Pool Designs and Ideas
Get More Out of Your New Pool by Creating the Perfect Outdoor Living Environment
Enjoying a pool all year long depends on several factors, including your climate, the type of pool you have, and your personal preferences. Fortunately, here in Texas our climate allows us to enjoy the outdoors almost all year long. Obviously, when it’s hot outside, a swimming pool is going to be the place to gather and chill out. But it doesn’t have to be only during the Summer that you enjoy your pool and being outdoors. With the right approach to creating the ideal outdoor living area that compliments your pool, you’ll find that you use your poolscape for more than just beating the Summer heat.
Enhancing your pool design with an outdoor living area and kitchen offers several advantages that can expand your overall outdoor living experience. Here are some of the key benefits:
- Convenience and Efficiency:
An outdoor kitchen provides a convenient way to prepare and serve meals without the need to go inside the house repeatedly. This is particularly useful when hosting poolside gatherings, as you can easily access food and drinks.
- Extended Outdoor Living Space:
An outdoor kitchen effectively extends your living space, providing an additional area for relaxation, dining, and entertainment, all of which can be enjoyed poolside. Add some big screen tvs and your outdoor space allows you to watch the big game or enjoy movie night with the kids. As part of an outdoor living area, outdoor kitchens become a focal point for social gatherings. They allow you to entertain guests while you cook, creating a lively and interactive atmosphere by the pool.
- Al Fresco Dining:
Enjoying meals in the open air is a unique and enjoyable experience. Outdoor kitchens & living areas make it easy to dine al fresco, whether it’s a casual family meal or a formal dinner party.
- Increased Property Value:
Well-designed outdoor kitchens are attractive to potential homebuyers, which can increase the resale value of your property.
- Year-Round Use:
With the right design and equipment, an outdoor kitchen/living area can be used year-round, making it a valuable addition even during the Fall and Spring.
- Customization Options:
You can personalize your outdoor kitchen to fit your cooking style and preferences. Choose the appliances, countertops, and layout that work best for you.
- Versatility:
Outdoor kitchens are versatile spaces that can be used for grilling, smoking, baking, and more. You can even install a pizza oven or a bar for added functionality.
- Less Mess Inside:
Cooking outdoors means less mess indoors, which can be especially beneficial during the summer months when you’d rather not heat up your kitchen.
- Enjoy the Outdoors:
An outdoor kitchen encourages you to spend more time outdoors, enjoying fresh air, nature, and the sights and sounds of your backyard.
Here are a Few Examples of Outdoor Living Areas
When planning an outdoor kitchen and pool area, consider your local climate, budget, and the types of meals you want to prepare. Investing in quality appliances and materials will ensure that your outdoor kitchen remains functional and enjoyable for years to come.
Cody Pools has designed and built a wide variety of poolscapes that incorporate stunning and relaxing outdoor living spaces. If you’re thinking of installing a new pool that you can use more than just 4-5 months out of the year, we encourage you contact us. Click here to request a Free Estimate, or you can call or visit one of our Design Showrooms.
Featured Pools, Pool Designs and Ideas
Modern Geometric Pool Design Focused on Outdoor Luxury
This project embodies an exceptional geometric swimming pool design harmoniously integrated with a vast covered outdoor living area, creating a perfect blend of indoor comfort and outdoor luxury. The design highlights sharp, contemporary lines, and functional forms, offering a unique ensemble that combines relaxation, entertainment, and lifestyle. At the heart of this design is a grand 45′ long negative edge pool. Its crystal-clear waters effortlessly blend with the horizon, creating a visually striking illusion of infinity.
The pool’s geometric design introduces a modern aesthetic that serves as a compelling contrast to the natural surroundings. A distinctive feature of this project is the oversized hot tub, which embraces a luxurious, resort-like vibe. Designed to comfortably accommodate multiple users, it boasts a unique perimeter overflow edge, enhancing the visual continuity between the hot tub and the pool. Its strategic placement guarantees a seamless visual connection with the entire expanse, fostering a sense of integration. Adjacent to the pool, a sun-drenched baja shelf, equipped with plush loungers, provides a dedicated space for sunbathing or a refreshing cool-down. Further expanding the social aspect of the design, an innovative underwater bar with in-pool stools transforms the pool into a venue perfectly suited for gatherings and family weekends.
