Sheer-descent waterfalls on a stacked-stone wall, Central Texas

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62 photographs from recent Central Texas builds and renovations, grouped by what we were asked to build. Every one is our own crew's work, shot on site — most after the pool was filled, some while it was still a hole in the ground.

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Pools

Gunite shells, shot after plaster and fill. Rectangles and geometric shapes with travertine or broom-finish decking.

Custom pool construction

Modern rectangular gunite pool with a raised spa and white loungers on the tanning ledge — Modern rectangleHollister Dr

Rectangular pool running the length of a dark raised stone wall — Raised stone wallEcho Pass

Geometric pool seen from a covered patio, loungers along the tanning ledge — View from the patioHollister Dr

Rectangular pool with a raised spa, pergola and outdoor kitchen behind it — Pergola and spaReata Ridge

Full length of a rectangular pool seen from the far corner of the deck — Full lengthEcho Pass

Swimming pool photographed down its long axis toward the spa — Long axisHollister Dr

Long view down a rectangular pool across a travertine pool deck — Travertine deckReata Ridge

Geometric pool with a broom-finish deck in front of a stone cabana — Pool and cabanaNorthcrest Dr

Rectangular pool with blue-tile spa, bubbler ledge and a timber pavilion behind it — Spa, ledge and pavilionNorthcrest Dr

Long view down a geometric pool toward a covered cabana — Long viewNorthcrest Dr

Freeform pool with travertine coping after a full renovation — Freeform, renovatedAdirondack Trail

Pool with a pavilion and safety fence seen from the side yard — Pool and pavilionNorthcrest Dr

Geometric pool seen from the house with a raised spa at the far end — From the back doorNorthcrest Dr

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Spas

Spillover spas sharing equipment with the pool, raised out of the deck and finished to match the coping.

Custom add-ons

Raised spa finished with travertine coping, spilling into the main pool — Raised travertine spaReata Ridge

Square spa and adjoining tanning ledge finished in blue glass mosaic tile — Spa and sun shelfHollister Dr

Spa set into a raised stacked-stone wall at the end of a pool — Spa in the wallEcho Pass

Square spa with travertine coping beside a rectangular pool — Squared spaEcho Pass

Round raised spa with travertine coping spilling into a freeform pool — Round spillover spaAdirondack Trail

Raised spa faced in blue glass tile spilling over into the pool — Blue tile spaNorthcrest Dr

Raised round spa and freeform pool with umbrellas and stone walls — Spa and poolAdirondack Trail

Edge of a raised spa faced in teal glass tile, reflected in the pool — Teal tile spa edgeNorthcrest Dr

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Water features

Sheer descents and bubblers built into raised walls. The stone is stacked on site, so no two walls break the water the same way.

Custom add-ons

Two sheer-descent waterfalls spilling from a stacked-stone wall into a swimming pool — Sheer-descent wallReata Ridge

Stacked-stone spillway wall running the length of a pool, planter and fence beyond — Stone spillwayReata Ridge

Raised stone wall with water bubblers at the head of a geometric pool — Raised wall and bubblersHollister Dr

Sheer-descent waterfall pouring from a limestone wall into a pool — Sheer descentAdirondack Trail

Water spilling over a limestone wall into a freeform pool — Limestone spillwayAdirondack Trail

Bubblers on a shallow ledge in front of a blue-tile spa — Bubblers on the ledgeNorthcrest Dr

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Tanning ledges

Shallow entry shelves, six to nine inches deep, sized for in-water loungers and small children.

Custom add-ons

Two white in-water loungers set on a shallow tanning ledge — In-water loungersReata Ridge

White in-water loungers on a tanning ledge with the house behind — Ledge loungersHollister Dr

Blue patio umbrellas shading a tanning ledge at the shallow end of a pool — Shaded sun shelfReata Ridge

Shallow tanning ledge below a tiled spillway wall — Ledge and spillwayNorthcrest Dr

Geometric pool with a wide sun shelf at the near end — Sun shelf entryNorthcrest Dr

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Tile and finishes

Waterline tile, glass mosaic and stacked stone — the details that decide what colour the water reads as once the pool is full.

Pool renovations

Dark stacked-stone wall above patterned waterline tile, with sunlit pool steps — Dark stone and tileEcho Pass

Close view of blue glass mosaic tile on a raised spa wall — Blue glass mosaicHollister Dr

Teal glass tile on a raised spa wall with concrete coping — Teal glass tileNorthcrest Dr

Raised wall faced in teal glass tile beside a pool — Tiled raised wallNorthcrest Dr

Fresh blue waterline tile set on a drained pool before replaster — New waterline tileAdirondack Trail

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Outdoor kitchens

Built-in grills, counters and storage, designed alongside the pool so the deck and the kitchen finish together.

Custom add-ons

Covered outdoor kitchen with a built-in grill and stone counter beside a pool — Built-in grill stationReata Ridge

Covered outdoor kitchen with built-in grill under a brick pergola — Covered kitchenHollister Dr

Limestone outdoor kitchen with built-in grill, fridge and storage — Limestone kitchenAdirondack Trail

Close view of a built-in stainless grill set in limestone — Grill stationAdirondack Trail

Timber-frame pavilion with a ceiling fan and outdoor seating beside a pool — Timber pavilionNorthcrest Dr

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Renovations, before and after

One Adirondack Trail pool, start to finish: old plaster ground off, new coping and waterline tile set, replastered and refilled.

Pool renovations

Drained freeform pool with worn, stained plaster before renovation — Before: drainedAdirondack Trail

Wide view of a drained pool and spa with old plaster and brick coping — Before: the whole yardAdirondack Trail

Crew member grinding old plaster off a pool wall — Grinding the old surfaceAdirondack Trail

Cutting travertine coping on site beside the drained pool — Cutting new copingAdirondack Trail

New travertine coping set around a drained freeform pool and spa — New coping setAdirondack Trail

Pool shell prepped with new tile and fittings ahead of replastering — Prepped for plasterAdirondack Trail

Fresh plaster going onto a freeform pool and spa — Plaster dayAdirondack Trail

The same freeform pool full, with new plaster, tile and travertine coping — AfterAdirondack Trail

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Under construction

What a gunite build looks like between the first dig and the first swim: excavation, steel, plumbing, shotcrete, and the finished shell waiting on tile.

Custom pool construction

Excavator digging a pool in a new-construction backyard — ExcavationJates Field

Mini excavator cutting the pool shape into a lawn beside a stone wall — Dig dayOlinda Way

Rebar grid tied inside a formed pool excavation — SteelJates Field

PVC plumbing runs laid over the rebar of a pool shell — Plumbing and steelJates Field

Rebar and wood forms for a pool with a raised spa — Steel and formsOlinda Way

Crew shooting gunite into the steel of a rectangular pool — Gunite crewJates Field

Nozzleman shooting gunite onto the wall of a pool shell — Shooting the wallsJates Field

Crew member trowelling fresh gunite on a pool wall — Trowelling the shellOlinda Way

Cured gunite pool shell with raised bond beam, before tile and plaster — The shellJates Field

Gunite shell with dark tile going on the raised spa and wall — Tile on the spaOlinda Way

Rectangular shell with a raised tiled wall and spa, deck poured — Raised wall and spaOlinda Way

Gunite shell showing the entry steps and bench before finishing — Steps and benchJates Field

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Every one of these started as a conversation.

Donna and Ben walk the yard with you, draw the design against what is actually there, and quote it in writing. No sales rep, and the same crew builds it.

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Pools

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Water features

Tanning ledges

Tile and finishes

Outdoor kitchens

Renovations, before and after

Under construction

Every one of these started as a conversation.

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