West Houston Memorial Area Outdoor Room and Pool

A family by the name of Pesek, who live on the West Side of Houston off Memorial Drive, contacted us about adding an outdoor room to the exterior of their 1950’s style home. They felt it would upgrade the appearance of an old lagoon-style pool. We scheduled a consultation with them, and drove out to take a look at the pool and the surrounding property.

At first glance it became evident to us that the swimming pool was not a good compliment to the home. It had a dated, early 70’s look to it which clashed with the architecture. Adding an outdoor room behind it would create additional perspectives of aesthetic clash. Luckily, our ability to integrate more modern and luxurious swimming pool designs in to our landscaping projects meant we could still build the Peseks outdoor room like they requested. We would simply have to build a new pool as well, and make it in a new design that would compliment both the home and the outdoor room.

Taking a second look at the house, we noticed that it was built in a very geometrically proportional manner around proportional right angles. We saw an opportune them in this upon which we could incorporate into the design of the new pool and the outdoor room. Because right angles are often found in classical motifs, it contributed to the home’s sense of elegance, and offered us a way of using a more modern building as a compliment to a home built to represent a simpler, more absolute era.

We had the old swimming pool removed, and installed a rectangular pool in its place. Because the ground behind the house sloped gradually downward away from the home to the area where the outdoor room was planned, we had the perfect opportunity to turn a simple, rectangular structure into something ornamental. We installed the coping perpendicular to the ground, so that it rose out of the stone patio. This had the secondary benefit of saving the Peseks a great deal of money on travertine.

Additionally, we further embellished the appearance of the pool by creating a right angle drop off at far end of the pool away from the house. Here, we built a heated spa, again in geometrical right angles, mimicking the effect of a waterfall at the end of the pool.

The outdoor room was constructed as a series of interconnected right angles, which formed a living area in the center, outdoor fireplace and a fully functional outdoor kitchen to one side. With this new outdoor room, the Peseks could host birthday parties outside by the pool, or they could entertain friends and cook without ever having to run inside for anything. The outdoor room was complete with a smoker, a refrigerator, an ice maker, and a water heater. Seating and entertainment were then added to create the equivalent of a living room atmosphere.

To complete the design, and to connect the outdoor room more fully to the living experience of the pool and surrounding landscape, we installed a flat screen TV facing in the direction of the spa. Now, when Mr. Pesek wants to relax in the spa, regardless of the time of year, he can do so in climate controlled comfort, and watch his favorite television programs on cable TV.

If you are interested in an new exterior design, Exterior Worlds has been providing the high-end residential landscape services and garden design services discussed above for the Houston and the surrounding areas including memorial villages (Piney Point Village, Bunker Hill Village, Hunter Creek Village), Tanglewood, River Oaks, West University and the greater Houston (Hou), area since 1987. Contact us at 713-827-2255