The pool area is enveloped by an extensive deck that blends the warm texture of Travertine tiles with the resilience and eco-friendliness of Trex wood. This creative interplay of materials adds visual depth and a pleasing tactile contrast, enriching the overall sensory experience. The existing roof has been extended to accommodate a generous covered outdoor living area adjacent to the pool. This sheltered space, equipped with a fully-featured outdoor kitchen, offers ample room for lounging, dining, and socializing, establishing a resort-like ambiance. The seamless indoor-outdoor connection facilitates an interactive lifestyle, offering protection and comfort against varying weather conditions. The geometric swimming pool, integrated outdoor living area, and the sophisticated hot tub with a perimeter overflow edge, together represent a visionary approach to luxury, comfort, and social engagement. This project is not just a design statement, but a testament to sustainable and innovative design principles, creating an unrivaled aquatic and recreational experience for its users. To see more Geometric Pool Designs, visit our Design Gallery.
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Featured Pools, Pool Designs and Ideas
Our August featured pool is the perfect example of how a Freeform design is ideal for creating a pool that provides the sense of having a natural lagoon in your backyard. A Freeform pool features a more organic and natural form, often mimicking the curves and contours found in nature which allows for it to blend seamlessly with their surroundings.
The clear, deep blue water in this design is achieved by using PebbleTec’s Black Onyx pebble finish. It is complimented beautifully by grey flagstone and delivers the natural lagoon feeling the customer had envisioned. The pool also features a baja shelf with lounge chairs and umbrella stands with additional shading from an island type planter bed with palm tree. This gorgeous oasis is complete with an 8’ grotto and waterfall and two 24” water sheers.
Pool Details
- Pool Size: 24×34, 528 sqft.
- Decking: Sundek Classic
- Coping: Flagstone
- Vertical Veneer: Flagstone
- Interior Finish: Pebble Sheen – Black Onyx
- Equipment: Pentair
Pool Features
- 8′ Waterfall/Grotto
- Baja Shelf
- (4) Umbrella Sleeves
- (2) 24″ Water Sheers
- Planter Bed with Palm Tree
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Featured Pools, Pool Designs and Ideas
Our Featured Pool for July 2023 is this beautiful geometric pool design. This pool is highlighted by a baja shelf with perimeter overflow spa and lounge chairs, sunken fire pit area with swim up bar stools and glass safety fencing. Below you will find picutres and an overview from our designer.
What was it about the project that required an unusual level of craftsmanship?
There was no patio space off the back of the house when we started and the HOA would not allow us to keep the pool at the same elevation as the back door. So, we have to design an outdoor patio off the back door with a kitchen area and drop the pool decking below that allowed the best use of the space we had available.
Describe the Aesthetic Appeal of this pool:
The beauty of this pool is the seamless integration of the floating steps that lead to the spa and the tanning shelve of both sides of the spa, along with the sunken fire pit area that shares a wall with the pool and the in pool stool seating. All this is looked down upon from the elevated patio area and tied together with the glass handrails that create the required safety around the pool while not detracting from the beauty of it.
The main challenge of the design was giving the homeowner enough space on the upper patio while meeting the requirements of the height requirements of the HOA.The unusual story associated with this pool was the homeowners wanted everything at the same height as the upper patio and we had designed the entire pool at that evevation. However, during the permitting process the HOA responded and said the upper patio could only come out off the house a certain distance and the pool could only be a certain max height out of grade. So, we had to make a couple revisions and each time submit them to the HOA to be sure we could move forward with the build so as to be in compliance.
Pool Details:
- Pool 37×23 628 sf
- Decking – Salt Finished Concrete
- Coping Travertine
- Vertical Veneer – Travertine Split face stone
- Interior Finish – Pebble Sheen – Blue surf
- Equipment – Pentair
Pool Features:
- Perimeter overflow spa
- Two sunshelves
- Floating walkway
- Swim up pool bar
- Recessed fire pit and seating area
- Glass handrails
- Outdoor kitchen area
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