We decided to design this new landscaping plan around a pre-existent waterfall that was already on the property. This feature was too attractive to ignore, and provided the ideal anchor point for a new gathering area. The fountain had been designed to mimic a natural waterfall, with stones laid on top of one another in such a way as to look like a mountain cliff where water spontaneously springs from the top and cascades down the rocks. At first glance, many would miss the opportunity that such a structure provides; assuming that a fountain designed like a cliff would have to be completely replaced to install a natural swimming pool. Our landscaping designers, however, came up with a landscape plan to transform one archetypal form into the other by simply adding to what was already there.
At the base of the rocks we dug a basin. This basin was oblong in shape and varied in degrees of depth ranging from a few inches on the end to five feet in the middle. We directed the flow of the water toward one end of the basin, so that it flowed into the depression and created a swimming pool at the base of the rocks. This was easy to accomplish because the fountain lay parallel to the top of a natural ravine located toward the back of the property, so water flow was maintained by gravity. This had the secondary effect of creating a new natural aesthetic. The addition of the basin transformed the fountain’s appearance to look more like a cliff you would see in a river, where the elevation suddenly drops, and water rushes over a series of rocks into a deeper pool below. Children and guests swimming in this new structure could actually imagine themselves in a Rocky Mountain River.
We then heated the swimming pool so it could be enjoyed in the winter as well as the summer, and we also lit the pool using two types of luminaries for complimentary effects. For vegetation, we used mercury vapor down lights to backlight surrounding trees and to bring out the green color of foliage in and around the top of the rocks. For the brown color of the rocks themselves, and to create a sparkling luminance rising up and out of the water, we installed incandescent, underwater up lights. The lights were GFIC protected to make the natural swimming pool shock proof and safe for human use.
SH interiorsWe designed this custom fountain using basalt stone and porcelain tile. The water spouts are copper. The custom kitchen includes a full sink, BBQ, in counter drink cooler and under counter ice maker and refrigerator. The overall space is compact, but this custom bar works perfectly in the space without taking up too much room. Eclectic patio with pergola cover. The clients wanted a comfortable space to entertain outdoors. They wanted color and texture. I think the orange and browns in the fabrics are wonderful compliment to the custom retaining wall and fountain with gold slate stone.
MBK Unlimited - Custom Derian PoolsDesign ideas for a small eclectic back rectangular swimming pool in Los Angeles with concrete slabs.
K-2 Design, Inc.Sergey Kuzmin
Photo of a small bohemian indoor custom shaped swimming pool in Moscow with a pool house and tiled flooring.
Photo of a small bohemian indoor custom shaped swimming pool in Moscow with a pool house and tiled flooring.
Land & Water DesignWe added a beautiful naturalistic pool, landscaping, travertine paving, outdoor shower, custom porch and deck. Low maintenance landscaping, and planted bamboo in a secure 60 mil EPDM containment trench to give the clients privacy. One of our other challenges was to solve the storm water runoff, which we handled with and underground drain system.
The outdoor raised firepit is a nice addition for for sitting around those cool nights. To complete our project was the outdoor lighting design which highlights all of the awesome focal points.
LDAW Landscape Architecture, PCNew Blue Stone terrace and small pool area with 2 cascading water features along with full landscape
Photo of a small bohemian side custom shaped natural swimming pool in New York with a water feature and natural stone paving.
Photo of a small bohemian side custom shaped natural swimming pool in New York with a water feature and natural stone paving.
Majestic Pools & LandscapesAndrew Jakovac
Small bohemian back l-shaped swimming pool in Brisbane with natural stone paving.
Small bohemian back l-shaped swimming pool in Brisbane with natural stone paving.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignThe Berry family of Houston, Texas hired us to do swimming pool renovation in their backyard. The pool was badly in need of repair. Its surface, plaster, tile, and coping all needed reworking. The Berry’s had finally decided it was time to do something about this, so they contacted us to inquire about swimming pool restoration. We told them that we could certainly repair the damaged elements. After we took a closer look at the pool, however, we realized that more was required here than a cosmetic solution to wear and tear.
Because of some serious design flaws, the aesthetic of the pool worked against surrounding landscape design. The rear portion of the pool was framed by architectural wall, and the water was surrounded by a brick and bluestone patio. The problem lay in the fact that the wall was too tall.
It created a sense of separation from the remainder of the yard, and it obscured the view of a beautiful arbor that had been built beneath the trees behind the pool. It also hosted a contemporary-style, sheer-descent waterfall fountain that looked too modern for a traditional lawn and garden design. Restoring this wall to its proper relationship with the landscape would turn out to be one of the key elements to our swimming pool renovations work.
We began by lowering the wall the wall so you could see the arbor and trees in the backyard more clearly. We also did away with the sheer-descent waterfall that clashed with surrounding backyard landscape design. We decided that a more traditional fountain would be more appropriate to the setting, and more aesthetically apropos if it complimented the brick and bluestone patio.
To create this façade, we had to reconstruct the wall with bluestone columns rising up through the brick. These columns matched the bluestone in the patio, and added a stately form to the otherwise plain brick wall. Each column rose slightly higher than the top of the wall and was capped at the top. Thermal-finish weirs crafted in a flame detail jutted from under the capstones and poured water into the pool below.
To draw greater emphasis to the pool itself as a body of water, we continued our swimming pool renovation with an expansion of the brick coping. This drew greater emphasis to the body of water within its form, and helps focus awareness on the tranquility created by the fountain. We also removed the outdated diving board and replaced it with a diving rock. This was safer and more attractive than the board.
We also extended the entire pool and patio another 15 feet toward the right. This made the entire area a more relaxed and sweeping expanse of hardscape. While doing so, we expanded the brick coping around the pool from 8 inches to 12 inches. Because the spa had a rather unique shape, we decided to replace the coping here with custom brink interlace style that would fit its irregular design.
Now that the swimming pool renovation itself was complete, we sought to extend the new sense of expansiveness into the rest of the yard. To accomplish this, we built a walkway out of bluestone stepping pads that ran across the surface of the water to the arbor on the other side of the fountain wall.
This unique pathway created invitation to the world of the trees beyond the water’s edge, and counterbalanced the focal point of the pool area with the arbor as a secondary point of interest. We built a terrace and a dining area here so people could remain here in comfort for as long as they liked without having to run back to the patio or dash inside the kitchen for food and drinks.
Betz Pools LimitedAnother highlight of the room is the custom 5.5’ x 8’ perimeter overflow spa, which has a special configuration of spa jets on two levels. Bathers can enjoy a back and calf muscle massage at the same time. When not in use, the spa recirculates a constant flow of water back into the pool creating a glass-like surface draping the entire structure.
Small Eclectic Swimming Pool Ideas and Designs
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