No. 68 Fire & Spa · Mediterranean
Raised Hot Tub with Stone Fire Bowl
Outside a white stucco home with terracotta roof tiles and shaded arches, a raised hot tub with a timber privacy screen sits beside a stone fire bowl, limestone paving, and flowering lavender.
Design notes
Mediterranean design is about shade and thick walls. Look for stucco in warm neutrals, terracotta or travertine underfoot, arches and loggias that throw deep shadow, and gravel courtyards rather than lawn. Water is small and central — a fountain, a rill, a tiled spa — and planting is drought-tolerant: olives, cypress, lavender, rosemary and bougainvillea. Wrought iron, blue-and-white tile and a long table under vines finish the picture.
What to look for
- Conversation-distance seating all the way around
- Setback from structures, fences and branches
- A dry, lit path back to the house




