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A family by
the name of Westcott Family, who reside near Rice University,
learned of our
Houston pool remodeling services and contacted us to see if
we could help them with their existing swimming pool.
The
Westcott’s reside in a Georgian style house that was built was
in the early twentieth century and had been remodeled during the
1980s. While the historical appearance of the house was
beautifully restored, the pool and pool patio that were built
did not work with the architecture of the home.
The problem with the
swimming pool design was that it aimed at creating a look
that was contemporary to 1980s design styles. It was built in a
radial design, meaning that it had curved sides, and a shallow
end extending into the patio that was basically a semicircle of
water extending out from the deeper part of the pool. While
aesthetically attractive in its own right as a body of water, it
simply did not work with the home.
Pre-construction:
One of the
reasons that families like the Westcott’s work seek out Houston
pool remodeling services is to have a swimming pool designed
that compliments their home architecture and creates a unity
between home and landscape. In the case of the Westcott’s, we
determined very early on that the best compliment to their
Southern style house would be pool with a more classical design.
By classical, we mean linearity, proportion, and clean right
angles that form a perfect geometrical design.
In this Houston pool remodeling project, we were able to do this
by squaring all four ends of the pool, creating a rectangular
design in the process. We also reoriented the random water
bubblers that had been scattered throughout the pool and lined
them up in a straight line near the patio end of the pool. This
reinforced the classical look by creating the semblance of fluid
statues rising from the surface of the water.
We also added
a touch of refinement by installing a new pool coping. This
coping was made with thermal finished bluestone and made the
pool stand out in the grass like an elegant work of pure
symmetrical art.
Next, we removed the
decorative concrete patio and installed a rectangular patio
to compliment the home architecture. The interior of this patio
was brick, while the border was also made of thermal finished
bluestone to correspond with the pool coping. We also built a
walkway out of thermal finished bluestone pads and gravel that
led from one of the back doors of the house to the patio.
As with any Houston pool remodeling project, we then turned our
attention to surrounding softscape elements. We added trees on
the far side of the pool to balance with the wall of the house
on the opposite side. We bordered the coping with boxwoods and
mondo grass to add organic vitality to the scene.
Finally, to create a more private sensibility, we built a wooden
wall adjacent to the neighboring brick wall to enclose the area
in a decorative boundary that added organic softness to the
scene and by nature acted as a sound buffer.
Houston pool remodeling projects result not only in a better
swimming pool design, but also in a much better aesthetic for
the landscape as a whole.
For more the 20 years
Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's
fine neighborhoods.
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