Pool Renovation

Arcing Fountain Pool

Greater Los Angeles Modern

An older oval pool replaced by a rectangular pool and raised spa with arcing fountain jets, beside a covered outdoor kitchen pavilion, a rebuilt deck and drought-tolerant planting.

Pool and raised spa with three arcing fountain jets off the fence line, wave-form lounge chairs along the deck

How this project came together

The design decision

The base plan recorded the original oval pool in its brick coping, and the designer worked the new layout out by hand on top of it: a rectangular pool with a raised spa, a wet bar and a pergola, each dimensioned against the house and the garage. The concept plan then set the paving, the lighting and the planting around them.

The build

The new pool and raised spa have arcing fountain jets set along the fence line, and a covered kitchen and dining pavilion with a built-in grill, a sink and ceiling fans sits at the end of the pool. Pale paver slabs with a Mexican beach pebble drainage channel form the deck, a corten steel edge meets the lawn, and grasses and succulents fill the beds along a dark slatted fence.

The Design Process

From survey to buildable plan

Every project is measured, drawn, and approved before a shovel goes in the ground. These are the actual drawings for this property.

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Base Plan

The survey recorded an existing oval pool and surrounding pavers at the rear of the lot, a garage off the driveway, and a cluster of established trees anchoring the back corner behind the wrought iron fence.
Spot elevations, the property line, and the water meter, gas meter and electrical panel were all located here before any redesign began, so the new pool and deck that followed were sited against exactly what was already on the ground.
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Design Proposal

With the survey in hand, the designer marked up a print of the base plan by hand: a new 15-by-30-foot pool at three and a half to seven feet deep, a raised 6-by-8 spa level with the pool, a wet bar with a poured-in-place concrete counter, and a 14-by-25 pergola on steel posts, working out plumbing and equipment before any of it went to a formal rendering.
That same markup called for an automatic pool cover, three deck jets and six spa jets on the equipment pad, a six-foot CMU block wall in smooth stucco, and a new bamboo hedge behind a new wood fence, with tile color and fence material left as TBDs to confirm on site.
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Conceptual Plan

The finished plan specified a raised composite deck with black steel framing, an eyebrow trellis over the outdoor kitchen, and Stepstone Veranostone modular pavers in Granada White around the pool, with a Classic Calacatta waterline tile.
Planting ran to foxtail and Queen Victoria agave, dark star cordyline, Madagascar dragon tree and clarity blue flax lily, lit by natural bronze path and flood fixtures, over a Marathon sod lawn with Mexican beach pebble borders.

Before We Built It

The space, rendered in 3D

Homeowners approve a photorealistic model of their own property before construction starts, so what gets built is what they signed off on.

Before & After

The property as we found it

Drag the handle to see the same view before construction began.

Before After

Finished Project