Affordable World-Inspired Swimming Pool Ideas and Designs

Waterfall & Spa With Beach Entry
Waterfall & Spa With Beach Entry
Keith Zars PoolsKeith Zars Pools
This pool has a large waterfall, a spa with spillover into the pool, and a beach entry.
Medium sized world-inspired back custom shaped natural hot tub in Austin with natural stone paving.
Agnes Street
Agnes Street
everton_galepacificeverton_galepacific
Achieve a completely seamless look with the Everton glass fence channel system. Glass panels are embedded beneath the surface of the substrate.
Photo of a medium sized world-inspired back rectangular swimming pool in Melbourne with decking.
Garden of Tranquility
Garden of Tranquility
Oak Design GroupOak Design Group
Welcome to the Garden of Tranquility, a serene retreat where nature and tranquility harmoniously coexist. Nestled within this sanctuary, you will discover a captivating Zen garden, an oasis of serenity and peace. The Zen garden, meticulously designed and carefully curated, immerses you in a realm of simplicity and balance. Smooth gravel ripples like waves, symbolizing tranquility, while meticulously placed stones create a sense of harmony and order. The garden invites you to stroll along meandering pathways, inviting contemplation and mindfulness with every step.
Natural Waterfall & Swimming Pool
Natural Waterfall & Swimming Pool
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignExterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
A 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.
Pool 9548, Infinity Pool, Hampton
Pool 9548, Infinity Pool, Hampton
Neptune Swimming PoolsNeptune Swimming Pools
The client's came to us wanting a design that was going to open up their small backyard and give them somewhere for their family to enjoy and entertain for many years to come. This project presented many technical challenges due to the levels required to comply with various building regulations. Clever adaptations such privacy screens, floating deck entry and hidden pool gate behind the raised feature wall were all design elements that make this project more suitable to the smaller area. The main design feature that was a key to the functionality of this pool was the raised infinity edge, with the pool wall designed to comply with current pool barrier standards. With no pool fence between the pool and house the space appears more open with the noise of the water falling over the edge into a carefully concealed balance tank adding a very tranquil ambience to the outdoor area. With the accompanying fire pit and sitting area, this space not only looks amazing but is functional all year round and the low maintenance fully automated pool cleaning system provides easy operation and maintenance.
Tropical Pools
Tropical Pools
Allure Construction & ConcreteAllure Construction & Concrete
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired back rectangular natural hot tub in Houston with concrete slabs.
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Fazoli Brothers Inc.Fazoli Brothers Inc.
JWK
This is an example of a small world-inspired back custom shaped natural swimming pool in Miami with a water feature and natural stone paving.
Authentic Durango Veracruz™ Pool and Spa Coping
Authentic Durango Veracruz™ Pool and Spa Coping
Durango StoneDurango Stone
Stunning pool with custom Authentic Durango Veracruz™ pool coping and hot tub.
Inspiration for a medium sized world-inspired back kidney-shaped natural hot tub in Phoenix with tiled flooring.
Pool waterfall
Pool waterfall
Matthew Giampietro Garden DesignMatthew Giampietro Garden Design
Large boulder rock waterfalls and stone staircase into a very large swimming pool for Pugh's Pools in Delray Beach Florida
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired back custom shaped lengths swimming pool in Miami with a water feature and natural stone paving.
Intercoastal Luxury Home Landscape & Pool
Intercoastal Luxury Home Landscape & Pool
Botanical VisionsBotanical Visions
Photo of a medium sized world-inspired back rectangular infinity hot tub in Miami with natural stone paving.
Our Work
Our Work
Blue Sky PoolsBlue Sky Pools
Medium sized world-inspired back custom shaped swimming pool in Tampa with brick paving.
SG Deck and Screen Enclosure
SG Deck and Screen Enclosure
Sawgrass Plantation Enterprises,IncSawgrass Plantation Enterprises,Inc
Custom deck and screen enclosure.
This is an example of an expansive world-inspired swimming pool in Orlando.
Outdoor Kitchens
Outdoor Kitchens
New Leaf ConstructionNew Leaf Construction
Outdoor Kitchens
Medium sized world-inspired back custom shaped swimming pool in Miami with concrete paving.
Finished Swimming Pools
Finished Swimming Pools
Budd's Pools & SpasBudd's Pools & Spas
950 square foot Lagoon shaped swimming pool featuring a sunledge,attached spa and a raised stone veenered water feature. Designer Bernie McNamee Photographer Jerry Marino
Garden of Tranquility
Garden of Tranquility
Oak Design GroupOak Design Group
Welcome to the Garden of Tranquility, a serene retreat where nature and tranquility harmoniously coexist. Nestled within this sanctuary, you will discover a captivating Zen garden, an oasis of serenity and peace. The Zen garden, meticulously designed and carefully curated, immerses you in a realm of simplicity and balance. Smooth gravel ripples like waves, symbolizing tranquility, while meticulously placed stones create a sense of harmony and order. The garden invites you to stroll along meandering pathways, inviting contemplation and mindfulness with every step.
Pool 9548, Infinity Pool, Hampton
Pool 9548, Infinity Pool, Hampton
Neptune Swimming PoolsNeptune Swimming Pools
The client's came to us wanting a design that was going to open up their small backyard and give them somewhere for their family to enjoy and entertain for many years to come. This project presented many technical challenges due to the levels required to comply with various building regulations. Clever adaptations such privacy screens, floating deck entry and hidden pool gate behind the raised feature wall were all design elements that make this project more suitable to the smaller area. The main design feature that was a key to the functionality of this pool was the raised infinity edge, with the pool wall designed to comply with current pool barrier standards. With no pool fence between the pool and house the space appears more open with the noise of the water falling over the edge into a carefully concealed balance tank adding a very tranquil ambience to the outdoor area. With the accompanying fire pit and sitting area, this space not only looks amazing but is functional all year round and the low maintenance fully automated pool cleaning system provides easy operation and maintenance.
Luxury Infinity Pool & Outdoor Living
Luxury Infinity Pool & Outdoor Living
Atlantis Luxury PoolsAtlantis Luxury Pools
Medium sized world-inspired back rectangular infinity hot tub in Other with concrete paving.
JACUZZI
JACUZZI
Oregon Hot TubOregon Hot Tub
Design ideas for a medium sized world-inspired back rectangular above ground hot tub in Portland with a shelter and decking.
Spa Projects
Spa Projects
Allison Companies IncAllison Companies Inc
Medium sized world-inspired back kidney-shaped hot tub in Nashville with brick paving.
Pool waterfall and Staircase
Pool waterfall and Staircase
Matthew Giampietro Garden DesignMatthew Giampietro Garden Design
Large boulder rock waterfalls and stone staircase into a very large swimming pool
Design ideas for a medium sized world-inspired back custom shaped lengths swimming pool in Miami with a water feature and natural stone paving.

Affordable World-Inspired Swimming Pool Ideas and Designs

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