Design ideas for a country pool in Atlanta.

My client for this project was a builder/ developer. He had purchased a flat two acre parcel with vineyards that was within easy walking distance of downtown St. Helena. He planned to “build for sale” a three bedroom home with a separate one bedroom guest house, a pool and a pool house. He wanted a modern type farmhouse design that opened up to the site and to the views of the hills beyond and to keep as much of the vineyards as possible. The house was designed with a central Great Room consisting of a kitchen area, a dining area, and a living area all under one roof with a central linear cupola to bring natural light into the middle of the room. One approaches the entrance to the home through a small garden with water features on both sides of a path that leads to a covered entry porch and the front door. The entry hall runs the length of the Great Room and serves as both a link to the bedroom wings, the garage, the laundry room and a small study. The entry hall also serves as an art gallery for the future owner. An interstitial space between the entry hall and the Great Room contains a pantry, a wine room, an entry closet, an electrical room and a powder room. A large deep porch on the pool/garden side of the house extends most of the length of the Great Room with a small breakfast Room at one end that opens both to the kitchen and to this porch. The Great Room and porch open up to a swimming pool that is on on axis with the front door. The main house has two wings. One wing contains the master bedroom suite with a walk in closet and a bathroom with soaking tub in a bay window and separate toilet room and shower. The other wing at the opposite end of the househas two children’s bedrooms each with their own bathroom a small play room serving both bedrooms. A rear hallway serves the children’s wing, a Laundry Room and a Study, the garage and a stair to an Au Pair unit above the garage. A separate small one bedroom guest house has a small living room, a kitchen, a toilet room to serve the pool and a small covered porch. The bedroom is ensuite with a full bath. This guest house faces the side of the pool and serves to provide privacy and block views ofthe neighbors to the east. A Pool house at the far end of the pool on the main axis of the house has a covered sitting area with a pizza oven, a bar area and a small bathroom. Vineyards were saved on all sides of the house to help provide a private enclave within the vines. The exterior of the house has simple gable roofs over the major rooms of the house with sloping ceilings and large wooden trusses in the Great Room and plaster sloping ceilings in the bedrooms. The exterior siding through out is painted board and batten siding similar to farmhouses of other older homes in the area. Clyde Construction: General Contractor Photographed by: Paul Rollins

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Design ideas for a large country backyard custom-shaped pool in DC Metro with natural stone pavers and a water feature.

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Design ideas for a country pool in Houston.

Rupert Keys
Photo of a large country backyard rectangular natural pool in Other with a water feature and natural stone pavers.

Backyard of beautifully restored German inspired home. Photo by Blake Mistich.
Photo of a country backyard rectangular pool in Austin with decking.

Tektoniks Architects: Architects of Record / Kitchen Design Shadley Associates: Prime Consultant and Project Designer Photo Credits: JP Shadley - Shadley Associates

This is an example of a mid-sized country backyard pool in Cleveland with a hot tub and concrete slab.

Inspiration for a mid-sized country side yard custom-shaped infinity pool in Other with with privacy feature and brick pavers.

L'area piscina è stata creata per eventi privati come matrimoni, compleanni e feste. Quest'area rappresenta il cuore del giardino
Design ideas for an expansive country front yard rectangular lap pool in Bologna with natural stone pavers and with a pool.

Design ideas for a country pool in Burlington.

The hero scene in Boyd Texas. With an oversized tanning ledge and a great lake front view, this another Selah custom build. Based on natural stone weeping walls and midnight blue pebble plaster, this beauty brings home the entire outdoor living experience.

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Photo of a country backyard custom-shaped lap pool in New York with a hot tub.

Photo Credit: Q Stern Photography
This is an example of a large country backyard custom-shaped infinity pool in Philadelphia with a hot tub.

Red clay pavers on the pool deck. Valders stone coping on the pool. Boulder retaining wall made from WI granite. Columnar maples soften the building facade. Feather reed grasses in front of retaining wall.

Advanced Grass artificial turf products give our clients a gorgeous natural-looking lawn without the work, chemicals, and constant watering. The color, texture and even the coarseness of the blade are inspired by nature.

This is a beautiful natural freeform pool and spa recently on HGTV Ultimate Pools, located in Dallas, TX. The big thing about this project that was unique was the trees. We were required to save all the trees. There are a lot of areas where the paving is not mortared together to allow moisture and air through to help the trees. There is a 6' elevation change that helps incorporate the boulders and waterfall into the hillside for a more natural look. There was an existing green house that was removed and the existing garage was turned it into a cabana/pool house with a covered area to relax in with furniture by the deep end of the pool. There is a big deep end for lots of activity along with a nice size shallow end for water sports, including basketball. The clients' wish list included a cave, slide, and waterfalls along with a firepit. The cave can comfortably sit 6 people and is cool in the hot Texas weather. We used pockets of plants around to soften things and break up all the rock to create a more natural look with the overall setting. A bridge was built between the pool and the spa to look like an illusion that the water is running from the pool down into the spa. 2013 APSP Region3 Bronze Award - Designed by Mike Farley. FarleyPoolDesigns.com

Small country backyard l-shaped pool in New York.

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Inspiration for a large country rectangular pool in Seville.