A walk around the coping of finished pools

Stone, deck, liner, water and light, frame by frame. Start at dusk, then go around: freeform shells, straight-walled rectangles and, last, the equipment that keeps the water clear.

Paver deck and stone coping around a blue-lit pool at night with uplit trees
Paver deck, stone coping, blue LED in the water, birches lit from below.

After dark

  • Freeform pool with stone coping and blue LED lights, a raised spa behind it and uplit shrubs along a paver deck at night
    Stone coping, blue LED in the shell, a raised spa spilling in, shrubs lit from below.
  • Kidney-shaped pool with pale coping, a lit round spa at the far end and uplit birches at dusk
    Pale coping course around a kidney shell, a round spa lit at the far end, birches uplit.
  • Pool and round spa glowing blue at night with uplit shrubs along a paver deck
    Pool and round spa both lit blue, paver deck, low uplights in the beds.

Freeform shells

  • Freeform pool with a stacked-rock waterfall, flagstone patio and teak seating
    Stacked-rock waterfall, flagstone patio, teak seating, dark-finish shell.
  • Freeform pool with an aqua finish, a tile band and a row of spill jets on a stamped concrete deck
    Aqua finish, tile band, three spill jets along the raised far wall.
  • Potted palm and flowering planters on river-stone gravel beside a freeform pool with a stamped concrete edge
    River-stone gravel, planters and a potted palm along a stamped concrete edge.
  • Flagstone deck around a freeform pool with a rock water feature and outdoor sofas
    Irregular flagstone deck, rock spill, mulched beds, outdoor sofas.
  • Freeform pool with a brick-red tile band and a row of blue loungers on the deck
    Brick-red tile band at the waterline, a row of blue loungers on the deck.
  • Blue pool edged with boulders and a flagstone deck, with an Adirondack chair and lounge seating
    Boulders at the water, flagstone deck, an Adirondack chair.
  • Rock waterfall spilling into a blue pool beside a split-face block retaining wall
    Stacked-rock waterfall over a split-face block wall, seen from the water.
  • Raised round spa beside a freeform pool on a broom-finish concrete deck
    Raised round spa beside the shell, broom-finish concrete deck.
  • Freeform vinyl pool with a fountain jet running, framed by a white picket fence
    Fountain jet running, brick-edge coping, stamped deck, white picket fence.
  • Bright freeform pool with a brick-red tile band and a broad concrete deck
    White finish, brick-red tile band, broad concrete deck.
  • Freeform pool on a large-format paver deck at sunset beside open water
    Large-format pavers, freeform shell, open water beyond at sunset.

Rectangles and sun shelves

  • Rectangular pool with a sun shelf, flagstone coping and ornamental grasses
    Sun shelf with two loungers in the water, flagstone coping, ornamental grasses.
  • Rectangular pool with a tan paver deck, stone steps and a black aluminum fence
    Tan paver deck, stone steps up to the yard, black aluminum fence.
  • Rectangular vinyl pool with steps set into a wooded lot, gravel border and lawn
    Straight-walled shell with corner steps, gravel border, woods behind.
  • Stamped concrete deck with navy cushioned loungers beside a rectangular pool
    Stamped concrete deck, navy cushioned loungers, terraced lawn.
  • Patterned blue vinyl liner seen through clear water, with a concrete deck and umbrellas
    Patterned blue vinyl liner under clear water, umbrellas on the deck.
  • Rectangular pool with a patterned blue liner, concrete deck, two umbrellas and a fire pit
    Patterned liner, concrete deck, two umbrellas, a fire pit at the edge.

Equipment

The pumps and filters behind the clear water, plumbed and set on their pads.

  • Sand filter and pump plumbed on a concrete pad
    Sand filter and pump on a poured pad, flex hose to the wall.
  • Jandy cartridge filter and variable pump plumbed in white PVC on a gravel pad
    Jandy cartridge filter and pump, white PVC unions, gravel pad.