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 mid-sized tropical backyard custom-shaped lap pool in Miami with a water feature and natural stone pavers.

Inspiration for a large contemporary backyard pool in Angers.

Design ideas for a mid-sized modern backyard custom-shaped lap pool in Tampa with a water feature and concrete pavers.

Request Free Quote This Swimming Pool and Hot Tub in Burr Ridge IL measures 20'0" x 40'0", and the spa which is inside the pool measures 7'0" x 8'0". Both bodies of water are covered by an automatic pool safety cover. The sunshelf measures 5'0" x 11'0" and has connected steps for entry and exit. The coping is Valders Wisconsin limestone as well as the decking. The pool interior is French Gray. Photos by Larry Huene

Mid-sized contemporary backyard custom-shaped lap pool in Phoenix with a water feature and tile.

This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary backyard rectangular lap pool in Houston with a hot tub and concrete slab.

This is an example of a mid-sized traditional backyard kidney-shaped natural pool in Atlanta with a hot tub and natural stone pavers.

Beautiful Hobert pool and raised spa with outdoor fire pit and arbor, sheer descent water features, and LED lights. An outdoor oasis!!
Photo of a large traditional backyard kidney-shaped natural pool in Dallas with a hot tub and tile.

Inspiration for a mid-sized tropical backyard rectangular pool in Dallas with natural stone pavers.

This raised pool in Boerne has many great features! It boasts an infinity edge with a stacked stone overflow, a square attached spa with stacked stone overflow, a pool retaining wall with scuppers pushing water into the pool, and beautiful flagstone steps leading to the pool entrance.

Design ideas for a large contemporary backyard rectangular lap pool in DC Metro with a water feature and tile.

Photo of a small contemporary backyard rectangular lap pool in Bordeaux with decking.

Custom inground swimming pool with custom waterfalls, spa, and tons of beautiful stone work. Sandals Luxury Pools, Inc
This is an example of a small arts and crafts backyard custom-shaped natural pool in Atlanta with a hot tub and decking.

For those that lean towards a more classic, upscale pool design, Van Kirk & Sons offers our Roman or Geometric style pools. The overarching elegance and practicality of this timeless style makes it the perfect choice for a customer looking for a pool that is more symmetrical in form.

A relaxing pool is sited near the house with designated lounging areas.
Mid-sized traditional backyard custom-shaped lap pool in New York with a hot tub and concrete pavers.

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Photo of a mid-sized tropical backyard rectangular lap pool in Orlando with natural stone pavers and a hot tub.

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This is an example of a mid-sized traditional backyard round pool in Houston with a hot tub and natural stone pavers.

Mid-sized transitional backyard custom-shaped pool in Dallas with a hot tub and natural stone pavers.

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.