Bluestone Plunge Pool Beside Ipe Deck
In this small backyard, a square plunge pool with grey bluestone coping and patio sits beside a raised ipe wood deck, framed by dense green hedges and a reddish Japanese maple.
Design notes
Modern pools are defined by their edges. Look for flush coping that lets the deck run straight to the water, a single paving material carried around the whole pool, and rectangular proportions that line up with the house. Lighting is usually recessed and cool-toned so the water reads as a glowing plane after dark, and planting is kept architectural — hedges, grasses and one or two specimen trees rather than mixed borders.
What to look for
- The coping — how the deck meets the water sets the whole tone
- Where the spa sits and how it spills into the pool
- Night lighting: which features glow and which stay dark
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